The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-11-02
ELECTION NOTICE.

ELEO1lON NV14VG.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
" an election will be held in Hartford
county,
On The Isl 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
One person for Comptroller of the
Treasury of the State of Maryland.
One person for Member of Congress for
the Second Congressional District.
Four persons for Members of the
House of Delegates of the State of Mary
land.
One person for County Surveyor.
Notice is also given, that the amend
ment to the Constitution of Maryland pro-
posed 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 cleo
ton to be held on the said 9th day of
November next. The resolution pro-
posing the change is as follows, to wit
No. l1.-Joint resolution abolishing
the sixth section of the eighth article Of
the Constitution
Resolved By the General assembly of
MARYLAND, (three-ffths of the members
elected to both houses concurring,) That
the Constitution be and is hereby amend
ed 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 imposition OF an annu-
al tax Of not less than five cents on each
one hundred dollars of taxable property
throughout the State, the proceeds of
which tax shall be known as the public
school fund, and shall be invested by the
| Treasurer, together with its annual inter-
est, until such time as said fund shall, by
its own increase and any additions which
may be made to it from time to time, to-
gether with the present school fund,
amount to six millions of dollars, when
the tax of ten cents in the hundred dol
lars 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 pro-
vided shall remain forever inviolate as the
Free School Fund of the State and the
annual interest of said school fund shall
be disbursed for educational purposes
only, as may be prescribed by law"
The Polls will be opened at 8 o'clock A. M,
and closed at 6 o'clock p. M.
The Returning Judges are required to
make their return on the second day fol-
lowing the election, to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Hartford county.
For the information of all persons con-
cerned, the following Act of the Legisla-
ture is published-passed March 24th,
1865, and entitled
AN ACT prohibiting the sale of spirit
uous or fermented liquors in the several
counties of this State on the day of
Elections
SECTION BE 1t enacted By the Gene
raj assembly of Maryland, That it shall
not be lawful for the keeper of any hotel.
tavern, store, drinking establishment, or
any other place where liquors are sold,
or for any person or persons directly or
indirectly, to sell, barter or give, or dis
pose of any spirituous or termented
liquors, ale or 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.-And be 1t enacted, That any
person violating the provisions of this act
shall be liable to indictment by the Grand
Jury of the county where the otfense is
committed, and shall upon conviction be-
fore any Judge of any of the Circuit
Courts for this State, be fined sum not
less than fifty dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars for each and every Of
fence, one half of the fine shall be paid to
the inlormer, the other half to the County
Commissioners for the use of Public
Roads.
VIM. CARSINS,
Sheriff of Hartford county.