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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of Maryland passed at its present January session for the

registration of voters in said respective wards of the city of

Hagerstown, said registers may not have strictly complied

with all the formalities required by said act ; but for the

convenience of affording the privilege of registration to all

qualified voters applying therefor may have failed to ob-

serve sundry provisions thereof; and

WHEREAS, all irregularities, if any, made as aforesaid,

Preamble.

were committed without dishonest intent and in order to

facilitate the operation and fulfill the spirit of said act of

assembly ; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Appoint-
ments of

Maryland, That the appointments heretofore made by the

registers

Governor of M aryland of registers of voters for the respec-

tive wards of the City of Hagerstown be and the same are

hereby made valid and legal, as fully and completely as

though said appointments had been made in strict con-

formity with the provisions of chapter thirty -six of the acts

of the General Assembly of Maryland passed at its present

January session, entitled an act to repeal sections one hun-

dred and fifty-six, and one hundred and fifty-nine of

article twenty-two of the Code of Public Local Laws enti-

tled "Washington County," sub-title "Hagerstown," and

to re-enact the following in lieu thereof in amending and

revising the charter of Hagerstown, and in providing for

the government thereof, and to add new and additional sec-

tions to article twenty-two of the Code of Public Local Laws,

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

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the appointments here-

tofore made by the Governor of Maryland of the board of

Appoint-
ment of

supervisors of elections for the City of Hagerstown be and

supervisor.

the same are hereby made valid and legal as fully and com-

pletely as though said appointments had been made in

strict conformity with the provisions of chapter fifty-five of

the acts of the General Assembly of Maryland passed at its

present January session, entitled " An act to repeal sections

one hundred and sixty-one and one hundred and sixty-two

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

entitled 'Washington County,' sub-title 'Hagerstown,'"

and to re-enact: the following in lieu thereof in amending

and revising the charter of Hagerstown and in providing for

the government thereof, and to add new and additional sec-

tions to article twenty -two of the Code of Public Local Laws,

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

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all entries made and all

acts done and all proceedings taken by the said respective