Ch. 166 LAWS OF MARYLAND

for holding the circuit court of the county or at the office of the board. Each board of
canvassers shall elect a chairman and secretary from their number. Each member of the
board of canvassers shall take an oath, which shall be administered and recorded by the
clerk of the court, to truly canvass, add up and declare the votes as required by law. At
their first meeting a majority of the whole board of canvassers shall be a quorum. If a
majority shall not attend as aforesaid, the canvassers present shall adjourn to the next
day, when they shall meet again between the same hours. The canvassers shall perform
the duties required by law; and all questions arising in the course of their proceedings
shall be determined by a majority of the canvassers. All the sessions, deliberations and
proceedings of the board of canvassers shall be public, and the candidates and their
counsel shall have the right to attend and inspect the original statements and returns,
and all other documents and records.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved April 24, 1990.

CHAPTER 166
(House Bill 519)

AN ACT concerning

Tidal Fish License - Hard Shell Clams

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to issue licenses
for harvesting hard shell clams by diving, tonging, or handscraping; and specifying
the license fee.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 4-701(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 4-701(d)(l)(vii)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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