St. Mary's gazette., 1867-03-28

or BY the Governor Of State, give i'm
mediately pubic notice for special cleo
ton to be held at the usual place of hold
ing elections in said county or city, no
less than five nor more thau ten days after
said notice. for the purpose of supplying
such vacancy.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the con.
stitution and form of government adopted
! by said cceYen.ion shall be submitted &c
the legal anI oil.iifed voters of the State
for their adoption OF rejection, at such
time, in such manD ef. and subject to such
rules and regulations az the said convention
may prescribe, and the pro1.sfon. berein-
before contained for the qualification ofvo-
.ers and the holding of elections provided
in the previous sections of this act 81 all DO
applica bic to the election TO be held under
this section.
Sec. O. And be it enacted, that in case
of refusal or neglect of any judges Of cleo
tioa or of any clerk Of the court. or Of any
sheriff of any county, or of tho sheriff of
Baltimore city, to- make any of the returns
or to perform any Of the duties required of
them, respectively, by the provisions Of
this act, such judge, clerk or sheriff so re-
fusing or ncglectng shall be liable to in-
dictment for such offcnse, and upon con-
viction thereof shall b, deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced to
pay fine of not less than one thousand
dollars, and to imprisonment in the jail of
the county or city where such offense may
have been committed for term of not less
than six months.
Sec. 10. And bo it enacted, That no
clergyman, minister of the Gospel, or
preacher of any denomination. no Senator or
Representative in the Congress Of the United
States, nor any judge of Circuit Court,
of the Superior Court, Court of Common
Pleas. or Criminal Court Of the city OF
Baltimore; no clerk of any court, no States
attorney, no auditor, no register or Wills,
nor aay sheriff shall be eligible to satd con-
veDtion.
Sec. II. And be it enacted, That the
Governor shall receive the returns OF
fhe number of votes cast 10 this State
for the adoption or rejection of the con-
.ttution submitted by the convention to
the people of this State as aforesaid and
if upon counting and casting up the re-
turns made to him as hercinbcfo1e pre-
scribed it shall appear that majority OF
the votes cast at said election have been
cast in favor of the adoptDn Of the SAID
constitution, he shall issue his p!ochma-
ron to tl-, people of the State declaring
the fact, and shall take such measures
as shall be required by SAID constitution
to carry the same into effect, aud to 'u-
pcrsedc the existing constitution.
Sec. - And be it enacted, That IN
casa of the death, resi- 5natlon or omls-
SION of the Governor to issue the pro-
clamation heretof re required by the
fourth section of this act, the Presldcrt
of the Senate, or in case Of his death, !
resignation, removal or omission so to'I
do, the Speaker Of the House Ct Dele !
tiates shall issue said proclamation, and /
ia case of the death, refusal, omission
o: resignation of any oac of the pres.oirg
officers, the Chief Justice of the Court
of Appcals shall issue said proclamation;
and the failure or omission TO issue said
proclamation shall not prevent the as
scmbling of the convention.
Sec. 13. And be it enacted. That this
act shall take effect from the day of its
passage.