140 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 82
by the Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City in the terri-
tory comprised within the boundaries of the hereinabove speci-
fied Wards 25, 26, 27 and 28. Provided, however, that if the
Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City should be unable
to hold the registration herein provided for in said Wards 25,
26, 27 and 28 on the same days as the registration in Balti-
more City, as it existed prior to this Act, in the Fall of 1918,
then they are hereby authorized to appoint such other days
as, in their judgment, may be suitable and sufficient for the
purpose, at any time prior to the Municipal Primary in Balti-
more City in 1919, and hold said registration in said Wards
25, 26, 27 and 28 on such other days so appointed, after hav-
ing given the same notice which is required to be given for
registration in Baltimore City by Section 14 of Article 33 of
the Code. The Primary election for the nomination of can-
didates for Congress in the year 1918 and the general election
in November, 1918, within the territory annexed by this Act
to Baltimore City, shall be held by the Supervisors of Elections
of Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County, respectively,
just as if this Act had not been passed. All voters qualified
to vote for members of the House of Delegates, and registered
as hereinabove provided, or as hereafter provided by law, in
the precincts comprising said Wards 25, 26, 27 and 28, re-
spectively, shall be qualified and entitled to vote in the Munic-
ipal Primary and General elections to be held in the Spring
of 1919, and all elections thereafter.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That, until otherwise
provided by law, said Ward 26 shall be included in and be a
part of the First Legislative District of Baltimore City, and
said Ward 27 shall be included in and be a part of the Second
Legislative District of Baltimore City, and said Ward 28 shall
be included in and be a part of the Third Legislative District
of Baltimore City, and said Ward 25 shall be included in and
be a part of the Fourth Legislative District of Baltimore City.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, until otherwise
provided by law, the portions of Baltimore County and Anne
Arundel County which are by this Act annexed to Baltimore
City shall remain in the same Congressional District of which
they now, respectively, form parts, but the Congressional as
well as all other elections to be held therein after January 1,
1919, shall be conducted by the Supervisors of Elections of
Baltimore City.
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