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CHAP. 193.
Court may decree
a sale of such lands
if it shall appear
to be for benefit of
such infants.
In case of appeals
where proper par-
ties have not been
made, court of ap-
peals may either
deliver decree or
award a new trial.
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ing the suit, and authorising them to take and return such answer;
and on return of the same, there may be the same proceedings as
if the infant defendants had been regularly summoned, and had
been heard by a guardian appointed by the court.
13. And be it enacted, That the said courts may decree a sale of
such lands, if it shall appear to be for the benefit and advantage
of such infants, and may order or not, in their discretion, a com-
mission to take depositions in the case, as to them shall appear ne-
cessary, and upon such terms as they may judge right and proper-
14. And be it enacted, That when on appeal from any decree in
the chancery court, or a county court as a court of equity, it shall
appear that the proper parties have not been made, the court of
appeals may, in their discretion, either reverse such decree with-
out prejudice to another bill, or award a new trial on such terms
as the court may deem equitable, specifying in the order for a writ
of procedendo, the parties to be made, and the decree to be made
thereon shall not be liable to reversal for the want of any other
parties that may be alleged.
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Passed Feb 12 1819
Corporation to
consist of a mayor,
5 aldermen, and 7
common council-
men—how and
when to be elect-
ed.
Mayor, &c to be
judges of all elec-
tion and ap-
point clerks.
Judges and clerks
to qualify as re-
quired by election
laws of the state.
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CHAPTER 104.
An act to alter and amend the Charter of the City of An-
napolis.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
the corporation of the city of Annapolis shall consist of a mayor,
recorder, five aldermen, and seven common council-men, and that
the inhabitants of the said city, qualified to vote for delegates to
the general assembly of this state, shall on the first Monday in
April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and on the first
Monday in October one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and
on the first Monday in October in every third year for ever there-
after, elect, by ballot, by a majority of votes, a mayor, recorder
and five aldermen, for the said city; and the aforesaid voters shall
on the first Monday in April one thousand eight hundred and nine-
teen, and on the first Monday in October one thousand eight hun-
dred and nineteen, and on the first Monday in October in every
year for ever thereafter, elect, by ballot, by a majority of votes,
seven common council-men.
2. And be it enacted, That the mayor, recorder and aldermen, or
any three or more of them, shall be judges of all elections relating
to said corporation, appoint the necessary clerks, designate the
place in the said city for holding elections, and shall declare the re-
sult of said elections, and have the same recorded on the proceed-
ings of the corporation, and shall keep open the said elections for
as many days as the elections for delegates to the general assembly
from the said city are now or may hereafter be directed to be kept
open.
3. And be it enacted, That the judges and clerks at all such elec-
tions, shall qualify in the same manner as judges and clerks of
election in the several counties of this state are required to qualify
by she general election laws of this state, and shall in the execution
of their respective duties, and in the manner of conducting elec-
tions, conform in every respect with the provisions of said laws,
and be subject for neglect or refusal to the same penalties as judges
of election in the several counties now are.
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