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ily scales. Any person, firm or corporation, or any agent, em-
ployee or officer of any person, firm oi1 corporation having in
his, her, their or its possession for commercial purposes any
such scale, shall on conviction be subject to a fine of not less
than twenty dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each of-
fense; provided, that this shall not apply to any county of
which there is no inspector of weights and measures or other
similar official.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1920.

Approved April 16, 1920.

CHAPTER 58.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
127 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
title, "Elections," sub-title, "Miscellaneous Provisions,"
authorizing the Supervisors of Elections to change the
boundaries of election precincts.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 127 of Article 33 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title, "Elections," sub-title, "Miscella-
neous Provisions," be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

127. It shall be the duty of the Boards of Supervisors of
Elections of the several Counties, to examine the boundaries
of the several election districts and election precincts in
their respective Counties, from time to time, and whenever
in their judgment and discretion it shall be expedient for
the convenience of the voters, to subdivide any of said election
districts or election precincts, or to subdivide and change
the boundaries of any two or more precincts in any election
district into three or more precincts, or to change the bound-
aries of any two or more election precincts, they are hereby
empowered and authorized to make such subdivisions and
to establish the boundaries of such subdivisions in such
way as to facilitate and expedite the casting of their ballots
by the voters thereof, either by the designation of an
entirely new and different polling place or places, or by
providing for two or more separate polling places at or near
the former polling place or places; provided, however, that
no election dsdistrict shall be subdivided into two or more pre-