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them, shall fill any vacancy which may exist in the said college of electors at such meeting, whether such vacancy be occasioned by absence or otherwise; and the said person or persons so appointed to fill such vacancy or vacancies shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of those proclaimed by the governor as duly elected electors of president and vice-president of the United States.

1888, art. 33, sec. 114. 1860, art. 35, sec. 72. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 141. Compiled Statutes U. S., vol. 1, pages 67-68, Act of Congress, February 3, 1887. 149. The electors for this State shall meet in the State house in the city of Annapolis and give their votes for president and vice president of the United States at the hour of noon upon the second Monday of January next following their appointment.

Representatives in Congress.

Ibid. sec. 118. Ibid. secs. 76-77. 1852, ch. 52, sec. 1. 1868, cc. 335.

1896, ch. 202, sec. 142.

150. Elections of Representatives of this State in the congress of the United States shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November every two years, commencing in the year eighteen hundred and ninetysix, and taking place every second year thereafter.

Ibid. sec. 119. Ibid. sec. 78. Ibid. sec. 143.

151. If a vacancy should occur by death, resignation or otherwise, at such a period as to make it necessary that a representative or representatives in congress from this State should be chosen before the regular time for such election, the governor shall by proclamation direct that a special election be held to fill such vacancy, which proclamation shall require at least twenty days' notice of such election, to be given by the supervisors of elections to the sheriffs of the respective counties or city of Baltimore, comprising the congressional district in which such vacancy may exist.

Congressional Districts.

Ibid. sec. 120. Ibid. sec. 79. Ibid. sec. 144. 1902, ch. 136. 152. This State shall be divided into six districts for the choosing of six representatives in the congress of the United States, which will be numbered respectively from one to six.

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1888, art. 33, sec. 121. 1860, art, 35, sec. 80. 1852, ch. 25, sec. 1838. ch. 335. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 145. 1902, ch. 136.

153. The first congressional district shall be composed of Worcester county, Somerset county, Wicomico county, Dorchester county, Talbot county, Queen Anne's county, Caroline county, Kent county and Cecil county, and shall be entitled to choose one representative in the house of representatives.

Ibid. sec. 122. Ibid. sec. 81. Ibid. sec. 146. 1902, ch. 136. 154. The second congressional district shall be composed of the fifteenth and sixteenth wards of Baltimore city, as said wards are numbered by the act of 1901, chapter 8, of Harford county, Carroll county and Baltimore county, and shall be entitled to choose one representative in the house of representatives.

Ibid. sec. 123. Ibid. sec. 82.

Ibid. sec. 147. 1902, ch. 136.

155. The third congressional district shall be composed of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and twenty-second wards of Baltimore city, and the ninth, tenth, eleventh and thirteenth election precincts of the eighteenth ward of Baltimore city, as said wards are numbered by the act of 1901, chapter 8, and shall be entitled to choose one representative in the house of representatives.

Ibid. sec. 124. Ibid. sec. 83. Ibid. sec. 148. 1902, ch. 136.

156. The fourth congressional district shall be composed of the ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, seventeenth, nineteenth and twentieth wards of Baltimore city, and the first, second, third and twelfth election precincts of the eighteenth ward of Baltimore city, as said wards are numbered by the act of 1901, chapter 8, and shall be entitled to choose one representative in the house of representatives.

Ibid. sec. 125. Ibid. sec. 84. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 149. 1902, ch. 136. 157. The fifth congressional district shall be composed of the twenty-first, twenty-third and twenty-fourth wards of Baltimore city, and the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth election precincts of the eighteenth ward of Baltimore city, as said wards are numbered by the act of 1901, chapter 8, and of St. Mary's county, Charles county, Calvert county, Prince George's county, Anne Arundel county and Howard county, and shall be entitled to choose one representative in the house of representatives.

1888, art. 33, sec. 126. 1860, art. 35, sec. 85. 1852, ch. 228. 1853, ch. 280. 1872, ch. 418. 1882, ch. 308. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 85. 1902, ch. 136, sec. 150. 158. The sixth congressional district shall be composed of Allegany county, Garrett county, Washington county, Frederick county and Montgomery county, and shall be entitled to choose one representative in the house of representatives.

Ibid. sec. 127. Ibid. sec. 86. Ibid. sec. 151.

