St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1864-03-03

elect delegates 30 tue SAID Isafveh'ioh
| whose qualification. shall he the same ~
those now required for ses, in the H"n*'
Of Dele yates, anil eash cosIn'y aud the citj
! oF B.l,ir,ore shall he ehfftAel 20 elect ti's
same number Of del. gates % tte sad Con.
yention as thew aaw haze rFspectiseiy il
hcsh Houses Of the General Assrnihiy %
Maryland; and ii shall b" the 'utr st to-
sl.sriiifs IF the seysral ccu'iti.s aud Of thu
city If gaisimor.. to give na:ice Of said
arc,ion, in III, ss,rr,e n,xuuer and FOR thf
~ NE lcrgrh Of time as III ri''w required o.
the election of delegates to the Grnrra
Assembly Of this Stale. aud tina. the ses-
eral judges of rlrc,i"n Of mi. State shall re-
ceire. accurately c..uni. and duly reiurn,
ah@ nnn,ber ef b.ilo,> =" cist, tp the ss:ver-
ri clerks of-tise rircui, Courts cfthis STATE
and To- the clerk e,f s!,c superior cs'urt ri
Baltimore city, respectively. Sho shall.
within ten days after said clartiom. n'ak.; a
due return 20 The Gpv-rnar. Of tue nun.
her OF ballots cast FOR and against the call oi
Convention, and Of the number OF hsank
tuilots cast, and also OF the number of bal
lots east for the several persans vnteJ FOR H.
drisgs;es To said convention; s"d IN case
aay organized military "r armed lurcs oi
the Uuifed strtcs shuii appear at the places
where The polls shall he held. aii shall in-
i.riere with said eitcii.ml. unless silcL mill
tary or armed inrce shall be cali.d cut by
the Judges oF elec,inn ar other civil author
ity charged with the prescr' a',un ut the
peace. The said jadges If election shall,
under oath. certify 10 the Governor such
unwarrsnted military interference With said
election. in Aueh election district or pres
cinct. aud the Governor shall iainie4iaE. y
'hcreupon order a new el.c'ivu for di;ls-
gates to said Cunsentinn. otter teb days
heiicc, to be- given by the sheriff as a'ore-
said. IN such election district or precinct,
AID such new riccii,n shall be held snd
conducted iu the manner aud form hereiG-
before provided; ani the Governor shall
order u new elcc!inn for delegates from
time to time, as often IA such Illegal
military or armed i..,rrf;:reucc- with the
election shall be Certified 10 him as aiore-
said; bat such order or .nlers tor such new
election ar elections shall nut Interfere
with hinder or delay the assembling OF
said con vent;nn az herein prcyiIcd, II II
shall appear from the couut that majority
Of all the Yates cast III the election districts
and precincts. where no such illegal midi
tary or armed in,clfercucc shall be certified
to have ,akea place. are IN iavcr OF The call
OF Such convection under this act; the sad
judges in the aid return shall certify that
no organized military Or o;hrr ARMED force
hal appeared at the place whore the pills
had been b. ID and i.;rrferred with the said
election. unless such military force shall be
called Tor by the said Judges VI election, or
by other civil authority charged with the
preservation OF the peace, aad in case Of
such military interference within any cleo
,inn district nf the Counties "r precinct ia the
city VI liaitiaIore, to be certified 10y the
Judges Of election. unt.cr oath, it shall be-
tie Gusy OF the Governor III unler q new
election, after ten days notice in said cleo
tioa district ST precinct. BIT, such return and
order ,f new election shall not interfere
With the Assembling ef tie G,nventiou as
hrrrin provided: pr,vi bal. h.,wcu-r, that at
least sixiy-fve members shali be elected &C
cor.iiny ~ the provisions of this act, before.
SSH! C,.r WESTON SHALL organize, ani proceed
TO bu.i,1ess; proyil-d further, that fifty ueni-
hers ut least shall he necessary TO constitute
a quorum after org..n;z ';ion; aud the judges
Of cicc,;un shall ut sari election administer
the oath or affirmation u every person Of
;crinr to vote, wlr~e vote shall be challenged
On tie ground that such person has served
III the rebel army, or las either directly or
Indirectly given aid. cmfurt or encourage
a.. -l,u.i linn ~ flp
Government of tie CMtrd States, or is for
any o.,er reasoa MT legal v";cr in the
mariner aud firm prnvi,lr'i !,y section twe'i-
ty-unr, OF article thirty five, OF tlse Code o!
Public General Law, rtlat'ng To elections;
and a Judge ar judges vi election, failing t.
c,rpiy xitl, the provisions oi this AL, shall
be liable to the same peualties "a he OF
they would lie by the Noncompliance with
tl.e existing cectiol. laws 81 This State.
Sectirn 2. And Le it enacted, That as
soon as the Governor shali receive the re.
turn of the number of ballots east in this
State for or against a convention. aud the
blank ballots Cast. it shall be the duty oil
the Governor to count and cast up the
same; and If, upon casting up aud count.
ing said returns -" a. aforesaid made to
him. it shall appear to the Governor that
more votes have been cast by the legal
voters OF this State in fsv"r Of the cali Of
q convention than have been cast against
the call Of convention, then it shall be
the duty Of the Governor to issue his pro.
clama,iun for the holding and assembling
OF said convention. and Of the delegates
duly elected thereto. at the time aud place
hereinafter specified.
Section ;. Aud be it enacted, That in
case majority Of the ballots cast shall be
in favor Of the call of a convention as afore-
said. then the said c"nven,ion shall meet al
the city of Annapolis. on the last Wcdnes.
day Of April. in the year eighteeo hundred
ana sixty -four, and shall continue in session
fron day to day us,il The business fo'
which said convention shall have been as
ssmbled shall be fully complicated and finish.
cd, and said convention shall have full
power and authority to determine on the
VALIDITY IF the election and qualification oil