American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-10-02

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Tue ELECTION ON WEDNESDAY NEXT. A
writer in the Annapolis Democratic Herald,
having in former number, given synopsis of
the law in relation to the elective franchise,
with forms of the returns to be made by the
Judges, of the votes given for senators and del
egates, has furnished in that paper of yesterday,
the form in which the return Of the votes upon
the biennial sessions act should be made-and,
as it is very desirable that there should be uni
formity in this respect, that no votes shall be
lost through erroneous returns, we give the
form of the return below. The writer is evil
IDENTIFY we'll posted upon the subject, and we
hope that his recommendations will be adopted.
He says, that "the Judges must make out the
statement of the votes cast for delegates sepa-
rate and distinct from the statement Of the votes
cast for and against the biennial bill"-and re-
commends the following form for the latter
object:
To the President Of The Senate Of Maryland
We, the subscribers, Judges at the close of an
election held on the first Wednesday of Octo-
Der, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
and forty -, in the election districts in -
county, distinguished by number, one, two,
three, Sc, for the purpose of electing - Gel
egates to the General Assembly of Maryland,
and for the purpose of ascertaining whether the
voters of said county were for or against All act
passed at the session of lS45, chap. 269, enti-
tied ian act to alter and amend the constitu-
ton and form ofgovernment of the State Of
Maryland so as to substitute biennial for annu-
al sessions of the legislature, and for other pur
poses,n conformably to the constitution and
laws Of this State, having this day assembled
at the usual place of the sitting of the county
court of said county, with the books of the polls
on which are endorsed the several certificates
required by law, and having cast up the whole
number of votes given in the districts, accord
ing to the respective certificates made out by
the judges, do return that - votes appeared
for the said law and - votes against the
same.
Given under our hands this - day of
-, in the year Of our Lord eighteen hun
dred and forty -.
The return thus addressed to the president Of
the Senate, "must be enclosed under cover TO
the Secretary of State, to be delivered by
him to the president of the Senate at the COM
mencement of the next ensuing session. The
ballots must be preserved by the return judges,
as delivered to the Clerk of the county"
The writer calls the attention Of the return
judges TO an act of the Legislature passed in
1914, Oh. 2S4, sec 6. "Ths enactment makes
it the duty of the return judges of election, on
the day of their meeting, TO deliver the ballots
to the clerk of the county, to be by him safely
kept for the space of twelve months, from the
day of such return. By this provision, the body
in which seat is contested is enabled to in
spect the ballots alledged to be improperly
counted or rejected"
In reference to the question to be put to vo-
tiers in relation to the biennial sessions bill, we
presume that there will be no difficulty. The
Judges are not authorized to put series of
questions, but simply whether the voter is for
or against the provisions of the act entitled, an
act, SC. Erecting the ttle)-or they may give
any explanation which they please of the prL-
visions of the bill, and then asks, in the letter
sions of this bill" We sincerely hope, that
majority of the people will not reject bill by
which they are to be saved from taxation to
the amount of at least thirty thousand dollars
per annum. This is a most important item in
the scheme of retrenchmcnt, and should not be
neglected. The most strenuous advocates of
holding a State Convention cannot consistently
object to the proposed saving ofthirty thousand
dollars per annum, by legislative enactment'
their object being reduction in the eXpendi-
ture of the States. We care not by whom
good work is performed so it be done-and
whether the retrepchment Of expenses be made
by the Legislature or by convention, can make
no difference to those whose pockets are TO be
relieved Let them then seize the present op-
portunity of ef'ecting an important saving; as
they will be greatly the losers if they wait for
the slow process of State Convention; for,
under no circumstances can the acts of a con-
venton become valid in less than ftom three to
four years, if the question be submitted to the
vote ofthe people in the first instance; and thus
more than hundred thousand dollars may be
lost, which it is now in the power of the peo-
pie to save. We greatly mstrust that mans
friendship for retrenchment and reform, who
endeavors to prevent the biennial sessions bill
from becoming part ofthe constitution. 1t is
one of the measures which was strongly recon-
mended in the address of the committee of the
Reform Convention; and no man who then
urged, can now oppose it, without being guilty
of gross inconsistency.
We he lieve that tho dienosition IN restore the