1838.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 305.

CHAPTER 305.

Passed Mar. 14,
1839.

An act to alter the mode of appointing the Levy Court
of Kent County; to provide for their election by the
by the people, and to abolish the Board of Commis-
sioners of Tax in said County.

Five members.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That on the first Wednesday in October,
eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and forever there-
after, the levy court of Kent county shall be composed
of five members, to be elected as hereinafter provided
for.

Election Oct. 1839.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted That on the first Wednes-
day in October next, at the time and places of holding
elections for delegates to the General Assembly of
Maryland, in Kent county, and under the direction and
supervision of the judges appointed to hold such elec-
tions, an election shall be held for the purpose of choos-
ing five persons to compose the levy court of said
county, whose term of service shall commence and end
as hereinafter provided for, and at every such election

Qualification of vo-

ters.

all persons entitled to vote for delegates for said coun-
ty shall be entitled to vote for members of the said

Of candidates.

levy court, and the five persons of those voted for as
members of the said levy court having a plurality of
legal votes, and a residence in said county of two years
next preceding such election, and above the age of
twenty one years, shall be returned and declared as
duly elected members of the levy court of Kent county.

Elections conduct-

ed.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That elections for levy
court shall be conducted, and the returns thereof made

Returns made.

in like manner as returns for delegates are made,
except the returns for members of the levy court shall
be made to the clerk of Kent county, who thereupon

Results published.

shall publish the result in some newspaper published
in Kent county, or by notice set up at the court house
door, declaring the five persons having a plurality of
legal votes and the requisite qualifications, as duly
elected members of the levy court of Kent county, and

Case of a tie.

in the event of a tie between two or more, persons, the
same shall be decided by ballot at the first regular
meeting of said levy court.