Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-11
P I BLIC LOCAL LA w
COURT HOUSE BILL
Chapter SIG
Chapter SAG
Published oy Au.loril5


and the procuring of a site or sites for
the same and to authorize die County
Commissioners of said county to bor-
row money and issue bond, for the
payment therefore, and 10 levy taxes
for the payment Of the principal and
interest Of said bonds, appointing all
officers for the disbursement Of the
same and for other purposes
Sec. l Be it enacted by tie General
Assembly of Maryland: That The ques
ton as to whether the county seat of
Charles county shall be located at La
Plata Or Chapel Point, IN said county,
shall be submitted to the legal and quail
idei voters of said county at a special
election to be held for that purpose on
the first Tuesday in June, eighteen hun
dred aud ninety-6ve, which election shall
be held as follows: The sheriff of said
county shall give notice of such election,
to be held by virtue of this act by adj
vertisement inserted in three newspapers
published in said county, and BY hand
bills posted in each election district in
said county at least two weeks before
said election, in which notice copy of
this act shall be inserted; and the expen-
ses of said advertisement aud OF Che tick
cts provided for in Section Of this Act,
and all other expenses incident thereto
shall be levied for and paid by tue Coun
| ty Commissioners
Sec. 2. And be it enacted That at
said election the legal aud qualified vo-
ters of said county are authorized to cast
vote or ballot. whether or not the eoun-
ty seat shall be located at la Plata or
Chapel Point; and the ballots to be used
in said election shall be furnished by the
Supervisors of Election Of said county
in the same manner and form as is now
provided by law for furnishing ballots
for any election held in this State under
the Australian system as enacted by
Chapter 53S, of the Acts of Assembly of
1890, and the amendments thereto, ex.
cept, that they shall not-b be required to
place any emblem on SAID tickets, but
shall have only printed thereon the
words "For locating county seat It la
Plata" and "For locating county seat
at Chapel Point" respectively The
Judges of said election, election clerks
aud ballot clerks fer said election shall
be appointed by the said Supervisors of
Election as now provided by law for such
appointments for general elections; and
the challengers shall be nominated to the
said judges Of election, by tbe respective
parties representing The different loca-
tons to De voted for, ard said challen-
gers shall be permitted to exercise the
same powers as are now exercised under
the Public General Laws of the State,
by party challengers The tickets to be
furnished, as herein provided, shall have
printed thereon opposite the words here.
inbefore required to be printed thereon,
square, in which the voter shall put
his cross-mark thus: X, to designate for
which location he has Voted; and the
: same rules shall be ~ wed by the
Judges of election as are how observed
and practiced in regard to defective and
improperly marked tickets cast at any
general election held under the laws Of
this State, provided, however, that if in
counting such ballots, if the said judges
shall discover any private pen or pencil
, mark or designation mark on any such
ballots, as would seem by them to have
been placed thereon by any voter for the
purpose Of identification of his said ticket
10 order that he might be rewarded for
his vote, the said judges shall reject all
such tickets as defective and the same
shall not be counted Within two days
: after said election the return judges Of
the said election for the respective dis
tricts o said county shall meet at the
court AOase at Port Tobacco, and sum
marizs ,hc results Of the said election
and max return thereof 10 the Clerk Of
the Crui. Court for said county who
shall Gladiately thereafter make prov
lama lou Of the results of said election by
publication in the newspapers In the said
county aud if it shall be found by the
return Of said judges, and the proclama-
ton OF said clerk that a majority of the
votes cast at said election were cast,
For locating county seat at La Plata,
thenseforth La Plata shall be the county
seat of said county and court house and
a jail, together with necessary offices for
the transaction of public business shall
be bull at La Plata; and upon said re-
turn and proclamation it shall be found
that majority Of the votes cast at said
election were cast. For locating the
county .eat at Chapel Point" thence
forth Chapel Point shall be the county
seat OF I'D county and the public build
ings and offices hereinbefore mentioned
shall be built at Chapel Point.
Sec 3 And be it enacted: That John
H. Mitchell, DR.. A. ] Smoot. J HUI
bert Roberts, William Wolfe, John w
Waring, Adrian Posey and George W.
Gray. of Charles county and State of
Maryland, be and they are hereby con
sItuted building committee for the pur
pose of having said court house and Jail
erected, and selecting Site or sites
therefore at ia Plata or Chapel Point,
whichever shall by said election be de-
elared to be the choice of places for To-
eating the county seat. and in case of the
death. refusal to act or resignation of one
or more of said building Committee, the
remaining members ofsaid building com
mlttee shalt fill such vacancy or vacan-
eies; the members of said committee shall
serve without pay majority of them
shall form a quorum for business and
shall be necessary for lbe decision of all
questions arising b the discharge oftheir
.uties, and said committee shall as spec
Oily as may be, procure a ,ite or sites for
the erection Of said buildings. by gift
purchase or condemnation. for and in the
name Of the County Commis.ioners of
said county and if Proceedings Of CON
domination are necessary. they shall be
instituted by said building committee in
the name Co. Commissioners Of Charles
county and the proceeding. .ball be in
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