WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

1838.

and securing, the estate of purchasers, has been compli-
ed with.

CHAPTER 67.

CHAP 67.

An act to abolish the Levy Court of St. Mary's county,
and to provide for the election of Commissioners for
said county, by the people thereof.

Passed Feb. 21,
1839.

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

Levy court abo-

lished.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted. That after the election of
commissioners of St. Mary's county, hereinafter pro-
vided for, the board of commissioners for St. Mary's

Five Commission-

ers.

county, shall consist of five members; one to be elected
from each election district in said county, as the said
districts are now laid out and divided.

One elected annu-

ally from each

district.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That an election shall be
held on the first Monday in April next, ensuing the
passage of this act, in the several districts of St.
Mary's county, in the manner hereinafter provided for,
for five commissioners of said county to exercise all
the powers hereinafter granted to the commissioners
to be elected on the first Wednesday of October eigh-
teen hundred and forty-one, and to hold their offices,
until the election of commissioners for said county, at
the said election in eighteen hundred and forty-one,

and that the Sheriff of St. Mary's county, give the le-

gal notice of holding said election; and that the com-
missioners so elected, when qualified, shall have the
power of electing a clerk, at the same compensation as
is now allowed by law to the clerk of the levy court
of said county, whose duties shall be the same as are
now performed by the clerk of said levy court.

Election in April,

1819.

Notice required.

Powers conferred.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the mode and man-
ner of electing commissioners for St. Mary's county,
shall be as follows: the voters of each election dis-
trict, who are now, or may be at the time of election,

qualified to vote for members of the House of Delegates
of Maryland, shall on the first Wednesday of October,
eighteen hundred and forty-one, and at the same time ev-

Tri-annual elec-

tions from October,

1841.