Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-02
,lI.APTER iGl.
Az .tCT.

Az act.
To repeal Sections Eighty four and Eigh
ty-tiyr, and Sub Section one Of Section
Eighty seven Of Article Eleven Of the
Code of Public Local Laws, entitled
Frederick County, Sub title 'Fredcrick"
as enacted by Chapter three hundred and
forty eight Of IT," Acts Of eighteen hun,
drrd and scyentytwo, relating To n.c|
corporate Organization Of Frederick CITY
and to enact the following Sections and
Sub Sections in lieu Of the same
Section /. b. 1t shnrtri III IT, G>nrrul
lsvalby IF NuyLHd, THAT SECTIONS, ci@h-
" four and eighty five and s~Un section
one Of Section eighty seven Of Article
Eleven Of the Code of Public Local Laws
for Frederick county. sub title "fr,nerick'
rs enacted hy chapter three luidrcd and
forl,.right Of he Acts of eighteen ban
,IgcI and seventy two, relating to the May
or. Aldermen aHl Common Council of
Frederick, am the Election thereof, and al.
50 all other Acts and parts Of Acts, ilron-
sstcut with the Section, and sub sections
hereinafter enacted, he ana the sun.c are
hereby repealed, and the following sections
and Sub Section DC enacted in lieu OF, and
Us substitutes therefor
81 The residents of sail Ciiv Of Frrl.
ercli, qualified ~ hereinafter prescribed,
Shall on the last Monday of February, in
the year eighteen hundred and seventy four
and in every third year thereafter. eject the
Mayor aud five Aldermen for said city, in
the m inner following, namely: The quail
flied voters of each OF the five AldCmanic
Districts of said city shal! vote at the polls
in their respective District, for Mayor; and
no person shall he permitted to vote tor
Mayor III any other District, except as,
here natter Stated, than that in which said
voter actually resides, and in and for which
he is registcred; and the qualified voters of
each Aldrrmanic District shall at the polls
in their respective Districts vote for an A.
dcrman; one Alderman shall be chosen
from each Of said five Allrrmanic Districts
and shall he voted for ut the polls for said
Districts by the qualified voters Of such
District ard none others. The Elections
shall uc held al such place in each Of such
Districts, as the judges Of Election OF the
Districts may prescribe and the polls shall
be kept open from niIc O'Clock in the
morning until five o'clocl. in the afternoon.
3d. The Board Of Common Council Of
said city at The end Of the official year for
which The CounciImcn were elected ON the
fourth Monday of February, eighteen nun /.
drcd and seventy eight shall be disconIin
ed and abolished; and thcrcupon all the lc
gal powers, duties, and functions now pos
scsscd by the said Common Council as Il !
separate Board or exercised 10y il onjomt /
" with the Board OF Aldermen for said
city, Shall be vested in and exercised by the
Board of Aldermen alone; and upon and
after the discontinuancc and o'mlllion OF
the Common Council, rs aforesaid, the cor .
poratc name of the citizens OF Frederick rs .
II body corporate shall be "Thc Mayor
and Aldermen Of Frederick and by that .
name they shall possess and exercise the
same corporate powers, tights and func-
tons, and remain subject to the same du
ties, liabilities and obligations AS they now
do, and nrc as "Thc Mayor, Aldermen and .
Common Council of Frederick.
81. SUB SECTION |. The Governor shall
annually before the tenth day of Dcccmbcr
appoint one person as officer OF ReglStra-
ton in each Allermanic District OF Fred
crick city, who shall be a resident of the
District Tor which he is appointed, and the
sail officer of Registration shall register in
a book to be prepared for the purpose, all
male citizens above the age of twenty one
years, who shall have the requisite quail
tcaions to cntitlc them to vote for Mayor .
and Aldermen. Every male person who
shall be citizen of the United States, and
shall have resided within the state OF Ma
rylanu for twelve months, and in the AL
dcrmanic District wherein he offers to reg .
lister, SIX months next preceding the
Election, shall be entitled to be registered. !
Provided always that where any person