LAWS OF MARYLAND.

1844.

annual election thereafter, the voters of each election dis-
trict of Howard District, who may at the time of any such
election, be qualified to vote For members of the House of
Delegates shall vote at their respective places of voting,
for one person as commissioner of Howard District, who
shall be a resident of such election district, and who shall
have the same qualifications as delegates to the General
Assembly, and the person receiving the highest number
of votes in such district, shall be deemed duly elected
commissioner as aforesaid, and it shall be the duty of the
judges of elections to make such returns of the said elec-
tions as is by law required, in case of an election for
sheriff, and the five persons elected as aforementioned
shall constitute a board of commissioners of Howard Dis-
trict, and shall continue in office one year from the time
of election, and until their successors have qualified, and
shall have all the power and authority, rights and privi-
leges, and perform all the duties, and be subject to the
same liabilities under the law as are required of or apper-
tain to the present board of commissioners.

CHAP. 298.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of
acts inconsistent with or repugnant to this act, be and
the same are hereby repealed.

Repealed.

CHAPTER 298.

An act relating to the Elections in Dorchester County.

Passed March
10, 1845.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That at the October election for delegates to the General
Assembly for Dorchester county, in the year eighteen
hundred and forty-five, every voter when he offers to vote,
shall be required by the judges of election in Lake's dis-
trict, in said county, to state whether he is for or against
holding the election in said district at Stapleford's store,
where it is now held, or at William Andrew's Store in
said district, or at any other place in said district, and the
said judges shall record the number of votes for and
against said removal of the place of holding said election,
at what place as aforesaid, and make return thereof to the
Legislature during the session of eighteen hundred and
forty-five, and eighteen hundred and forty-six, and if a
majority of said voters in said district, shall be in favor of
said removal as aforesaid, then and in that case the elec-
tions in said district shall thereafter be held at the place
in favor of which a majority of the whole of said votes
shall be cast.

Judge to ask
each voter, &c.