WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1838.

justice of the peace, of said county, that the same re-
mains unpaid, and that he has not received any secu-
rity of satisfaction for the same, or any part thereof,
more than what credits may be allowed thereon.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall not
continue in force longer than one year, from the first
day of July next.

CHAPTER 259.

CHAP. 259.

Limit 1 year.

An act, entitled, an act to abolish the Commissioners'
Court of Calvert County, and to provide for the elec-
tion of Commissioners of Tax by the people.

Passed Mar. 27,
1839.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act,
the commissioners' court of Calvert county be, and the
same is hereby abolished.

Commissioners'
Court abolished.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That Levin W. Ballard,
Levin Stanforth, James S. Morsell, Uriah Laveille,
James Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, be, and the
same are hereby created a board to be styled the
Levy Court of Calvert county, who shall exercise
all the powers, and perform all the duties heretofore
required to be performed by the commissioners' court
of said county, until the election of members of said
court hereinafter provided for.

Levy Court institu-
ted.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the mode and man-
ner of electing the said members of the levy court of
Calvert county, shall be as follows: The voters of each
election district who are now, or may be at the time of
the election qualified to vote for members of the, House
of Delegates shall, on the first Wednesday in October,
eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and at the same time

Election Oct. 1839.

every two years thereafter, vote at their respective
places of voting as already provided for by law, for
such person or persons possessing the same qualifica-
tions as candidates for the House of Delegates.

Every 2d year
thereafter.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the judges of elec-
tion for each election district in said county, or a ma-
jority of them, shall certify under their hands, and re-
turn in form and manner similar to their certificates
and return of the election of delegates aforesaid, the

Return of elections
of Levy court.