The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-05-10

PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

tricts and election precincts In their
respective counties, from time to time,
and whenever in their judgment and
discretion it shall be expedient for the
convenience of the voters, to subdivide
any of said election districts or cleo
ton precincts, or to suDdivide ana
change the boundaries of any two or
more precincts in any election district
into three or more precincts, they are
hereby empowered and authorized to
make such subdivisions and to estab-
liSh the boundaries OF such subdl-
visions in such way as to facilitate
and expedite the casting OF their pal
lots by the voters thereof, either by
the designation of an entirely new ana
different polling place or places, or by
providing for two or more separate
polling places at or near the former
polling place or places; provided, now
ever, that no election district shall pc
subdivided into two or more precincts
that has not an excess OF SIX hundred
voters; and no precinct or group OF
precincts in any district shall be sub
divided unless one or more OF SAID pre-
cincts SO intended to be divided, shall
contain an excess Of six hundred
voters; and whenever, in the exercise
of the discretion conferred upon the
several Boards of Supervisors of Elec-
lions of, this section, they shall sub
divide any election district or election
precinct or precincts they shall ap-
point officers of registration and
Judges and clerks of election therefor,
as in this article provided, who shall
have all the powers, perform all the
duties, be subject to all the response
bilities and be liable to all the penal
ties prescribed in this article for OIL
GERS of registration, judges and clerks
of election. All the members OF the
Boards of Supervisors for the several
counties whenever any such district,
precinct or precincts is or are divided
as herein provided, shall sign their
names to the books which contain the
names copied from the original books
for such new district, or precinct IN
the hands of such supervisors, and
shall duly certify that said new books
contain all the names of the persons
entitled to vote in such newly estab-
lshed district or precinct, such said
certificate shall appear on the blank
line next following the last name in
each letter of the alphabetical list of
names in the new book so transcribed,
and such said certificates shall be at
tested by the clerk to the respective
Boards of Supervisors; and said
Boards of Supervisors shall furnish to
the officers of registration and judges
of election appointed by them for such
new additional voting precincts full
and complete sets of registry books,
TIT Of q a l.
ready registered, duly and properly
arranged for such additional voting
precincts, and for the entering upon
such registry books persons entitled
to be newly registered thereon, and
the cost of such subdivision and prep
aration of proper registry books shall
be paid by the County Commissioners
of the counties in which such subdi-
visions shall be made upon proper
requisitions and vouchers presented by
the Boards Of Supervisors of Elections.
The boundaries of said additional pre-
cincts established under this section
shall be made known by advertisement
in two newspapers in said counties,
once a week for three successive
weeks, before the first day of Septem-
Der in each year, in which such sub
division is made, said newspapers to
be designed as provided in other cases
under this article where advertise
ments are required to be made in at
least two newspapers; provided, how
ever, that nothing in this act shall be
construed to alter or change the
boundaries or location of any precinct
as now established by the several
Board of Supervisors Of Elections, and
all precincts as now located and laid
out or subdivided by the Supervisors
of Elections be and the same are here
by sanctioned, ratified and confirmed;
provided, however, that nothing in this
Act shall be construed to prevent the
several Boards of Supervisors of Elec-
tions in the counties of this State,
with the exception of Wicomico Coun-
ty, from subdividing any district, pre-
cinct or precincts in conformity with
the provisions of this Act; and pro-
vided further, that in Wicomico Coun-
ty, the several districts and precincts
as now laid out and located, and the
polling places therein as now located
in the said several districts and pre-
cincts are sanctioned, ratified and con-
firmed and the Board of Supervisors
of Elections shall have no power in
said Wicomico County to subdiVide or
relocate any district or precinct, and
shall have no power to change the To-
cation of any polling place in said
county.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1911.
PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH,
Governor.
JESSE D. PRICE,
President of Senate.
JAMES Nee. Triple,