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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

of the said original book so made, and so verified

as aforesaid by said Board of Police Commissioners

of Baltimore city, shall be retained and kept always

To be kept
among records

in the office of the said board among the records of

of board.

said board.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That when the said

book containing the said descriptions of the said

Election pre-

election precincts of the city of Baltimore, so laid

out as aforesaid, has been deposited for record in

the clerk's office of the Superior Court of Baltimore

City, then the said election precincts, as in said book

described and laid out, shall thereafter be deemed

to be the several election precincts of Baltimore

city.

SEC. 4. And, be it enacted, That it shall be the

duty of the said Board of Police Commissioners for

Complete in

the city of Baltimore to complete the said work of

thirty days.

dividing the said city of Baltimore into election

precincts, as provided by this act, and of preparing

the books showing such division as aforesaid, and of

depositing for record the book showing such division,

as hereinbefore directed, within thirty days after the

passage of this act.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That when the said

book so containing as aforesaid the descriptions of

the boundaries of the several election precincts of

Baltimore city, as so laid out, shall be deposited for

record in the office of the Clerk of the Superior

Court of Baltimore city, it shall be the duty of the

said Board of Police Commissioners for the City of

Who to notify.

Baltimore, immediately to notify the Mayor and

City Council of Baltimore, if the said City Council

is then in session, or the Mayor of the city of Bal-

timore, if said City Council is not then in session,

that said book has been so deposited for record, and

if the said City Council is not then in session, it

shall be the duty of the said Mayor to convene the

same forthwith, and the said Mayor and City Coun-

cil of Baltimore shall thereupon proceed forthwith

Divide by or-

to divide, by ordinance, the said one hundred and

dinance.

eighty election precincts so laid out by the said

Board of Police Commissioners for the city of Bal-

timore, into twenty wards, and to number said wards.

They shall begin in making the said division and

in numbering said wards from the eastern boundary

of the city of Baltimore; and each of the said