The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-10-01
Monday, ID Of November, 1876,

at the usual places of voting in the several
eIectlon districts OF Hartford county, as fol-
lows:
In the list Election District at Abingdon.
In the I'd Election District at Halls Cross
Roads.
In the Sd Election District at Bel Air.
In the 4th Election District at Jarretts.
vile.
In the 9TH Election District at Dublin.
In the 9th Election District at Havrc dc
Grace.
And the Election to be held is for the pul-
pose OF clecling gentlemen to fill the follow.
ing offices, viz:
One person to be Governor of the State of
Maryland;
One person to be Attorney Geaeral of the
/ State of Maryland;
One person to be Comptroller of the Trca-
sury OF the State of Maryland;
One person TO be States Attorney of Har-
ford county.
| One person to be Sheriff vi Lal.urd coun-
| ty;
Three persons to be Judges of the Orphans
| Court OF Hartford county;
| Three persons to represent Hartford Coun-
ty in the House Of Delegates of Maryland;
( Five persons to be County Commissions
crs Of Hartford county;
And one person to be County Surveyor for
| Hartford county.
Voters will also cast their ballots For the
Constitutional Amendment" or against the
Constitutional Amendment" in accordance
with the following Act Ofthc General Assem-
bly,, passed at January Session, 1874, for
amending the Constitution of the State:
AN Act to amend Section s, of Article 4, of
the Constitution Of the State of Maryland"
SECTION l. BE 1t enacted 6y tile General
1Ssemejyo IF -Hdlyland, three .ftths of all tie
| n1eatbGrS Of tie TIRE Houses cOicUrriRg, That
the following section be and the same is here
| by proposed, as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of this State, and if adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereof, as prov-
dcd, it may he the same to superscde and
stand in the place Of Section 8, of Article 4,
of said Constitution"
! SECTION s. The parties to any cause may
! submit the same to the court for determine
ton without the aid Of II jury, and in all suits
or actions at law, issued from the Orphans
Court, or from any court, sitting in equity,
and all cases of presentmcnts or indictments
! for Offences which are or may be punishable
| by death, pending in any of the courts flaw
i'll this State, having jurisdiction thereof,
upon suggestion, in writing, under oath, of
either OF the parties to said proceedings, that
/ such party cannot have fair and impartial
trial in the cCurt, in which the same may be
| pending, the said court shall order and direct
the record of proceedings in such suit or
action issue, prcsentment or indictment TO be
! transmitted to some other court, having iuris-
diction in such case, for trial; but in all other
cases of prcscntmcnt or indictment, pending
in any OF the courts oflaw in this State, hav-
ing jurisdiction thereof, in addition to the
r.t.
to such prcscntment or Indictment, that such
party cannot have fair and impartial trial in
the court in which the same may be pending
it shall be necessary for the party making
such suggestion, to make it satisfactorily
pear to the court that such suggestion is true,
or that there is reasonable ground for the
same; and thcreupon, the said court shall
order and direct the record of proceeding, in
such presentmcnt or Indictment, to be trans
mittcd to some other court having iiurisdc-
! ton in such cases for trial, and such right of
removal shall exist upon suggestion, in cases
when all the judges of said court may be dis
qualified, under the provisions of this Consti-
tuition to sit in any such case, and said court,
to which the record of proceedings in such
suit or action, issue, p1esentment or ndict-
ment may be transmitted, shall hear and de-
terminc the same in like manner, as if such
suit or action, issue, prcsentment or indict-
ment, had been originally instituted therein,
and the General Assembly shall make such
modification of existing law as may be neces-
sary to regulate and give force to this provi-
! sion"
SECTION .. And be afarther enacte6 Jy
tile authority ot0reSaid, That said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution, shall be, at the next general
election to be held in this State, submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the
directions contained in Article ID, ofthe Com
stltution Of this State and at the said gcner-
al election, the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by ballot,
and upon each ballot there shall he written
or printed these words, For the Constitu-
tional Amendment" or against the Consi-
tuional Amendment" as thevoter shall elect,
and Immediately after said election, due re-
turns shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amend
ment, rs directed by the said Nth Article of
the Constitution
Cl3 The polls will be opened at 8 O'Clock
A. NJ and closed at o'clock p NJ
CE5 The Returning Judges are required
and directed to make their return on the sec
ond day Thursday following the election, to
the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Hartford
county, and also to the Governor of Mary
land.
VIM b. JARRETT,
oct1 Sheriff of Hartford County.