ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GGVEKNOB.

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one hundred and forty-three e, one hundred and forRy-

three d, one hundred and forty-three e, one hundred

and forty-three f, one hundred and forty-three g, one

hundred and forty-three h, one hundred and forty-three

i, one hundred and forty-three j, one hundred and forty-

three k, one hundred and forty-three 1 and one hun-

dred and forty-three m, in lieu of article twenty-one

of the Code of Public Local Laws, entitled " Wash-

ington county," sub-title Hagerstown, shall be sub-

mitted to the qualified electors of Hagerstown; and

all ballots in favor of the adoption of the afore-

going sections shall have written or printed thereon

Ji:lllot*-llOW

prepared.

the words "For the new charter;" and all ballots

against the adoption of the aforesaid sections shall

have written or printed thereon, " Against the new

charter;" and said ballots shall be cast at the time

and upon the same ballots that are cast for mayor or

mayor and councilman, if the electors shall vote for

mayor or for mayor and councilman.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the judges of said

election to receive, accurately count and return the

ballots so cast to the clerk of the circuit court for

Washington county as ballots are now returned by

them; and they shall, immediately upon the closing

of the polls of said election, count the ballots cast

" For the new charter " and "Against the new char-

ter," and make, out under their hands and seals, two

certificates, which certificates shall state the number

of ballots cast " For the new charter," and the number

of ballots " Against the new charter," and shall imme-

Count and ro

diately transmit one of said certificates to the clerk of

turn ballots.

the court of appeals at Annapolis, Maryland, and the

other certificate to the clerk of the circuit court for

Washington county. The said clerks shall record the

same, and if a greater number of ballots be cast for the

new charter than against the new charter, the clerk

of the circuit court of Washington county shall make

proclamation thereof, and the aforegoing sections for

one hundred and nine to one hundred and forty-three

m, inclusive, shall be law, and have the full force, ef-

fect and virtue of law, from the day of said election.

SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent here-

Inconsistemt
acts repealed.

with are repealed.

Approved March 7, 1884.