Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-19

crnor and Clerk ofthe Circuit Court for AL
| legany county, to be by him recorded in the
! land records of said county, and if n major
! ity of the legal votes east within that part
| of Allegany county, contained within said
/ lines shall be in favor of a new county, and
! the Governor is satisfied that the require
mcnts of the Constitution and Laws, as to
! extent oftcrritory and number of inhabi-
tants, have been gratiticd and complied
with. then said part of Allegany county
! shall become and constitute new County,
| to be called Garrett County and the Gov
ernor shall issue his proclamation to that
effect, and the inhabitants thereof shall
/ thcnceforth have and enjoy all such rights
( and privileges AS are held and enjoyed by
/ the inhabitants of the other counties of this
! State.
SEC. 3. And be It enacted, That when
said new County shall have been so created,
the inhabitants thereof shall cease to have
any claim to, or interest in the county
buildings and other public property of
every description, belonging to said Coun-
! tv of Allcganv. and shall be liable for their
! proportionatc share of the then existing
debts and obligations of the said County of
| Allegany, according to the last assessment
/ in said county, to be asccrtaincd and APP
portioned by the County Commissioners of
said Allcgany county, and the inhabitants
OF said New County shall also pay the coun-
! ty taxes levied upon them at the time Of
| the creation of such New County, as if such
new county had not been created
SEC. t. And be It enacted, That at the
| first general election after the establishment
of said New County, the qualified voters of
said New County shall be entitled to elect
a Senator and two Delegates to the Gcner-
III Assembly, Il notice of which election
shall be given by the Sheriff of Allc~any
| county in the manner prescribed by law,
and the county of Allcgany shall be cnti-
tied to elect but three Delegates to the
General Assembly.
! SEC. 5. and be Il enacted, That the
County of Garrett, if formed according to
the provisions of the Constitution and
Laws shall be embraced in the Fourth Ju-
dicial Circuit, and the time for holding the
Courts therein shall be the third Monday
| in May and the first Monday of December
i'll each year.
SEC &. And be 1t enactcd Tha,
the Judge of said Court may pass all such
rules as may be necessary for facilitating
the business of the county, and such rules
shall provide for transaction of equity bust
shall be considered as always open
SEC. I. and be 1t enacted, That the
jury law, now applicable to Allcgany coun-
tv, shall be extended and applied to the
New County Of Garrett.
SEC. s. and be 1t enacted That the
qualified voters of said New County shall
he entitled to elect all such county or 9TH
or officers as the Constitution of the State
may authorize or require to he elected by
other counties Of the State at Il special cleo
ton to be held for such officers, on the
seventh day of January, i'll the year eigh
teen hundred and scyenty-threc, in each
Election District in said new county, Il no.
tee of which election shall be given by the
Sheriff of Acgany county in the manner
now prescribed by law.
SEC. 9. and be It enacted, That all
the Justices of the cacc, ConstablcS, and
Road Supervisors residing and acting with
in the limits of Garrett county, who rccciv-
ed their appointment rs such for the county
of Allcgany are hereby continued in office,
and their official acts shall be rs good and
binding i'll law, as if they had been duly APP
pointed and qualified as officers for Garrett
county. until their successors shall be APP
pointed and qualified; P,uediea, the same
he IOt ollltlN iSt UclcCilNt lOG lcstSCllS Oll-
cr than the want of jurisdiction.
SEC. TO- And be 1t enacted, That
there shall be three County Commissioners
FOR Garrett county, who shall have all the
| powers and perform such duties as are now
conferred by law upon the County Commits
sioners for Allcgany county and in addition
thereto, may purchase land for the erection
of the necessary buildings for county pur
poses, and shall have power, from time to
| time to levy such tax upon the assessable
| property of Garrett county, as may be nee
cSsary for the erection of said public build
inms, when in their Judgment, the public
convenience may require said buildings for
| the use of said county.
SEC IL. And be 1t enacted, That Jas
Il. Browning be, and is hereby appointed, to
take the census for District Number One !;
Elijah NJ Friend, for Number Two Charles
Bell. for Number Three; }. Mcclure Mason
for Number Ten; J Ecinhaugh, for Number
Eleven; ID. Harrison Friend, for Number
Fourteen; Ralph Thayer, for Number Eff
teen; William II. Barnard for Number
Four; James Poland, for Number Sixteen :;
| George W Blocker, for Number Five; orso
much otthe three last named Districts with
| in the lines ofthe proposed New County pri
idcnt Of the United States, in the fall ofcigh-
teen hundred and scventy-two, at the eX-
pense otthc inhabitants ofthe proposed New
| County, and shall make return under oath to
the Governor and TIE Clerk ofthc Circuit
Court for Allcgany county, to be by him re
corded in the Land Records of said county of
the number ofinhabtants in the lines of the
proposed New County, and on application
five citizens of the proposed New County
ofGarrett, the County Surveyor of Allcgany
county shall at once run and locate the lines
of the proposed New County Of Garrett, at
the expense Of said petitioners, and shall
make plat ofsaid lines, and report the same
to the Go, crnor the County Commission
crs. and the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Allegany cou ly, to be by him recorded in
the Land Records of said county, said report
to be made under oath.
SEC. II. AndbcHcnacfc1, That at the
election to be held for county officers the
| Commissioners of Alc%any county shall APP
point three Judges for each Of the three
! Districts divided by the lines of the New
| County, to hold the election mt some cOnvc-
nicnt point in said Districts, TO he dcsig
mated by said County Commissioners, and