WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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other election districts of said county; the return

judges of election for Representatives in Congress

for the election precincts in the city of Baltimore,

and of the election districts of Baltimore county,

Return judges

embraced in the fifth congressional district, as de-

fined in section eighty-four, shall make a return of

the election held in said respective election precincts

and districts separate from the returns made for

other election districts and election precincts made

by said judges.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall

Effective.

take effect from and after the date of its passage.

Approved May 3,1882.

Chapter 300.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County

Commissioners of Anne Arundel county to pro-

vide for the preservation of the Public Records

and Archives of said county, and to levy such

sums of money as may be necessary to accomplish

that purpose.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the County Commissioners

of Anne Arundel county be and they are hereby

authorized and empowered to provide for the pres-

Preservation
of public rec-

ervation of the public records and archives of the

ords.

said county, in such a manner as they may deem

necessary and expedient, and to levy such sums of

money as may be necessary to accomplish that

purpose.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That if the said county

commissioners shall, in the exercise of their judg-

ment, determine either that the present public court

offices can be made fire-proof, or that a new fire-

proof apartment will be necessary, then and in that

Fire-proof
offices.

case they shall advertise tor proposals for the work

to be done, and award the contract therefor to the

lowest responsible bidder, if in their judgment they

shall deem the same expedient; provided that the