The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-05-25
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS. 1912.
ELECTIONS PROCEEDINGS.
CHATTER ST..


AN ACT to repeal and re-enact. with
amendments. section 125 of Article
80 of the Code Of Public General
Laws Of 1904, title Elections"
subtitle Miscellaneous Provisions"
SO as to provide for authorizing any
two or more precincts to be sub
divided in any district where any
one of said precincts contains more
than six hundred voters, and when
ever such subdivision is in the
judgment and discretion Of the
Board Of Supervisors of Elections
for the convenience of the voters;
and to ratify and confirm all such
subdivisions as have been hereto
fore made by any Supervisors of
Elections of the several counties Of
the State of Maryland.
Section /. Be 1t enacted by the
General Assembly, of Maryland, That
section 125 of Article 80 of the Code
of Public General Laws Of Maryland
of 1904, be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amend
ments so as to read as follows:
125. 1t shall be 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 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 sub
divide any of said election districts
or election precincts or to subdivide
and change the boundaries of any two
or more precincts In any election dis
trict into three or 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, or by providing for two or
more separate polling places at or
near the former polling place or
places; (provided, however, that no
election district shall be 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 subdivided I'M
less one or more of said precincts so
intended to be divided, shall contain
an excess of six hundred voters; and)
whenever, in 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, as in this article
provided, who shall have all the pow
ers, perform all the duties, be sub
ject to all the responsibilities and
be liable to all the penalties prescrib-
ed in this article for officers of regis
tration, judges and clerks of election.
All the members of the Boards of SUI
pervisors for the several counties
whenever any such district, precinct
or precincts is or are divided as here
in 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 con-
tain all the names of the persons en-
titled to vote in such newly establish
ed district or precinct, such said GER
tificate 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 TRANSCRIPT
ed, and such said certificates shall be
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 the 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 be newly registered
thereon, and the cost Of such sub
division and preparation Of proper
registry books shall be paid by the
County Commissioners of the counties
in which such subdivisions shall be
made upon proper acquisitions and
vouchers presented by the Boards of
Supervisors of Elections. The boun-
daries of said additional precincts es-
tablished under this section shall be
made known by advertisement in two
newspapers in said counties, once
week for three successive weeks,
before the first day of September in
each year, in which such subdivision
is made, said newspapers to be design
ed as provided in other cases under
this article where advertisements
are required to be made in at least
two newspapers; provided, however,
that nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to alter or change the boun-
daries or location of any precinct as
now established by the several Boards
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 hereby
sanctioned, ratified and confirmed, pro-
vlded, however, that nothing in this act
shall be construed to prevent the