WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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at the regular election to be held for a member of
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Congress on the Tuesday after the first Monday of
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November, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-
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two, which election shall be held in accordance with
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Election—
how held.
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the law governing general elections in this State;
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in addition to the usual notice of such elections the
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sheriff of said county shall give notice of the elec-
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tion to be held by virtue of this act by advertise-
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ment inserted in all the newspapers published in
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said county, and by handbills posted in each elec-
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tion district in said county, at least ten days before
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said election, in which notice a copy of this act shall
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be inserted, and the expenses of said advertisements
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and handbills shall be levied and paid for by the
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county commissioners of said county.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That at said election
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the legal and qualified voters of said county are au-
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thorized to cast a separate ballot, for or against said re-
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moval, which said ballots shall have written or printed
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Ballots— how-
prepared.
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on them the words ''For removal" or "Against
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removal," and shall be received by the judges of
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election and deposited by them in a box provided
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for the purpose; and said tickets shall be counted
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by the said judges, who shall make return of said
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votes to the clerk of the Circuit Court for Charles
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county, who shall, within ten days thereafter, make
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proclamation of the result of said election by pub-
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Result pro-
claimed.
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lication in the newspapers published in said county;
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and it if shall be found by the said returns of the
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judges and the proclamation of said clerk that more
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votes were cast "Against removal" than "For re-
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moval," then this act shall be nugatory and of no
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effect.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if it shall be
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found by said returns and the proclamation of the
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elerk of the Circuit Court that more votes were
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cast "For removal " than "Against removal," thence-
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Location of
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forth La Plata shall be the county seat of said
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county seat.
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county, and a court-house and a jail, together with
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necessary offices for the transaction of the public
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business, shall be built at La Plata.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That John G. Chap-
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man, John H. Mitchell, Benj G. Stonestreet, John
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Hoffman and Pere Wilmer, Jr., of Charles county and
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Building com-
mittee.
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State of Maryland, be and they are hereby consti-
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tuted a building committee for the purpose of having
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