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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Powers of col-

of sale and distraint therefor as the collector of county

lector.

taxes; provided said tax shall not exceed fifteen cents

on the one hundred dollars of the taxable property of

said town for any one year, and the said president and

commissioners shall fix the amount of bond and com-

pensation of such collector.

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That Charles Fusting,

Who are judges

John S. Wilson and William Gerwig be and they are

of election.

hereby appointed judges of election to hold the first

election under this act, who, before opening the polls,

shall each take an oath before some justice of the peace

in Baltimore county to permit every qualified person

to vote, and none other; said judges shall keep the

polls open from twelve o'clock m., until seven o'clock

p. m., and shall make returns under their hands and

seals, of the persons elected, to the clerk of the circuit

court for Baltimore county, to be kept by him, and the

commissioners then elected shall immediately qualify,

and shall serve until the first Monday in June, 1885,

and until their successors shall qualify; if any one or

Vacancy — how

more of said judges shall die or refuse to act as such,

filled.

the remaining judge or judges shall fill the vacancy ;

and at the time of holding the said first election here-

inbefore provided for, the said judges shall receive also

the ballot of each voter for or against this charter, and

said judges shall certify the result of such voting to

the clerk of the circuit court for Baltimore county,

and the said clerk shall record said return among the

records of his office, and shall, by publication in some

newspaper published in said county, make known the

Charter— how

same; and if a majority of the votes cast at said elec-

ratified.

tion shall be in favor of this charter, then the said in-

habitants of the town of Catonsville shall be a body

corporate, otherwise this act shall be inoperative and

of no effect.

Approved April 8, 1884.