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days' notice of the time and place of the election by handbills
posted in at least five places within the limits of said town.
After the polls have been closed they shall proceed immedi-
ately to canvass the votes cast, and if a majority of them are
in favor of incorporation, then this charter shall go into effect,
and all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed, and the said William Luers, R. P. Watts and Thos.
B. Littlepage shall be and comprise the board of Commission-
ers until the first Monday in June, 1917, and until their suc-
cessors are elected and qualified. And if the majority of votes
cast at the said election shall be against incorporation, then
this Act shall be null and of no effect

Approved April 18th, 1916.

CHAPTER 427.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Chapter 204

of the Acts of 1908 of the General Assembly of Maryland,

the same being "An Act authorizing and empowering the

judges of the Circuit Court for Prince George's County,

Maryland, to appoint a court stenographer. "

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Chapter 204 of the Acts of 1908, being "An
Act authorizing and empowering the judges of the Circuit
Court for Prince George's County to appoint a court stenog-
rapher, " be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the judges of the Circuit Court for Prince George's
County be and they are hereby authorized and directed to ap-
point an official court reporter for said court, who shall be an
expert stenographer, shall be a sworn officer of said court, shall
hold office during the pleasure of the judges of said court, and
shall be paid a per diem of ten dollars for each and every day
of actual service, payable by the County Treasurer of said
county, as a part of the court expenses, upon the presentation
of the certificate of the clerk, or any of the judges of said court,
showing the attendance and services of said reporter.

Section 2. And be it enacted, That said reporter shall at-
tend and take full stenographic notes of all oral testimony and