FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE; GOVERNOR.

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provided that the said monument, when erected, shall

become the property of the mayor and city council, of Balti--

more.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective.

from the date of its passage.

Approved March 28th, 1892.

CHAPTER 215.

AN ACT to make valid the appointment of register of

voters and the board of supervisors of elections in the city

of Hagerstown and the entries made, acts done and pro-

ceedings taken by said register of voters in attempted pur-

suance of the duties required of them respectively by the

provisions of chapter thirty-six of the Acts of the General

Assembly of Maryland passed its present January session,

(1892), entitled an act to repeal sections one hundred and

fifty-six and one hundred and fifty -nine of article twenty-

two of the Code of Public Local Laws, entitled "Wash-

ington County," sub-title " Hagerstown," and to re-enact

the following in lieu thereof, in amending and revising

the charter of Hagerstown, and providing for the govern-

ment thereof, and to add new and additional sections, to

article twenty-two of the Code of Public Local Laws' title

"Washington County," sub-title "Hagerstown."

WHEREAS, by delay in the passage of chapter thirty-six

and chapter fifty-five of the Acts of the General Assembly

Preamble.

of Maryland, passed at its present January session, said-

acts providing for the registration of voters and the con-

duct of elections, respectively, in the city of Hagerstown, it

became impossible fo,r the Governor of Maryland to appoint

registers of voters for the respective wards of the city of

Hagerstown and the board of supervisors of elections therein

as provided in said acts, upon the day and date specified in

the aforementioned acts respectively, and

WHEREAS, the Governor of Maryland did appoint said

registers of voters and said board of supervisors of elec-

Preamble.

tions upon a day subsequent to the date provided in said

Acts of Assembly ; and

WHEREAS, by reason of the limited time provided by

said chapter thirty-six of the acts of the General Assembly.

Preamble.