ELIHU E JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
in the third section of this act, and as to the

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fifth precinct of the twelfth district, he shall
deliver two copies of the poll-books for said pre-
cinct to the judges holding said election in that
part of said precinct which is within the terri-
tory described in the first section of this act,
and the other two copies he shall deliver to the
judges holding the election in that part of said
precinct which is within the territory described
in the third section of this act. And it shall be

Who to deli-
ver to.

the duty of the commissioners for whose ap-
pointment provision is made in the thirteenth
section of this act, to cause to be made and
printed, separate lists, as to each of the existing
precincts of Baltimore county, of the name of
all the persons on said poll-books who live in
each of the several portions of territory de-
scribed in the first, second and third sections of
this act, which lists as to each of said precincts
shall be furnished to the judges of elections of
said precinct before the day of election, to assist
them in the discharge of the duties of their
office, and shall cause the said lists to be posted
and circulated throughout the precincts to
which they respectively belong, at least five
days before the said election.
SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That when
any portion of the territory mentioned in this
act shall have been annexed to the city of Bal-

Duty of com-
missioners.

timore under its provisions, the police commis-
sioners of Baltimore city shall proceed forthwith
to divide and lay off the same into such number
of precincts as shall in their judgment be best,
and having as nearly as practicable an equal
number of qualified voters in each precinct, and
being each as regular in form as is reasonably
practicable, designating the same precincts by
numbers, beginning with the number 181 ; and
when the said precincts have been so laid out, the

Who to divide
and lay off.

mayor and city council of Baltimore shall divide
the said precincts into such numbers of wards as
shall give to each ward, as near as may be practi-
cable, the same number of inhabitants as are
now contained in one of the present wards of
the city of Baltimore ; the number of wards so
to be created, however, to be an even number,
and said board of police commissioners of Balti-

Wards to be
created to be
an even num-
ber.