PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 1685

SEC. 159AA. Whenever the number of registered voters in
any ward of Hagerstown, shall exceed six hundred, the Mayor
and Council of Hagerstown shall have authority, in their dis-
cretion, to provide by ordinance for the sub-division of each
ward into two, or more precincts, prescribing the boundaries
thereof, and provided for a just and fair transcription or
entry of the registered voters of said ward upon registration
books to be furnished by the Mayor and Council, for the proper
precinct of said ward wherein said registered voters may reside
at the time of said sub-division of said ward into precincts as
aforesaid. In making said sub-division of a ward into pre-
cincts care shall be taken that the boundary lines thereof be
so arranged as to include in each precinct as near as possible
the same number of persons entitled to vote in such ward. All
the provisions of law relating to the registration of voters and
the manner of conducting elections held in Hagerstown, at
municipal elections therein, and applicable to the several wards
of Hagerstown as respective registration and election districts,
are hereby made applicable to the respective precincts into
which any such ward may be subdivided, said precincts to be
different sub-divisions of the ward for registration and election
purposes in said ward, and in this sense the words "precinct"
and "ward" shall be taken as convertible terms, in the pro-
visions of Article 22, of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, title "Washington County," sub-title "Hagerstown," re-
lating to elections in the City of Hagerstown.

SEC. 190-A. Every ordinance or resolution appropriating
money or ordering the opening of or extension of any new street,
or paving thereof, or making, or authorizing the making of any
contracts and granting any franchise or right to occupy or use
the streets, highways, bridges or public places in the City for
any purpose shall be complete in the form in which it is finally
passed and remain Math the City Clerk for public inspection at
least one week after its introduction, at a regular meeting of
the Mayor and Council before the final passage or adoption
thereof.

SEC. 192-A. The Mayor and Council are hereby empowered
and authorized whenever in their discretion, the efficiency of
the police force of Hagerstown may require it, to retire any
regular Policeman. Chief, Captain or Lieutenant appointed by
them, and to pay him for life a sum of money in monthly in-
stallments, equal to one-half of the compensation allowed him
at the date of his retirement; provided, however, that such regu-