The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-23
From the Hgersiopn Mail
TIE NEW CONSTITUTION


stitutiun framed by the late Convention at
Annapolis, is ordered to be taken through.
out the State on the 18th and 18th Of
October. The following, among the pro.
visions made for taking The vote, show
how citizens can ecome qualified to cast
their ballots on that occasion:
"The judges Of Election of sail city,
and of the several counties of the S ate,
shall receive at said election the Yates
only Of said electors as ere qualified nc
cordipg to the provision of this Constitu-
ton, who MAY offer to vote at such elcc-
tion and the said Sheriffs shall also give
notice on or after the twelfth day of %.
tober,, eighteen hundred aud sixty-four,
for all elections provided for by this con
stitution, to be held during that year.
"ScctiGn g. At the, said election the
vote shall be by halot, and each ballot
shall describe thereon the words, For the
Constitution or Against the Constitu-
ton, as the voter may select, and it shall
be conducted in all respects as the general
elections in this State are now conducted
The judges of Election shall administer
to every person offering to vote the oath
or affirmation prescribed by this Constitu-
ton, and should any person Offering to
vote refuse or decline to take said oath,
he shall not be permitted to vote at such
election, bat the taking of such oath or
affirmation shall not be deemed conclusive
evidence Of the right Of such person to
vote, and it shall be the duty of the Re.
turn Judges of said city, and of the seve-
raj counties of the State, having counted
the votes gwen for or against the adoption
of this Constitution, to certify the result
thereof in the manner now prescribed by
law, accompanied with special statement
that every person who has voted, has Ia
ken the oath or affirmation prescribed by
this Con stitution; and the Governor, upon
receiving such result and ascertaining the
aggregate vote throughout the State, iu-
Guiding the ST ldiers' vote hereinafter pro-
vided for, shall, by his proclamation make
known the same, and if a majority of the
votes cast shall be for the adoption of this
Constitution, it shall 60 into effect on the
first day of November, eighteen hundred
and siXtyitour. 'r.t
"Sec. 10. AMI the Governor shall ex-
clude from count the votes of any county
OF city the Return Judges of which shall
fail to certify in the returns as prescribed
by this schedule, that all persons who
have vetcd have taken the oath prescribed
to be taken, unless the Governor shall be
satisfied that the oath Was actually ad
ministered and that the failure to make
the certificate has been from inadvertance
or mistake" -. .# .'.. 49,. p.
The following section contains the oath
above referred to -'.. 81"
Section f. No person who has at any
time been in armed hostility to the Uni
ted States, or the lawful authorities there
of, or who has been in any manner in the
service of the so-called Confederate
States of America. and no person who
has voluntarily left this State aud gone
within the military lines of the SO called
"Confede ate States or armies" with the
purpose of adhering to said States or ar.
mics, and no person who has given any
aid, comfort, countenance or support to
those engaged in armed hostility to the
United States, or in any manner adhered
to the enemies of the United States, or
uplawfully sending within the lines of
such enemies money or goods, or letters,
or information, or who has disloyally held
communication with the enemies Of the
United States, or who has advised any
person to enter the service of the said en-
emies, or aided any person to enter, or
who has by open deed or word declared
his adhesion to the cause Of the enemies
of the United States, or his desire for the
triumph of said enemies over the arms of
the United States, shall ever be entitled
to vote at any election to be held in this
State, Or to hold any Office Of honor, profit
or trust under the laws of this State, nm
less he shall have voluntarily entered into
the military service of the United States,
and been honorably discharged theletrOm,
or shall be on the day of election actually
and voluntarily in such service, or unless
be shall be restored to his full rghtss of
citizenship by an act Of the General As
sembly passed by a vote Of two-thirds Of
all the members elected to each House );
and it shall be the duy of the Officers of
Registration and Judges of Election care
fully to exclude from voting, or, being re-
gistered, all persons so as above dsquali- |
fed /; and the Judges of Election at thet
first election held under this Cons tuition
shall, and at any subsequent election may
administer to any person olf,ring to. vote
the following cath or affirmation:
I do swear or affirm that am citizen