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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tions of his said election district, and of his whole

election district. If the said election district for

which he is appointed an officer of registration is or

When districts
are divided.

shall be divided into election precincts, he shall, at

his sittings in July and August, in the year eighteen

hundred and eighty-two, and at his September sit-

ting in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two,

and at his September sitting in each year thereafter,

sit at some place in each of said election precincts

convenient to the residents thereof on so many of

the days designated by this act for his said respec-

tive sittings as will suffice to afford an- opportunity

for ascertaining and registering the qualified voters

in each of said election precincts; the sitting in the

month of October, in the year eighteen hundred

and eighty-two, and in each year thereafter, shall

be held at such one place in his election district as

may be convenient, to the greater number of the

residents thereof; the said respective officers of

registration shall sit at said respective sittings in

any of the counties of this State from eight o'clock

A. M. to seven o'clock F. at. on each day of their

said appointed sittings.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That the first sitting

of the said respective officers of registration ap-

pointed to act respectively in the city of Baltimore,

How sittings

and in the counties of this State, is designated and

are designated

referred to in this act as the" first summer sitting ;"

the first of the next two subsequent sittings of said

respective officers of registration, provided to bo held

in each year, is in this act designated and referred

to as the " September sitting," and the last of said

two subsequent sittings of said respective officers of

registration, provided to be held in each year, is in

this act designated and referred to as the " October

sitting."

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That said officers of

registration appointed for the respective groups of

election precincts in the city of Baltimore, or here-

after appointed for the respective wards of said city,

Give collective

shall give in each year a collective notice signed by

notice.

such one of their number as they shall designate

for that purpose, of their respective sittings to be

held in said year, under the provisions of this act,

and of the times and places at which such respective

sittings shall take place; such notice shall be given