WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 492

PUBLISHING SUCH REGISTRATION AND ELECTION MATTERS IN SAID
COUNTY, IN NOT MORE THAN THREE (3) NEWSPAPERS TO BE SELECTED
BY SAID COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, TWO (2) OF WHICH NEWSPAPERS
MUST REPRESENT THE TWO (2) OPPOSING POLITICAL PARTIES WHICH,
AT THE LAST ELECTION BEFORE THE MAKING OF SUCH CONTRACTS,
POLLED, RESPECTIVELY, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES CAST IN SAID
COUNTY, PROVIDED THAT SAID COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL NOT
ALLOW AS COMPENSATION OR CONSIDERATION FOR PUBLISHING TO BE
CONTRACTED FOR AS AFORESAID NOR SHALL THEY LEVY OR PAY
THEREFOR AN AMOUNT EXCEEDING THE STANDARD LEGAL RATES
CHARGED BY ANY SUCH NEWSPAPERS, AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT
IF THE OWNERS OR PUBLISHERS OF ONE (1) OF SUCH NEWSPAPERS
SELECTED AS AFORESAID SHALL FAIL OR REFUSE, AFTER REASONABLE
NOTICE, TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR SUCH PUBLISHING AS MAY BE
REQUIRED OF THEM UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THEN IF
THERE IS NO OTHER NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN SAID CHARLES COUNTY
BONA FIDE REPRESENTING THE POLITICAL PARTY OF THE NEWSPAPER
WHOSE OWNERS OR PUBLISHERS SHALL HAVE FAILED OR REFUSED TO
ENTER INTO CONTRACT FOR PUBLISHING AS AFORESAID, THE
CONTRACT SHALL BE MADE FOR PUBLISHING AS AFORESAID IN THE
ONE (1) NEWSPAPER WHOSE OWNERS AND PUBLISHERS SHALL BE
WILLING TO ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT. IF THERE ARE NOT, IN THE
JUDGMENT OF SAID COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, IN ANY YEAR TWO (2)
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN SAID CHARLES COUNTY BONA FIDE
REPRESENTING THE TWO (2) OPPOSING POLITICAL PARTIES WHICH, AT
THE LAST ELECTION BEFORE THE MAKING OF SUCH CONTRACT OR
CONTRACTS, POLLED, RESPECTIVELY, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES
IN SAID COUNTY, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY CONTRACT FOR
PUBLISHING AS AFORESAID WITH THE OWNERS AND PUBLISHERS OF
SUCH NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN SAID COUNTY AS THEY MAY SELECT,
AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT IF THE OWNERS OR PUBLISHERS OF
ALL THE NEWSPAPERS THAT MAY BE PUBLISHED IN SAID CHARLES
COUNTY SHALL REFUSE IN ANY YEAR TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH
SAID COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR PUBLISHING AS HEREIN PROVIDED,
THEN SAID COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY MAKE SUCH PUBLICATION OF
MATTERS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE PUBLISHED BY THEM AS, IN THEIR
JUDGMENT, MAY BEST SUBSERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

27-4. PUBLICATION OF NOTICES.

ALL NOTICES TO CREDITORS AND ALL OTHER NOTICES TO BE
GIVEN BY EXECUTORS OR ADMINISTRATORS SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN
SUCH NEWSPAPER OR NEWSPAPERS OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN SAID
COUNTY AS MAY BE SELECTED BY SAID EXECUTORS OR
ADMINISTRATORS OR THEIR DULY AUTHORIZED ATTORNEY, AS THE
CASE MAY BE, AND ALL NOTICES TO BE GIVEN BY THE SHERIFF, IN THE
WAY OF EXECUTION, SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN SUCH NEWSPAPER OR
NEWSPAPERS AS MAY BE SELECTED BY THE CREDITOR AT WHOSE

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