1860.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 76,

CHAPTER 76.

Passed Feb.
23, 1860.

AN ACT to amend the two hundred and third
section of twenty-first article of the Code of Pub-
lic Local Laws relating to the number of justices
of the peace for District Number Five, in Wash-
ington county.

21st article.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That section two hundred and three
of article the twenty-first of the Code of Public Local
Laws be and the same is hereby repealed, and the
following enacted as a substitute therefor:

Justices of the
peace and
constables —
number for
each district.

There shall be the following number of justices
of the peace and constables for Washington county,
to wit: For election district number one, two jus-
tices of the peace and two constables; for election
district number two, three justices of the peace and
three constables; for election district number three,
four justices of the peace and four constables; for
election district number four, two justices of the
peace and two constables; for election district num-
ber five, three justices of the peace and two con-
stables, one of which said justices of the peace shall
be appointed by the Governor as soon as practicable
after the passage of this act; who shall hold his
office until the next general election for the House
of Delegates, when he or some other person shall,
as now required by law, be elected by the people of
said district, and one of the three said justices of
the peace shall always be taken from the town of
Hancock; for election district number six, two
justices of the peace and two constables; for elec-
tion district number seven, two justices of the peace
and two constables; for election district number
eight, two justices of the peace and two constables;
for election district number nine, two justices of the
peace and two constables; for election district num-
ber ten, two justices of the peace and two constables;
for election district number eleven, two justices of
the peace and two constables; for election district
number twelve, two justices of the peace and two
constables; for election district number thirteen,
two justices of the peace and two constables.

In force.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from and after its passage.