LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

of the Grand Jury of said county, and the said Grand Jury
shall endorse upon or make it a part of their presentments and
indictment by them found the number of times, if any, that
the person or persons presented and indicted bv them shall
have been previously convicted of a violation of this law.

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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the judge of the Circuit
Court for said county shall give this act in charge to the
Grand Jury of said county at every jury term of said Cir-
cuit Court.

Duty of
judge.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall effect no
change in the existing status of law in any district of said
county, until and unless a change be made as provided in the
other sections of this act.

When this
act not to
apply.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
judge or any one thereof, of the Circuit Court for said county,
upon the written petition of at least one-third in number of
the registered voters of the number of votes cast at the next
preceding general election, in any election district of said
county, presented to such judge or judges at any time after
any general election in this State, and prior to the first day
of August preceding the next Congressional election following
thereon, unless a counter petition from said district, larger in
number than the first, is presented to said judge or judges
before the first day of September following, in which event
said judge or judges either take no action on the petition or
countermand what action has been taken, as the case may re-
quire, to pass an order within thirty days after filing of said
petition with the clerk of the Circuit Court for said county,
directing the said clerk to proclaim notice of a new election
to be held at the next Congressional election in any such
election district, to determine whether or not spirituous
or fermented liquors and medicated bitters producing in-
toxication, as hereinbefore specified, in such district and
the clerk of said court shall give special notice thereof to the
sheriff of said county, whose duty it shall be, under penalty
for neglect or refusal, as is now or hereinafter may be pro-
vided by law for such neglect or refusal in regard to procla-
mation of other elections held in this State, to give notice of the
election to be held for a member of Congress of the United
States from the said sixth Congressional district of Maryland,
next following the filing of said petition and passing of the
order therein, hereinbefore specified.

Petition of
voters for
an election.