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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
proprietors of the place of holding elections in each of the said
election districts, if any compensation shall be required by the
said proprietor or proprietors, and the same to certify as aforesaid. |
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Dec. Ses. 1825. |
5. And be it enacted, That for the
performance of the duties
required of the said commissioners by this act, and for the
places of holding elections, if any compensation shall be claimed,
the levy court shall make allowance, and the same shall levy
upon the county, to be collected and paid as other county charges
are collected and paid; Provided, That the said commissioners
shall not receive a sum exceeding two dollars each, per diem,
for each and every day they may severally be engaged in the
proper duties of this act. |
Levy authorised.
Proviso. |
6. And be it enacted, That after the
confirmation of this
act, the levy court of Somerset county, shall according to the
provisions of the act of eighteen hundred and five, chapter ninety-seven,
appoint three persons in each of the said districts,
residents therein, who, or such of them as shall attend, shall be
the judge or judges of elections for the district for which he or
they shall have been appointed as aforesaid; and the judges so
appointed, shall have, hold and exercise the same powers and
authorities, and be subject to the same penalties, and be entitled
to the same pay as the judges of elections in Somerset county
now exercise and are entitled to and subject to; Provided, That
the compensation to be allowed for the services of the said
judges and of the clerks by them to be appointed, shall not exceed
two dollars per diem, which compensation shall be levied
and paid as aforesaid. |
Judges of
election.
Proviso. |
7. And be it enacted, That all laws
now in force, not inconsistent
with this act, shall be, and remain, in force; and all provisions
repugnant to this act shall be, and the same are declared
to be repealed, upon the confirmation of this act. |
Laws repugnant
to this
repealed. |
8. And be it enacted, That if this
act shall be confirmed by the
next general assembly, after the next election of delegates, in
the first session after such new election as the constitution and
form of government directs; in such case, this act and the alterations
in the said constitution contained therein, shall be considered
as a part, and constitute, and be valid as a part of the
said constitution and form of government, to all intents and purposes,
and every matter and thing in the said constitution and
form of government in any wise conflicting with or contrary
thereto, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed, abrogated and
annulled. |
Confirmatory
proviso. |
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CHAPTER 70.
An act to authorise the excavation
of a Canal in Somerset County. |
Passed Feb.
13, 1826. |
WHEREAS, sundry citizens of Somerset county, have
represented
to this general assembly, that great improvement to the
navigation, and much convenience, and essential benefit, to the |
Preamble. |
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