St. Mary's gazette., 1864-03-17

-. Tor the ssking the sense Of tie peo.
bic upon the call Of Convention 20 frame
D new Constitution and form 1T government
f., this State. 70 provide Tor The elecsion
Of Delegates tossaid CuIvcntipn md The
assembling thereof.
Section /. Be il enacted by itlsc Gencr-
al Assembly Of Maryland bar on the ars,
Wednesday Of April mex the siluse
places where tho polls are b fE Aeld Ia
the several counties and. NE city OF Balti.
mnre for the election of delegates % the
General Assembly, every person entitled
TO vote for delegates to ilse General As
sen,bly shall vote upon slaeqsusstion Of the
-ali of q Couveniiun tu frame new Ccnsii,
,ution aud form Of ofgovernmeni. BY expsess-
ing nj writing or in printed form, on the
.ame ballot he may cast for delegates Ia
ssid ccnyentinn. the words, '.for Con-
.enti.,n' ''or against Convention" MS the
ease NAV he. aud in case there Should be
any ballots east without the designation
h.reinbefore prescribed, the same shall not
be counted either for or sgaius. Conven-
si,n, but separate return shall be made Of
tie same by the judges Of election as afcre-
s.ii; and fha: at the same election the le-
gal .srters Of this Stat. shall. by ballot.
elect delegates to the said Convention
chose qualifications shall be the same ss
those new required fer n seat in the House
ns Delegates. and each county and the ciry
~f Baltimore shall he entitled to elect the
same number of Delegates To III. said Con-
~eu,ion as they now have respectively in
both Houses of the General Assembly Of
Mlry,and: and il shall be- the duty of the
.hrr,ffs "f The several counties and of the
city sf Baltimore, to give nn:ice of said
cls.c,ion, iu the ssine manner and fur the
same length of time as is now required in
IN. ELECTION "f Delegates to the General
Assembly Of this State. and Ina. the sew
eral Judges of election of this State shall re.
rr;v.. accurately count. aut, duly r.turn.
the nuu,ber 0f ballots 81 east. 10 the sever
al clerks of tho Circuit Courts fthis STATE
.nd to the clerk of the superior Curt ol
Baltimore city. respec'ip-ly, who shall.
within ten days after sail clertian. max. y
due se'urn 10 tbe Guverrnr. OF the nup,
Ter of ha,lcts cast for aud against the call OF
. convention, and Of the uun,her of blank
ballots cast. and also of the number Of hal
lois east f.,r the scrcra! persons votcd for as
delegates to said convention: and IN case
any organized military ar armed fnrce Of
The Ulniied ssates shall sppear at the places
where the polls shal, he held. aud shall in
,srfcre with said election. unless such Mill
tsry ur armcd iorce shall IL. called out bv
tfe judges of election or other evil a,a hor-
sty charged with the pr-sfrva,i"n uf the
peace. the sal! judges "f election shall
ul,ier oath, certify To th~ Governor sach
unwarrsnted military in'erferen~" wirl s.ia
ELECTION in such election district or pre-
cinet. and the Governor shall Immediately
thcreapun order new elec':om for dele
esses 10. said con .eution %fter ten days
notice. 10 be given by the sheriff as uf,re-
and .neh new eleciun shall be held and
conducted in the manner and form herein
before. provided; and the Governor shall
order . new eleciiop for delegates from
time TO time, M often as such. illegal
sllissry or armed interference with The
eleesion lhali be certified to him 10 afore-
said; hat such "sdcr or ardars for snch ncw
election ar elections shall not interfere
vish. hinder or delay the assembling OF
said senreation as herein provided. if it
shall appear frnm the count that majority =
ofail the votes csst in the election districts
sd precincts. where no such illegal Mill
'sry % armed interference shall hcscertifed
70 hase taken place. are in faver of the call
ofsush convection undcr this act; the said
judges in the said return shall certify that
no organized military or other armed force
had appeared at the place where the polls
hadalsen be Id aud intcrfarved with the said
electicn. unless such Mili,aryl force shall be
called Tor BY the said judges Of election. or
BY n'her civil authority charged with The
preservasion of she peace. aud in case of
such military interference xishin any eIec-
t,.ss, district at the connties w pr~ict IL, slsc
esty ~ Baltimore. "a he certified by tile
uH!eef bf election. under oath, II shall I've
the duty Of sh. Governor u order a new
s!ecstn. after ten days' natice in said elec-
tloa district Or prerinct, but sucs return ana