Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-03-10
Convention, Bill.

4 BIZ entitled an 1ct to proride for TIE taking The
sense Of The people upon The call Of d Coace,l
ton to frame new Constitution anil form Q,
Government for this Safe, % proride for ht
election Of Delegates to said ConUention ana
the assembling thereof.
Section !. Be ii enacted by the General
assembly of maryland, That on the first
Wednesday in April next, at the same places
where the polls arc by law held in the sew
eral counties and the city Of Baltimore for
the election of delegates to the General AS
sembly, every person entitled to vote for
delegates to the General Assembly shall vote
upon the question of call of a Convention
to frame a new Constitution and form OF
Government, by expressing in writing, or in
printed form, on the same ballot he may
cast for delegates to said Convention, the
words "For Convention" or against a
Convention" as the case may be; and in
case there should be any ballots cast without
the designation hereinbcloro prescribed the
same shall not be counted either for or
against Convention, but a seperate return
shall be made of the same by the judges of
election rs aforesaid and that at the SAME
election the legal voters of this State shall,
by ballot, elect delegates to the said Conven-
ton whose qualifications shall be the same
as those now required for a seat in the House
Of Delegates, and each county and the city
of Baltimore shall be entitled to elect the
same number Of delegates to the said Con-
vention as they now have respectively in
both Houses of the General Assembly of
Maryland; and it shall be the duty Of the
sheriffs OF the several counties and of the
city OF Baltimore to give notice OF said
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same length of time as is now required in
the election Of delegates to the General IS
semby of this State, and that the several
Judges of election of this State shall receive,
accurately count and duly return, the num-
Der of ballots so cast, to the several clerks Of
the Circuit Court Of this State, and TO the
clerk of the Superior Court Of Baltimore
city, respectively, who shall, within ten
days after said election, make due return
to the Governor, of the number Of ballots
cast for and against the call Of Conven-
ton, and OF the number Of blank ballots
cast, and also the number of ballots cast for
the several persons voted for as delegates to
said Convention and in case any organized
military or armed iorcb of the United States
shall appear at the places where the polls
shall be held, and shall interfere with said
election, unless such military or armed force
shall lie called out by the judges of election
or other civil authority charged with the
preservation of the peace, the said judges of
election shall, under oath, certify to the
Governor such unwarranted military inter-
ference with said election in such election
district or precinct and the Governor shall
Immediately thcreupon order new election
for delegates to said Convention, after ten
days notice, to DO given by the sheriff as
aforesaid, in such election district or precinct
aud such new election shall DO held and con-
Quoted in the manner and form herein pro-
vided and the Governor shall order now
election for delegates from time to time, MS
often as such illegal military or armed IN,
reference with the election shall be certineo
to him as aforesaid but such order OF or,
ders for such new election or elections sha'i
not interfere with, hinder or delay the as
semblipa of said Convention as herein pro-
videa II IL shall appear from the count that
n majority Of all the votes cast in the cleo
tiop districts or precincts, where no such IL
ieoal r,;i;,ayv or armed interference shall be
c.rs;6cd To have taken place are in favor OF the
call IF sucb Convention under this act, the
so;d iudees in the said return shall Gently
hat no organized military or other armed
sorce had appeared at Che place where the
,,ols had been held aud intcrfered with said
election. unless such military force shall be
called for by the said judges of election, or
by other civil authority charged with the
preservation Of the peace, and in case oil
such military interference within any cleo
ton district Of the counties. or precinct in
the city of Baltimore. to he certified by the