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in such case for the Grand Jury to find either presentment or
indictment, nor shall formal pleadings be required, but the
trial of all such cases on appeal shall be had upon the original
papers transmitted to said Court by; the Justice of the Peace,
the defendant or traverser upon such appeal being entitled
to have a jury trial. In the event of such appeal, the judg-
ment or sentence so appealed from shall be stayed by the
giving of security for appearance at the next succeeding term
of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, but in case such
security be not given, the fine and costs imposed shall be paid,
and the same returned to the party paying the same in event
of a reversal on appeal.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That in case it shall
be judicially determined that any word, phrase, clause, item,
sentence, or section of this Act and/or any rule, order or
regulation passed by the Board of County Commissioners
pursuant hereto or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is held invalid, the remaining provisions and
the application, of such provisions to other persons or circum-
stances shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect on June 1, 1927.

Approved April 1, 1927.

CHAPTER 259.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 48-A.
of Article 14 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,

title "Howard County, " sub-title "Election Districts, " as
said section was enacted by Chapter 431 of the Acts of 1922,
changing the salary of the Supervisors of Elections for How-
ard County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland,, That Section 48-A of Article 14 of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws of Maryland, title "Howard County, " sub-title
"Election Districts, " as said Section was enacted by Chapter
431 of the Acts of 1922, be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows: