The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-10-29
ELECTION NOTICE.

TOTTCE is hereby given to the Judges OF
IN Election and the Qualified Voters OF
Carroll county, that an election will be held
Sin the several Election Districts of Carroll
county, at the usual places of holding Elec-
tons, on
The First Tuesday merit after the First Mon
day of November, 1881,
It being the Sth day of said month, in the sew
eral Districts and Precincts of said county,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTISG
One nerson to be Comptroller of the Treas
urv Department of the State of Maryland.
Also FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING
Four persons to represent Carroll county
in the House of Delegates of the State oil
Maryland.
Three persons to be County Commission
ers of Carroll county. -
One person to be Treasurer of Carroll
county and Clerk to the County Commission
One person to be County Surveyor of Car
roll county.
at 9 O. clock, A. NJ, and close at o clock,
P. NJ, when the ballots shall be puohcly
counted.
! Voters will also cast their ballots "tor
the Constitutional Amendment or Against
the Constitutional Amendment, IN accord,
ance with the following Act of the General
Assembly, passed at January Session, Ieeo'
| for amending the Constitution of the State:
CHAPTER All.
| AN ACT to amend section five OF article four
of the Constitution OF this State.
! SEcT1ey l. Be IL enacted By the General
| Assemble of Maryland, Three-htths OF all the
members of the two Houses concurring, that
/ the following section be and the same Is here
\ nv nronosed as an amendment to the Constr
| tstion of this State, and if adopted by the
| legal and qualified voters thereof as herein
| nroyided. it shall supercede and stand IN the
| Mace end instead Of section five OF article tour
4 of said Constitution.
| SIC. 5. After the election for judges as
! hereinbefere provided, there shall be held in
| this State, in every fifteenth year thereafter
/ on the Tuesday after the hrst Monday IN NO
/ vember of such year, an election for judges
as herein provided; and in case Of death, res
1 ienation, removal or Disqualification, toy
reason Of age or otherwise, OF any Judge, the
/ Governor shall appoint person duly qualIhed
I 10 fIl said Office, who shall hold the same en-
/ I'll the next general election for members Of
/ the General Assembly, when asuecessor shall
/ be elected, whose term of office shall be the
same as hereinbefore provided; and upon the
] expiration of the term Of fifteen years Tor
which any judge may be elected to MI a va
capcv, an election for his successor shall take
Mace at the next general election tor mem
| hers of the General Assembly TO occur upon
| or after the expiration of the said term ana
the Governor shall appoint a person duly
uualified to hold said Office from the expira-
I ton of such term Of fifteen years until the
1 election and qualification of his successor.
! SEc. 2. Ind be Il further enacted % az
authority aforesaid, That the said foregoing
4 section hereby proposed as an amendment 20
] the Constitution shall be, at the next general
election 70 be held in this State, submitted TO
/ the legal and qualified voters thereof for Their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance OF The di'
4 rections contained in article fourteen OF the
/ Constitution of this State; and al the said
general election the vote on said proposed
amendment TO the Constitution shall be BY
1 ballot. ana apon each ballot there shall be
written or printed the words ''ior the eonsil-
I tationa! amendment, or against the constr
tutioual amendment, as the voter shalt elect,
and Immediately after said election due re-
I turn shall be made 70 the Governor Of the
vote for and against said proposed amend
ment, as directed by the said Fourteenth aiu'
I Gle Of the Constitution.
I Approved April 10, lSs0. -
GEORGE n. FRiNGER,
sheriff OF Carroll county.