1846.

INDEX.

Chap.

Sec.

GOVERNOR

— To appoint ten inspectors of lumber,

&c., at Port Deposit,

302

To appoint two inspectors of lumber

at Perryville,

334

The Governor to be elected in 1860,

and thereafter, to qualify before the

Chancellor or either of the judges of

the Court of Appeals, as prescribed by

act of February session 1797, ch. 5,

336

1

The Chancellor or judge who ad-

ministers said oalhs, to prepare a cer-

tificate of the same, to be recorded in

the office of the clerk of the Court of

Appeals,
Inconsistent acts repealed,

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2
3

To appoint a practical chemist, as in-

spector of guano in the city of Baltimore,

341

Returns of election for, in 1850, shall

be made as in elections of president and

vice president, form of certificate to suit

the case, returns to be made to Chan-

cellor, &c.,

342

The person, in the judgment of the
chancellor, having the highest number of

legal votes, to be declared Governor

wilhin ten days after returns are receiv-

ed, and qualify as prescribed by the

constitution, &c.,

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2

Chancellor to decide all questions as

to the number and legality of voles, &c.,

and returns and qualifications, &c.,

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3

When two or more, legally qualified,

have an equal number of legal voles, in

that case the chancellor, within ten

days after returns are received, to com-

municate the fact, in writing, to the then

Governor, who shall, by proclamation,

convene the General Assembly upon

reasonable notice, before whom the re-

turns shall be laid by the chancellor,

and Senate and House of Delegates,

npon joint ballot, shall determine which

shall be Governor, &c.,

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4

In case any one voted for as Gover-

nor, and possessing the legal qualifica-
tions shall, within thirty days, come for-