The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-10-13
ELECTTON NOTICE.

nj Office is HEREBY GIVEN, That an
y election will be held in Baltimore county
on the 1st Tuesday IN November nert,
it being the 9th day of the said month, in the
several Election Districts of said county, for
the purpose of electing the following officers,
to wit: go
One person for Comptroller of the Treasury
Of the State of Maryland.
One person for Member of Congress for the
Second Congressional District, which comprises
the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Elev-
eyth and Twelfth Election Districts of Balti-
more county.
One person for Member of Congress for the
Fifth Congressional District, which comprises
the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Eighth and
Thirteenth Election Districts of Baltimore
county.
Six persons for Members of the House of Del
egates of the State of Maryland.
Notice is also given, that the amendment to
the Constitution of Maryland proposed by the
General Assembly at its January Session, 1865,
will be submitted to the qualified electors of the
State, for their confirmation or rejection at the
election to be held on the said 9th day of No
vember next. The resolution proposing the
change is as follows, to wit:
No. 11.-Joint resolution abolishing the sixth
section of the eighth article of the Constitution
ResoLued 6y the General ASsemblyof Maryland,
three -fifths of the members elected to both
houses concurring,) That the Constitution be
and is hereby amended by striking out the
sixth section of article eight.
The said sixth section of article eight of the
Constitution is as follows, to wit:
"The General Assembly shall further provide
by law, at its first session after the adoption of
this Constitution, fund for the support of the
Free Public Schools of the State, by the imposi-
ton of an annual tax of not less than five cents
on each one hundred dollars of taxable proper
ty throughout the State, the proceeds of which
tax shall be known as the public school fund,
and shall be invested by the Treasurer, togeth-
er with its annual interest, until such time as
said fund shall, by its own increase and any
additions which may be made to it from time
to time, together with the present school fund,
amount to six millions OF dollars, when the tax
of ten cents in the hundred dollars authorized
by the preceding section may be discontinued
in whole or in part, as the General Assembly
may direct the principal fund OF six millions
hereby provided shall remain forever inviolate
as the Free School fund of the State; and the
annual interest of said school fund shall be dis
bursed for educational purposes only, as may
be prescribed by law"
The Polls aOiU be opened at o'clock A. NJ, and
closed at o'clock, p. NJ.
The Returning Judges are required to make
their return on the second day following the
election, to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Baltimore county.
For the information of all persons concerned,
the following Act of the late Legislature is pub
lished-passed March Gath, 1865, and entitled
AN ACT prohibiting the sale of spirituous or
fermented liquors in the several counties OF
this State on the day of Elections: L
SECTION BE 1t Enacted By the General rs
sen,5ly of maryland, Thatit' shall not be lawful
for the keeper of any hotel, tavern, store drink
ing establishment, or any other place where
liquors are sold, or for any person or persons,
directly or Indirectly, to sell, barter or give, or
dispose of any spirituous or fermented liquors,
ale OF beer, or intoxicating drinks of any kind,
ON the day of any election hereafter to be held
in the several counties of this State
Sec. 2.-Atd be 10 enacted, That any person
violating the provisions of this actshall be La
BILE to Indictment by the Grand Jury of the
county where the offence is committed, and
shall upon conviction before any Judge of any
of the Circuit Courts of this State, be fined sum
not less than fifty dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars for each and every offence, one
half of the fine shall be paid the informer, the
other half to the County Commissioners for the
use of public roads.
JOHN X. HARVEY,
Sheriff of Baltimore County.
Oct 6.-te