The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ELECTION NOTICE.

an election will be held at the usual
places of holding elections in the sew
eral districts in said county, on
Tuesday after the LIST Monday,
being 9Th day Of No
vember, 1877,
between the hours of O'Clock A. NJ,
and 6 O'Clock P. NJ, for the purpose
of balloting for
One ~ Person to serve as Comp
troller of the Treasury of the State;
And for the purpose of electing
One ~ Person to represent Garrett
county in the State Senate;
Two ~ Persons to represent Gar
rett county in the Legislature Of the
State-House of Delegates;
Three (3) Persons to serve as Coun-
ty Commissioners;
One ~ Person to serve as Sheriff;
One ~ Person to serve as County
Surveyor;
Now /, John G.. Durham, Sheriff
of Garrett county, in pursuance of the
Act Of Assembly, chapter 374, passed
March 10, 1867, of the Public General
Laws, relating to the attendance of
Judges of Election, and in Section 8
of said Article prescribing notice of
elections to be given by the Sheriffs
of the several counties, hereby GIVE
NOTICE that
''At any general election, State,
Federal or Municipal, to oe hereafter
held in the State, ifnone of the Judg-
es of Election appointed according to
law, shall attend at the place of cleo
ton for the space of one hour after
the time prescribed by law for OPEN
ing the election, it shall be lawful for
the Justice of Peace for such county,
or city, then present at the place of
election, or majority of them, or for
one Justice of the Peace in the event
of one being present, to act as Judge
or Judges of the Election, or If no
Justice of the Peace be present, it
shall be lawful for the voters then
present or majority of them to
choose by ballot three persons, being
voters, to be Judges of Election, and
the said Justices or Justice of the
Peace, or persons chosen by ballot
as aforesaid, to be Judges of Election,
and who shall act In that capacity for
that election, shall be vested with
the same power and authority as if
they had been appointed by the
Commissioners or other lawfully
authorized power"
The ninth section of said law pre-
scribes that "Every Judge of Elec-
ton, at every election to be hereafter
held in pursuance of law, before he
proceeds to take or receive any vote,
shall take the following oath or affir-
nation: |, A. B., do swear Tor affirm
that will permit all persons to vote
who shall offer to vote at the election
noun to ha hold Cow Cn,,o
ty, or--City, whose names shall
appear on the registry or list of vot-
ers furnished to me according to law,
as qualified voters under the Consti-
tuition and laws of this State, and
that l will not permit any person to
vote at the same election whose
name shall not be found upon the
said registry or list Unqualified voters:
and l will in all things execute the
office ofJudge of the said election ac-
cording to the best ofmy knowledge,
without favor or partiaGty, so help
me Cod"
The twelfth section of said law,
in speaking of the notice to be given
by the Sheriffs of the several counties
of the State, of the time and places of
holding said elections, says: "But if
for any cause said notice shall fail to
be given, said failure shall not affect
the validity of any election; but it
shall be the duty of the Judges of
Election to hold the election in their
several election districts at the time
prescribed by law, and at the usual
places of holding elections in the
several election districts or at the
places in the several election districts
where the last preceding election
was held, under the penalty of five
hundred dollars for each Judge re-
fusing or neglecting to hold such an
election" ..-
1t shall not be lawful for the keep