LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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tition of sundry inhabitants of Saint Mary's county, that they expe-
rience great inconvenience from the magnitude and extent of the
fourth election district in said county, operating to deprive many of
their suffrages, who are entitled to the exercise of that right; and as
it is desirable that the full, free and fair voice of the people should be
expressed in their choice of the functionaries of government; there-;
fore,

Dec Ses. 1822

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That all that
part of the constitution and form of government made such by the
acts of eighteen hundred and six and eighteen hundred seven, which
directs that Saint Mary's county shall be divided and laid off into
four separate election districts, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Repeal.

2. And be it enacted, That Saint Mary's county shall be divided
into five separate election districts; and the additional district shall
be taken and laid off from the fourth election district, as they arc
now numbered.

Five districts.

3. And be it enacted, That if this act shall be confirmed by the
General Assembly of Maryland, after the next election of delegates,
in the first session after such new election, as the constitution and
form of government directs, in such case, this act and the alteration
herein contained, shall constitute and be considered as a part of the
said constitution and form of government, to all intents and purposes,
any thing therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

Constitution-
al proviso.

CHAPTER 113.

A supplement to an act, entitled, An act for the support of Thomas De-
ford, of Queen Ann's county, an afflicted son of Edward Deford, of
said county.

Passed Feb
6, 1823.

WHEREAS in the act aforesaid, John Deford was by mistake called
Edward Deford; therefore,

Preamble.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the afore-
said act, passed December session, eighteen hundred and twenty-
two, be, and the same is hereby declared, to ail intents and pur-
poses, to be an act for the benefit of Thomas Deford, an afflicted son
of John Deford, of said county, as intended by the original act, in-
stead of Edward Deford therein mentioned.

Mistake cor-
rected.

CHAPTER 114.

An act to confirm the name of James Cropper, alias James M'Collister,
of Dorchester county.
WHEREAS James Cropper, alias James M'Collister, of Dorchester
county, was not born in lawful wedlock, his mother being a M'Col-
lister and his father a Cropper; and whereas some doubts exist as to
his true n me, and he is desirous that it should be legally establish-
ed to that of James Cropper; therefore,

Passed Feb
6, 1823.

Preamble,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the name of James Cropper, alias James M'Collister, of Dorchester
county, be, and hereby is confirmed to that of James Cropper, and
it shall and may be lawful for the said James Cropper, alias James
M'Collister, at all times hereafter, to be called and known by, and
hold and use the name of James Cropper, and by that name to sue
and be sued in any court of law or equity; and it shall and may be
lawful for the issue of the said James Cropper, alias James M'Collis-
ter, heretofore or hereafter to be born, to take upon themselves, and
each of them, the surname of Cropper; and the surname of the said
James Cropper, alias James M'Collister, shall be, and is hereby

Name.