The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-15
Public General Laws.

Of the Circuit Court. In the City of Bal
timore the Board of Supervisors of Elec-
| tons shall biennially appoint some prac-
ticing member of the bar of Baltimore
| City to act as general counsel for the
| said board and for the Officers of Regis
tration and Judges of Election appointed
! by them in all matters and proceedings
pertaining to their duties. and to appear
for and defend the said judges of cleo
| tiQns at the hearing of all petitions which
may be filed against them as officers OF
registration under the provisions of this
Article. For his services such counsel
shall receive an annual salary of twelve
hundred dollars, to be paid in equal quar-
terly instruments by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore. He may be re-
moved and other counsel may be aP-
pointed in his place at the discretion Of
sad 6oarf and " PEI pe5l non ,,e n1e
ing before more than one of the judges
of the Supreme Bench Of Baltimore City,
at the same time he may appoint with the
approval of the Board of Supervisors, as
many additional counsel as may be nee
essary to assist HIM in trying said petit
lions, who shall each be paid such sum-
not exceeding one hundred and fifty dol
lars iE any one year-as he shall certify
with the approval of the Board of Super
visors, to be reasonable and proper
compensation for their respective SerV-
| ices; provided. that the whole number Of
counsel retained at any one time, includ-
ing himself. shall in no case exceed the
number of judges then engaged in hear
ing such petitions.
H. The boundaries of the election dis
tricts of the counties and of the wards
CT Baltimore City shall remain as now
established by law, but before the first
general registration held under this Arti-
Gle and before every subsequent general
registration next preceding Presidential
election, it shall be the duty of the several
boards of supervisors of election to divide
and establish precincts in the said cleo
ton districts or wards, as in the judS-
ment of said board shall best promote the
convenience of voters; provided, that no
precinct, upon the basis of the registry
next year preceding that in which such
precincts are divided and established,
shall contain over four hundred and fifty
(ioU registered voters in the city. In d.
viding. and establishing precincts in the
City of Baltimore. the new precincts shall
conform to the boundaries of the Legisla-
tive and Congressional districts estap-
lished by law. The precincts of each cleo
ton district or ward shall be numbered
from one upward, consecutively. The
boundaries of said precincts shall be made
known by advertisement in one or more
newspapers in said counties or city once
week for two successive weeks before
the list day of July in each year in which
such division Is made.
49, The Board Of Supervisors of Elec-
tons In the City of Baltimore shall
moreover, in every year in which such
division Is made, cause to be prepared
maps of said city, showing the boundaries
of the wards and precincts as established
by said board. They shall furnish sufr-
Gent number of copies of such maps to
the officers of registration of each pre-
ctnct, who shall keep one or more copies
Of such maps conspicuously posted in the
offices of registration during their sittings,
and the said board shall furnish copies OF
such maps to any person who shall apply
for the same and pay fifty cents for each
map so furnished him.