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SAMUEL STEVENS, Jr. ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

Dec. Ses. 1822

vivors of them, commissioners to lay off Frederick county into ele-
ven separate election districts, in conformity to the act, entitled, An
act to alter and repeal such parts of the constitution and form of go-
vernment of this state as relate to the division of Frederick county
into election districts, and of the act entitled, An act to confirm an
act, entitled, An act to alter and repeal such parts of the constitution
and form of government of this state as relate to the division of
Frederick county into election districts, carefully making the several
districts as nearly equal as possible, having regard to population, ex-
tent, and convenience of the voters, and each election district shall
be numbered by said commissioners, and known thereafter by such
number; and. also to make choice of a place in each district at which
the election shall be held, as nearly central as shall be practicable,
having regard to the circumstances aforesaid, and the accommodation
of persons attendant upon such election; and the said commissioners,
or a majority of them, or a majority of the survivors of them, shall,
on or before the first day of May next, deliver to the clerk of the
county court of said county a description, in writing, under their
hands and seals, specifying plainly the boundaries and number of
each district, and also the place in each district where the election for
such district shall be held, and the said clerk shall record the same
in the records of the said county.

Time of
meeting.

2. And be it enacted, That the commissioners appointed by this
act, or a majority of them, or a majority of the survivors of them,
shall meet at the usual place of holding the county court of said
county on the first Monday of April next, for the purpose of per-
forming the duties imposed by this act, and the commissioners or
commissioner so meeting, may adjourn from time to time, and from
place to place, until the whole is completed.

Appointment
of Judges.

3. And be it enacted, That the levy court of Frederick county
shall, sometime in the month of May next, and in the same month
annually forever thereafter, appoint three persons for each election
district, residents therein, who, or a majority, or any one of whom,
in case of the non-attendance of the other two, shall be -the judges of
the election for such district from the time of their appointment
until a new appointm«nt; and the judges so appointed shall have,
hold and exercise, the same powers and authority, and be subject to
the same penalties, as the judges of elections in the several counties
of this state now are.

Election laws

4. And be it enacted, That all laws now in force with respect to the
time, manner and mode, of conducting and regulating elections in '
the several counties of this state, shall be and they are hereby declar-
ed to be in full force in Frederick county.

Compensa-
tion.

5. And be it enacted, That for all services to be performed by this
act, the levy court of said county shall make reasonable compensa-
tion out of the county levies.

Passed Dee.
18, 1822.

CHAPTER 14.

An act to confirm An act, passed at December session eighteen hun-
dred and twenty one, entitled An act to repeal all such parts of the
constitution and form of Government, as relate to the division of
Baltimore county, into seven separate election districts, and for

Confirmed.

other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That an act passed at December session, eighteen hundred and
twenty one entitled, An act to repeal all such parts of the constitu-
tion and form of government, as relate to the division of Baltimore