1838.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 201.

faithful account of all and every of the expenditures,
incurred in rebuilding said bridge.

CHAPTER 201.

Passed Mar. 18,
1839.

An act, entitled, a further supplement to the act of eigh-
teen hundred and twenty-six, chapter two hundred
and seventeen, and the several supplements thereto,
in relation to the electing Commissioners for Baltimore
County.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, by an act passed at December session,
eighteen hundred and twenty-six, chapter two hundred
and seventeen, providing for the election of commis-
sioners for Baltimore county, and transferring the
powers and duties of the commissioners of tax and that
of the levy court of said county; and whereas, the
powers and duties are very important to the people of
said county, inasmuch as they are vested with the en-
tire control of the police of said county, and the levy-
ing and collecting taxes, and disbursing the same to
the amount of more than thirty thousand dollars per
annum; and whereas, by the several supplements here-
tofore passed, their powers have been very much ex-
panded and our expenses increased in a very great de-
gree, we therefore deem it necessary to remodel and
more fully condense the system: — Therefore,

Case of vacancy of

commissioners.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by, the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act,
whenever a vacancy may happen in the board of com-
missioners for Baltimore county, by death, resignation.

Election by the
county.

or by expiration of service, the vacancy shall be filled
up by a general vote of the whole county, taking care
to confine the choice to be made to the commissioners'

From the vacant

district.

district where such vacancy may happen, and the per-
son or persons ballotted for, receiving the highest
number of votes taken throughout the county, shall be
considered elected for their respective district or dis-
tricts, and before they proceed to act as such commis-
sioner or commissioners, they shall take and subscribe

Oath of office re-
quired.

the following oath, or affirmation, as the case may be,
before some person properly qualified to administer the
same, You, J. H. do make oath on the Holy Evangely