The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-05-17
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, 1912.
ELECTIONS PROCEEDINGS.
CHI A 9-T- II r., F7 Sill,

33 of the Code Of Public General
Laws of 1904, title Elections"
subtitle Miscellaneous Provisions"
IL as to provide for authorizing any
two OF more precincts to b. sub
divided in any district where any
one of said precincts contains more
than IL hundred voters, and when
ever such subdivision j. in the
judgment and discretion of the
Board of Supervisors of Elections
for the convenience off the voters;
and to ratify and confirm ali such
subdivisions III have been hereto
fore made by any Supervisors Of
Elections off the several counties of
tn State of Maryland.
Section A. Be 1T enacted by the
General Assembly Of Maryland, That
section 125 of Article BIB of the Code
of Public General Laws off Maryland
OF 1904, be and the same il hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amend
ments I'D A. to read al follows:
125. tit shall d. the duty of the
Boards of Supervisors of Elections Of
the several counties, to examine the
boundaries Of the several election dis
tricts and election precincts i'm their
respective counties, from time to time,
and whenever in their judgment and
discretion 1t shall D. expedient for
the convenience of the voters, to sub
divide any of said election districts
or election precincts, or To subdivide
and change the boundaries of any two
or more precincts i'm any election dis
trict into three Oh more precincts),
they are hereby empowered and au-
thOrized to make such subdivisions
and to establish the boundaries Of
such subdivisions in such way as to-
facilitate and expedite the casting of
their ballots by the voters thereof,
either by the designation Of an en-
tirely new and different polling place
or places, on by providing for two or
more separate polling places at OF
near the former polling place or
places; provided, however, that 40
election district shall b. subdivided
into two or more precincts that has
not an excess of six hundred voters,
and no precinct OH group of precincts
i'm any district shall b. subdiVided I'M
less one Or more of said precincts %
intended to b. divided, shall contain
an excess of six hundred voters; and)
whenever, i'm the exercise of the dis
erection conferred upon the several
Boards of Supervisors Of Elections Of
this section they shall subdivide any
election district or election precinct
Or precincts they shall appoint officers
of registration and judges and clerks
of election therefor, a. i'm this article
provided, who shall have all the pow
ers, perform ait the duties, b. sub
iect to all the responsibilities and
b. liable to ali the penalties prescrib-
Cd in this article for officers off regis
tration, judges and clerks Of election.
All the members of the Boards of Su-
pervisOrs for tn Several counties
whenever any such district, precinct
or precincts is or are divided al here
in provided, shall sign their names
to the books which contain the names
such new district, or precinct i'm the
hands of such supervisors, and shall
duly certify that said new books con-
tain all the names of the persons en-
titled to vote i'm such newly establish
Cd district or precinct, such said GER
tifcate shall appear on the blank line
next following the last name in each
letter of the alphabetical list of
names i'm the new book 20 TRANSCRIPT
ed, and such said certificates shall b.
attested by the clerk to the respec-
tive 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 pre-
cincts full and complete sets Of
registry books, containing tn names
of all voters already registered, duly
and properly arranged for such addi-
tiOnal voting precincts, and for the
entering upon such registry books per
sons entitled to b. newly registered
thereon, and the cost Of such sub
division and preparation of proper
registry books shall b. paid by the
County Commissioners of the counties
i'm which such subdivisions shall be
made upon proper acquisitions ana
vouchers presented by the Boards of
Supervisors of Elections. The boun-
daries of said additional precincts g
taDllSneQ unQer THIS SectlOn snail o.
made known by advertisement in two
newspapers i'm said counties, once a
week for three successive weeks,
before the first day of September i'm
each year, i'm which such subdivision
II made, said newspapers to b. design
Cd A. provided i'm other cases under
this article where advertisements
are required to b. made i'm at least
two newspapers; Crowded, however,
that nothing i'm this act shall BE- con-
strued to alter or change the boun-
daries or location of any precinct a.
now established by the several Boards
of Supervisors of Elections, and all
precincts a. now located and laid out
or subdivfded by the Supervisors of
Elections b. and the same are hereby
sanctioned, ratified and confirmed, pro-
vided, however, that nothing i'm this act
shall BE- construed to prevent the
several Boards of Supervisors of Elec-
tions i'm the counties af this State,
with the exception of WicOmico
county, from sub-dividing any district,