| 1816.
CHAP. 35.
Passed Jan. 2, 1817. |
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. XXXV.
An Act to repeal all that part of the Constitution and Form of Government
as relates to the division of Dorchester County in three
separate
Election Districts. Lib. TH. No. 5, fol. 172. |
| Preamble. |
WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly,
that great
convenience would result to the voters of Dorchester county, by increasing
the number of election districts in said county; therefore, |
Dorchester divided
into five election
districts. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
Dorchester county, for the purpose of holding all future elections
for delegates, electors of senate, and sheriffs of the aforesaid county,
shall be divided and laid off into five separate districts. |
Part of constitution
repealed.
* 1798, ch. 115. |
2. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all that part of
the constitution
and form of government* whereby Dorchester county hath been divided
and laid off into three separate districts, for the purpose
aforesaid, be and the same is hereby repealed. |
When confirmed
to be a part of constitution. |
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.
This act was confirmed by 1817, ch.
42, and the county laid off into election
districts, &c. by 1816, ch. 127. |
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Passed Jan. 2, 1817. |
CHAP. XXXVI.
An Act to alter and change the place of holding the Elections of
the
first Election District in Harford County. Lib.
TH. No. 5, fol.
173.
See 1805, ch. 97. |
Place of holding
elections in first
district changed. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
the judges in the first election district in Harford county be, and
they are hereby authorised and directed, to hold, in future, the
elections in said district at and in the house of George Cunningham,
in the town of Abingdon, any law, usage or custom, to the
contrary notwithstanding. |
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Passed Jan. 3, 1817. |
CHAP. XXXVII.
An Act to empower the Judges of the Fifth Election District in Washington
County to hold the Elections in any suitable House in
the
Town of Hancock. Lib. TH. No. 5, fol. 173. |
Elections in fifth
district to be held
in Hancock. |
BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That
the judges of the fifth election district in Washington county be,
and they are hereby authorised and empowered, to hold in future,
the elections in said district, in any house in the town of Hancock,
which to them may be most convenient for holding the said elections. |
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Passed Jan. 3, 1817. |
CHAP. XXXVIII.
An Act to locate and make public a Road connecting the Road leading
from William's Ferry with Market-Street in Frederick-Town,
Frederick County. Lib. TH. No. 5, fol. 174. |
Commissioners appointed
to lay out
road. |
1. BE IT ENACTED, by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
John Brengle, William Goldsborough, Peter Wolfe, Moses Worman, |
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