Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-04-03

n elle(! lllno7e, snail give notice
of the day which under the provisions of this act,
the people recommended to assemble to vote
fo or against the said convention in the same man
ner as notice is given OF the election OF DELE
gates to the general assembly
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the several Judges of election of this State
to receive, accurately count, and duly return the
number of ballots cast TO the several clerks of
the county courts Of this State the same now
required to be returned in the election members to
the House of Delegates, and the several clerks
oresaid shall make return to the Governor with
in ten days after said election, the number of ballots
given for against the call of convention, and
the number of blank ballots cast in the same man..
ner as they return the number of ballots for the
governor of this State, and the laws regulating
the returns for the said governor, shall regulate,
govern and apply to the vote recommended to
be taken by the provisions of this act, and Judge
or judges Of election failing to comply with the
provisions of this act, shall be liable to the same
penalties as he or they would be by the non-com-
pliance with the existing election laws of this
State.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That as soon as the
governor shall receive the returns of the number
of ballots cast in this State, for against conven
vention and blank ballots cast it shall be the duty
of the governor, the chancellor of this State, and
the chief Judge Of the court of appeals, majo
rity of them to proceed to count and cast up the
same, and if upon casting up the returns made to
him by the Judges Of election as hereinbefore pre-
scrbed, il shall appear to the governor, chancellor
and chiefjudge of tho court of appeals ma ori
ty of the said officers that ority of legal voters
of the State are in favor of call of convention,
the governor shall issue his proclamation ordering
an al nm tn no hpl nd
city of Baltimore the first Wednesday of Sep
TENDER, eighteen hundred and fifty, for delegates to
the convention to form constitution and form
Of government in such manner and under such re-
gulations as are hereinafter provided Provided,
That if the chancellor and chief judge shall refuse
to act then the governor shall alone proceed to dis
charge the duties specified in this section.
Sec 4. And be it enacted That at the election to
be held for delegates to the convention, prescrib
ed in the third section of this act the legal voters
shall proceed by ballot, to elect delegates to the
convention, whose qualifications shall be the
as those now required for seat in the House of
Delegates, and each county and city of Baltimore
shall be entitled to the number of delegates to
the convention, as they have respectively in
both houses of the General Assembly of Maryland :;
and it is also provided, that the sheriff Of each
ty, fHoward District and ofthe city of Baltimore,
shall give notice that the vote is to be taken to
convention hereinbefore provided for by publica-
period fixed by the provisions this act for holding
Of the same.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the laws rela-
ting to the election of delegates to the General AS
sembly, shall in all respects govern and apply to the
election of delegates to the said convention, and the
said convention shall determine on the validity of
the election and qualification of its members.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the convention,
assembling in accordance with the call ofthe people,
and this Of assembly, shall meet at the city of
Annapolis GU the first Monday of November eigll,
teen hundred and fifty and the said convention shall
continue in session from day to day, until the bust
for which they have been convened, shall be
fully completed and finished, and the compensation
of the delegates to the said convention shall be four
dollars day, and the mileage now allowed by law
to members of the House of Delegates and the said
convention shall have power to appoint such clerks
and other officers, as may be deemed necessary to
facilitate the transaction of the business of the
venton, and to fix their compensation, and that the
Treasurer of the State of Maryland shall pay upon
the order of the President of said convention, to
each member thereof, the said sum of four dollars
per day, and the mileage now allowed by law to
members of the House of Delegates, as herein pro-
vded and shall also pay to the said clerks other
officers upon the order of the said President, such
compensation the said convention shall determine
to allow.
Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That if any vacancy
vacancies occur by death, resignation, or other
wse in either of the delegations hereinbeforc pro-
vded for. either before after the qualification Of
said delegates, the sheriff of the county, Howard
district or Baltimore city, in whose delegation such
vacancy or vacancies may occur shall, upon infor-
nation thereof by said delegation, or by the presi-
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, or Balti-
more city, in not less than fve 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.
dopton or rejection, and the voters shall on their
ballots, plainly designated, express their assent
dissent to the adoption of the constitution submit
ted to them by the following words. written or
printed their ballots, to wit "For the new Con-
sitution" or "A gainst the new Constitution" which
said ballots shall be counted by the judges of cleo
ton and the number of ballots given for or against
the adoption of the said constitution submitted to
the people by ne 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 prescrb-
ed, the same shall not be counted either for or
against the adoption Of the constitution, but sepa-
rate return fthe shall be made by the judges
of election as aforesaid.
Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That in case the re-
fusal neglect Of the judges of the election in any
of the counties of this State the city of Baltimore
or Howard District, such Judge or judges SO refus-
ing or neglecting, shall be liable to the penalty and
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