159. The judges of the election districts of Baltimore county forming part of the second congressional district shall make a return separate from that to be made by the judges of the remaining district of said county, and the judges of the election precincts of Baltimore city composing the third congressional district, and the judges of the election precincts of Baltimore city composing the fourth congressional district shall, respectively, make separate returns, and separate returns shall in like manner be made by the judges of the election precincts in said city constituting a part of the second congressional district, and also by the judges of the election precincts in said city constituting a part of the fifth congressional district.

Ibid. sec. 152.

160. All public general laws or public local laws or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this article are hereby repealed; provided, that every offense which has been or shall have been wholly or partly committed against any of said public general or public local laws or parts thereof before April 2, 1896 shall be dealt with, inquired into, tried, determined and punished; and any penalty in respect to any such offense shall be imposed or inflicted, and any fine shall be imposed, enforced or recovered in the same manner as if the said laws or parts thereof had not been repealed; and no case pending shall abate, by reason of such repeal, and every act duly done and every warrant or other instrument duly issued, made or granted before April 2, 1896, shall continue and be of the same force and effect as if the said laws or parts thereof had not been repealed; and provided, also, that any right, liability, privileges and protection in respect to any matter or thing committed or done before April 2, 1896, shall continue and be of the same force and effect as if the said laws or parts thereof had not been repealed; and every action, prosecution or other proceeding which shall have commenced before April 2, 1896, or shall thereafter be commenced in respect to any such matter or thing done before April 2, 1896, may be

prosecuted, continued and defended in the same manner as if said laws or parts thereof had not been repealed; and provided, also, that nothing in this article shall be construed to repeal any provisions of the existing laws applicable to the city of Baltimore for the prevention of the sale or dispensing of any liquor or for the preservation of peace and order therein on any election day.

NOTE. The act of 1902, ch. 296, commonly known as the primary election law, was originally introduced as an addition to this article and applicable to the whole State, but as finally passed it was made applicable to Baltimore city exclusively. Hence it is omitted. So, too, with the supplementary act of 1904, ch. 682, repealing and re-enacting with amendments the prior law of 1902, ch. 296.

ARTICLE XXXIV.

ESTRAYS-VESSELS ADRIFT-DRIFT LOGS.

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1888, art. 34, sec. 1. 1860, art. 36, sec. 2. 1876, ch. 308. 1882, ch. 162.

1892, ch, 593.

1. The owner or occupant of any enclosure, who may find any horse, hog, sheep, cow or any other domestic animal, the

owner of which is not known, trespassing upon the said enclosed premises, shall immediately, or within a reasonable time thereafter, cause a notice to be inserted in some newspaper published in the county where such estray is taken containing a description of the same and the location of the enclosure upon which such estray was taken and the name of the owner or occupant thereof, and cause written or printed copies of such notice to be set up in not less than three public places in the neighborhood.

1888, art. 34, sec. 2. 1860, art. 36, sec. 3. 1882, ch. 162.

2. If there be no newspaper published in the county where such estray shall have been taken up, or if the value thereof shall not exceed fifteen dollars, the newspaper publication provided for in the foregoing section may be omitted; provided written or printed notices be given as required by section 1 and that the valuation of the estray be ascertained by appraisement and in good faith by the person taking the same.

Ibid. sec. 3. 1860, art. 36, sec. 4. 1796, ch. 18, sec. 2. 1892, ch. 593. 3. If the owner of an estray demands it and shall prove by one credible witness examined before a justice of the peace of the county his title thereto, the same shall be delivered to him upon his paying the expenses incurred by the person taking up and keeping the same, including the cost of advertising.

Ibid. sec. 4. 1860, art. 36, sec. 5. 1769, ch. 18, sec. 2. 1892, ch. 593. 4. If no person claims an estray within thirty days after the same shall be so advertised as aforesaid, then the person taking up the same shall apply to a justice of the peace of the county, who upon being satisfied that the notices heretofore directed have been given, shall order him to sell the same at public auction on ten days' notice to be set up at three of the most public places of the neighborhood, and after deducting from the proceeds of sale all expenses incident to taking up, keeping, advertising and selling the same, the residue shall be retained by the person selling the same, unless the owner of such estray shall within twelve months from time of sale claim such residue and prove before some justice of the peace that he is entitled thereto.

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