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HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 547
CHAPTER 278.
AN ACT to authorize and direct the County Commissioners
of Anne Arundel County to pay the sum of Two Hundred
Fifty ($250) Dollars each to George B. Woelfel and Noah
A. Killman for services rendered to the people of Anne
Arundel County in the matter of breaking the election tie
vote for the office of County Commissioner of Anne
Arundel County, said tie vote resulting from the votes
cast for said office at the election held November 6, 1934,
the title of the case being Brown vs. Levay in the Circuit
Court for Anne Arundel County and also authorizing
and directing the County Commissioners to pay the costs
of said proceedings.
WHEREAS, at the general election held November 6, 1934,
a tie vote resulted for the office of County Commissioner for
Anne Arundel County, one John J. Levay having received
7512 votes and the other candidate, T. Roland Brown, hav-
ing received 7512 votes; and
WHEREAS, the Attorney General of Maryland ruled im-
mediately thereafter that under the Constitution and Laws
of Maryland pertaining to such cases a special election
would have to be held; and
WHEREAS, the office of the Supervisors of Election for
Anne Arundel County has declared that the cost of such
special election would be in excess of Seven Thousand
($7000) Dollars; and
WHEREAS, the two candidates (Brown and Levay) se-
cured the services of George B. Woelfel and Noah A. Hill-
man, members of the Bar of Anne Arundel County, to work
out a method of avoiding a special election and thereby save
Anne Arundel County the prohibitive cost incident thereto;
and
WHEREAS, after consultations and study of the law ap-
plicable to such cases, the aforesaid members of the Bar
made an amicable agreement between them to have one
candidate be plaintiff, the other defendant, in a suit to be
filed in the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County to break
the tie vote for the office of County Commissioner which
suit was thereupon filed in said Court; and
WHEREAS, it was the understanding of the two candi-
dates that they would not be liable for the cost of retaining
counsel to work out the matter of breaking the tie vote; and
WHEREAS, the said George B. Woelfel and Noah A. Hill-
man succeeded in having the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel
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