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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 400.

AN ACT to provide for the re-division of the seventh ward,

of Baltimore City, into election precincts.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Seventh
ward of

Maryland, That it shall be the duty of the board of police

Baltlmore

commissioners immediately after the passage of this act, to

City to be
divided

divide and lay off the seventh ward of Baltimore City

into nine
precincts

with as much regularity in form as possible, into nine

election precincts, to be numbered from one to nine inclusive,

each precinct to contain as nearly as practicable an equal

number of qualified voters ; the said board of police com-

missioners shall make known the boundaries of the precincts

by advertisement, in two daily newspapers published in

said city inserted in each paper on two successive days in

each week for four successive weeks next preceding the

commencement of the registration. The necessary expenses

incurred in the due execution of this act shall be paid by

the mayor and city council of Baltimore.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the first, second, third,

Parts of

fourth, fifth and sixth precincts of the said seventh ward,

first and
second leg-

so laid out, as provided in the preceding section, shall con-

islative dis-
tricts.

constitute part of the first legislative district, and the

seventh, eighth and ninth precincts so laid out, as pro-

vided in the preceding section, shall constitute part of the

second legislative district of Baltimore City.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all acts, or parts of acts,

Repeal.

whether the same be Public General Acts, or Public Local

Acts, and all ordinances of the mayor and city council of

Baltimore, which are inconsistent with the provisions of

this act, be and are hereby repealed to the extent of such

inconsistency.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7th, 1892.