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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

more city, in laying off said precincts, and the
said mayor and city council of Baltimore, in
dividing the same into wards, shall proceed
under the provisions of the act of eighteen
hundred and eighty-two, chapter two, so far as'
the same shall be applicable, but the times men-
tioned in said act within which the said pre-
cincts and wards therein mentioned shall be laid

Number to
elect.

off, shall not be applicable to the work to be
done under this act. There shall be elected one
member to the first branch of the city council
of Baltimore from each of the said new wards,
and one member of the second branch of the
city council of Baltimore shall be elected from
every two contiguous wards of the said new
wards ; and all of the inhabitants thereof shall,
in all respects, and to all intents and purposes,
be subject to the powers, jurisdiction and au-
thority vested, or to be vested by law in the
mayor and city council of Baltimore, and to all
the ordinances now in force, or hereafter to be
enacted, except so far as they may be expressly
excepted therefrom, and except so far as the
same may be inconsistent with the provisions of
this act; and the parts so annexed shall in all
respects be taken and considered as part of said
city of Baltimore, but the provision of said

Provisions not
to apply.

ordinance relating to the erection of frame
buildings in said city shall not apply to the
territory so annexed until expressly made appli-
cable thereto by ordinance or ordinances of the
said mayor and city council.
SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the

Appoint ad-
ditional jus-
tices.

governor shall nominate and appoint one addi-
tional justice of the peace for each ward that
shall be set off under the provisions of this act.
SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the
several portions of territory which, under the
provisions of this act, shall be annexed to the

Remain of
same congres-
sional district.

city of Baltimore, shall remain as of the same
congressional district or districts of which they
now form a part, and the territory described in
the first section of this act shall constitute, if
annexed to the city of Baltimore, a part of the
second legislative district of the said city ; the
territory described in the second section of this
act shall, if annexed to the city of Baltimore,