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WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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Pratt Free Library of Baltimore city," shall be
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Exempt from
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exempt from all State and municipal taxes forever.
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taxation.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That before the ordi-
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nance which the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
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more are hereby authorized and empowered to pass
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for the purpose of accepting said donation and en-
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tering into said contract and agreement for the pay-
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ment of said sum of fifty thousand dollars annually
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for the maintenance of said library shall take effect,
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Approved by
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the said ordinance shall be approved by a majority
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a majority.
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of the votes of the legal voters of said city cast at
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the time and places to be appointed by said ordi-
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nance for submitting the same to the legal voters of
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said city as required by section seven of article
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eleven of the Constitution of Maryland.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
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Effective.
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effect from the date of its passage.
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Approved March 30, 1882.
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Chapter 183.
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AN ACT to empower and direct the Commission-
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ers of Baltimore county to increase the number
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of Election Precincts in Baltimore county.
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SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That when there shall be presented
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to the Commissioners of Baltimore county a petition
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or petitions signed by not less than twenty-five qual-
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ified voters of any election district in Baltimore
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county, stating that for purposes of greater conveni-
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ence of voting in their respective district or districts
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they desire said district or districts shall be sub-
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divided anew into new election precincts, the said
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commissioners shall be and they are hereby directed
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and empowered to increase the number of precincts
in said district or districts to a number not exceed-
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Increase the
number of pro-
cints,
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ing ten, or to redistribute such precincts as already
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exist in said district or districts, having regard to as
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much as is practicable the convenience of the voters
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in said district or districts, holding in view as well
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the equal distribution of the number of qualified
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