Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-03-06

district, or Baltimore city, in whose delegation such
vacancy or vacancies may occur, shall, upon inor-
nation thereof by said delegation, or by the pres'
dent of said convention, by the governor of the
State, Immediately issue public notice for a special
election to be held at the usual places for holding
elections in said county, Howard district Balt-
more city, in not less than five, nor more than ten
days after said notice. for the purpose Of supplying
said vacancy or vacancies.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the constitution
reported and adopted by the convention assembled
as aforesaid. shall on the first Wednesday of June,
eighteen hundred and fifty one, be submitted to the
legal and qualified voters of the State for their a.
doption rejection, and the voters shall on their
ballots, plainly esgnated express their assent or
dissent to the adoption of the constitution, submit
ted to them by the following words written or
printed on their ballots, to wit "For the new Con-
stituton" or against the new Constitution, which
said ballots shall be counted by the Judges of cleo
ton, and the number of ballots given for against
the adoption of the said constitution submitted to
the people by the convention shall be returned to
the governor of the State of Maryland, by the clerk
aforesaid. within thirty days after the time of hold
ing the election and in there shall he any bal
lots without the designation herein before prescrlb-
ed, the same shall not be counted either for or
against the adoption of the constitution, but sepa-
rate return of the shall be made by the Judges
of election aforesaid.
Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That in case the re-
fusal neglect os the judges of the election in any
of the counties of this State, the city of Baltimore
or Howard District, such judge or judges refus-
ing neglecting, shall be liable to the penalty and
forfeiture of the of five hundred dollars to be
recovered by presentment by the grand jury of the
county, city district in which said judge judges
reside, and conviction of such judge or judges
! for neglecting refusing to make the return OF
ton of the said constitution aforesaid, he or she
shall in the discretion of the court before whom his
their conviction may be had, be subject also to
Imprisonment in the county Jail for the space OF
thirty days.
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That any senator
or representative in Congress or State senator, OF
any civil officer of the State United States, re-
siding within the limits of the State of Maryland
for twelve months next preceding said election OF
members Of the House Of Delegates shall be eligible
to seat in the convention to assemble as herein
before prescribed without affecting the tenure OF
their respective offices.
Sec. IL. And be it enacted That when the
Governor shall receive the returns, of the number
of ballots cast in this State for the adoption
lection of the constitution submitted by the conven-
ton of the people, and if upon counting and cast
ing up the returns made to him by the judges
of election as hereinbefore prescribed, it shall ap-
pear that a majority of the legal voters of the
State in favor of the adoption of the said con-
stitution, he shall issue his proclamation to the
people of the State declaring the fact, and he shall
take such steps shall be required by the said
constitution for the same to go into operation and
to supercede the old constitution of this State.
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That this bill shall
be published once week for six successive weeks
previous to the first Wednesday of May next, in
each newspaper published in the State Of Mary
land
Sec. l3. And be it enacted, That any act o,
acts parts of acts inconsistent with this act, be-
and the same are hereby repealed.