The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-10-31

For the further information Of voters. the
following sections of Article of the Constitu-
ton are published
Section |. All elections shall be by ballot !;
and every white male citizen of the United
States, of the age of twenty one years, or up
wards, who has been resident OF the State
for one year, and of the legislative district of
Baltimore City, or Of the county, in which he
may offer to vote, for six months next proceed
ing the election, shall be entitled to vote in the
ward, or election district, in which he resides,
at all elections hereafter to be held in this
State and in case any county, or city, shall
be so divided as to form portions Of different
electoral districts. for the election of Represen
tatives in Congress, Senators, Delegates. or
other Officers, then to entltle a person to vote
for such officer, he must have been a resident
of that part of the county, or city, which shall
form part of the electoral district, in which
he offers to vote, for six months next proceed
ing the election but person who shall have
acquired residence in such county, or city,
emitting him " vote at any such election, shall
be entitled to vote in ti.,- election district from
which heremoved until he shah haye acquired
q residence in the part Of the county, or city
which he has removed.
Sec 2. No person above the age twenty
one years, convicted oflarceny, or other infa-
nous crime, unless pardoned by the Governor,
shall ever thereafter be entitled to vote at any
election In this State and no person under
guardianship as lunatic, or as a person non
compass mentis, shall be entitled to vote.
Sec. 3. If any person shall give, or offer to
give, directly or Indirectly, any bride, present,
or reward, or any promise, or any security for
the payment, or the delivery of money, or any
other thing, to induce any voter torefrain from
casting his vote, or to prevent him in any way
from voting, or to procure vote for any can
Att nronoaad or voted FIR
Elector of President and Vice President of the
United States, or Representative in Congress,
or for any Office Of profit, or trust, created by
the Constitution. or Laws of this State, or by
the Ordinances or Authority of the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, the person giving,
or offering to give, and the person, receiving
the same, and any person who gives, or causes
to be given, an illegal vote, knowing it to DO
such at any election, to be hereafter held in
this State, shall, on conviction in Court OF
Law, in addition to the penalties now, or here
after to be imposed by Law, be forever dis
qualified to hold any Office of profit trust, or
vote at any election thereafter.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the General
Assembly to pass Laws to punish with fine and
imprisonment, any person who shall remove
into any election district, or precinct, of any
ward of the City of Baltimore, not for the pur-
pose of acquiring bona Jfde residence therein,
but for the purpose Of voting at an approaching
election, or, who shall vote in any election dis
trict or ward, in which he does not reside, ex-
cept in the case provided for in this article, or
shall, at the same election. vote in moro than
one election district, or precinct, or shall vote,
or offer TO vote, in any name not his own, or IN
place of any other person Of the Same name, or
shall vote in any county, in which he does not
reside.
Sec. S. The General Assembly shall provide
by Law for uniform registration fthe names
of all the voters in this State, who possess the
qualifications prescribed in this Article; which
registration shall be conclusive evidence to the
Judges of election of the right of every person,
thus registered, to vote at any election thereaf-
ter held in this State; but no person shall vote
at any election, Federal or State, hereafter to
be held in this State or at any municipal eec-
ton in the City of Baltimore, unless his name
appears in the list Of registered voters and
until the General Assembly shall hereafter
pass an Act for the registration of the names
of voters, the Law in force on the first day Of
June in the year eighteen hundred and sixty
seven, in reference thereto, shall be continued
in force, except SO far as it may be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Constitution and
the registry Of voters, made in pursuance
| thereof, may be corrected, as provided in said
Law but the name of all persons shall be ad
ded to the list of qualified voters by the officer.
of Registration, who have the qualifications
| prescribed IN tne urSb eeCtiOu OF tnlb ATtlCio
| and who are not disqualified under the provi
| s;ons of the seaaaI--i AL;-l-
| The Precinct Law passed at the last session
of the General Assembly divides the First Dis
| trict into Precincts, as follows:
Precinct Number of the First Election Dis
trict-Beginning at point where the First ano
| Third Election Districts meet at the limits o
the city of Baltimore, thence binding on the
west side of the Calverton Pike till it uniteI
with the Franklin pike; thence binding on the
west side of said pike until it crosses Gwynnl
Falls; thence binding on the west side o
| Gwynn's Falls until it leaves the boundary
| line of the First and Second Districts; Themes
following said boundary line to point where
the road from AlbeIton intersects the Johney
cake road thence binding on the east side o
said road to its intersection with the old Fred
erck road thence binding ON the North sid
of said road to its intersection with the Freder
lex pike; thence binding on the North side o
said pike to the city limits thence binding or
said limits to the place of beginning. And tn
place for voting in said precinct number on
shall be Franklin.
Precinct Number Two Of the said First Flee
ton District shall comprise all OF said FRS
Election District notincluded within the bound
of the above described precinct. And the plac
for voting in said precinct number two shall
| be Gainesville.
The Precinct Law passed at the last session
of the General Assembly divides the Third Dis
trct into Precincts, as follows:
Precinct Numb,r | Of the Third Election
Dstrict-Bcginning at point where the Refs
terstown turnpike leaves the limits OF the cit.
of Baltimore, and binding thence on the cas-
side of said pike to point where Caleb HOPES
lane intersects said pike; thence bindingon tn
south side of said line to the Pimlico road
thence binding on the south side Of said roa
to the Falls turnpike; thence binding on tn
western side of said pike TO the Northern Cen
trail railroad thence binding on the west sid
of said railroad to the city boundary line
thence westwardly with said line TO tho plac
of beginning. And the place Of voting in sal
precinct number ono shall be Woodbury.
And Precinct Number Of said Third Ele'
ton District TO be contained within the metz
and bounds following, to wt:-Beginning at
point where the Reisterstown turnpike leav'
the limits of the city of Baltimore; then bint
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