THOMAS W. VEAZEY, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1837.

ballots of said legal voters shall be deposited, and the
said ballots shall have written on them the words

CHAP. 334.

"Registry," or "No Registry," and the said ballots on
the day of finally concluding said registry, shall be
counted by said registers, and a certificate made out by
them, of the number of ballots for the "Registry," and
those for "No Registry," and the said certificates, to-
gether with the number of all the names of the legal
voters, contained on said registries, shall be trans-
mitted by said registers to the governor, and by him
laid before the General Assembly, at its next session,
and if it he found on comparing the number of ballots
with the words "No Registry'' on them, with the num-
ber of the names of all the legal voters registered, that
a majority of said legal voters have decided against
this law, notice of that fact shall be given to the go-
vernor, by the presiding officers of the two houses of

If against regis-
tering.

the legislature, and the governor shall issue his procla-
mation, declaring this act, thenceforward, null, void,
and of none effect, but if it shall appear that a majori-
ty of all the legal voters have not decided against this
law, the same shall continue, and be in full fore, and
the governor, on receiving notice of the fact, from the
presiding officers of the two houses of Assembly, shall
issue his proclamation to that effect.

CHAPTER 334.

Proclamation.
Null and void.

A supplement to the act, entitled, an act to authorise the
appointment of Commissioners, and the division of
Worcester County into School Districts, and for other
purposes, passed at December session eighteen hun-
dred and thirty six, chapter two hundred and seven-
ty-nine.

Passed Mar. 29,
1838.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland. That the levy court of Worcester county
be, and they are hereby authorised, if they shall con-
sider it expedient, whenever the division of said coun-
ty into school districts shall be complete, to apply the
free school fund of said county in such manner and
proportions, annually, between said school districts, as

Application of
school fund.