ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

new section, to follow section forty-nine, to be
known as section forty-nine A, and to read as
follows :
SEC. 49A. The county commissioners of Fred-

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erick county shall have power and authority to
create new election districts in said county, in
addition to those already established, whenever
in their judgment the convenience of the voters
of the county or any part thereof would thereby
be promoted ; and shall also have power to
abridge or enlarge any district heretofore estab-
lished by the legislature, or which may hereaf-
ter be established by said commissioners, and
shall have the further power to designate the
places of holding the election polls in all elec-
tion districts by them created ; provided, how-
ever, that no new election district shall be cre-
ated under the provisions of this act unless on
petition of at least one hundred and fifty of the
duly qualified and registered voters residing
within the proposed new election district, and
by the same publication over the name of at
least ten of the said petitioners and the same
procedure that is now required in the matter of
opening and closing public roads in Frederick
county; and provided, further, that no. new
election district shall be so created from a part
or parts of then existing district or districts
when the registered vote of said district or dis-
tricts shall be less in number than three hun-
dred ; and provided, further, that no new elec-
tion district shall be created under the provis-
ions of this act, unless the proposed new elec-
tion district shall contain at least three hundred
duly qualified and registered voters.

New election
districts in
Frederick

county.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved March 31, 1888.

Effective.