The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-05-16

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maps of said city, showing the boundaries
| of the wards and precincts as established
by said board. They shall furnish a suffi-
| cient number of copies of such maps to
the officers of registration of each pre-
| cinct, who shall keep one or more copies
| of such maps conspicuously posted in the
offices of registration during their sittings.
and the said board shall furnish copies OF
| such maps to any person who shall apply
for the same and pay fifty cents for each
/ map SO furnished him.
CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
119. All contested elections for comp
troller CT the treasury, judges, clerks OF
the coi 5 of law and registers of wills
shall decided by the House of Dele
gates and the testimony shall be taken in
prescribed in contested seats of the Sem
ate and House of Delegates.
| 120. All cases of contested elections of
any Of the officers not provided for in the
| Constitution or in the preceding Section,
shall be decided by the judges of the sew
eral Circuit Courts-each in his respective
timore City, in the City of Baltimore.
| 121- Each Judge of the Circuit Court
and Of the Superior Court of Baltimore
City may adopt such modes Of proceeding
and adjudging costs in cases of contested
| elections as to him shall seem most sat
| .sfactory, but the rules of taking testi-
mony in such cases shall be the same as
| those which regulate the taking of tes-
| timony in contested election cases cog
nizable by the House of Delegates.
! ~. If either party shall deem himself
| aggrieved by the decision of any of the
| Circuit Courts or the Superior Court of
| Baltimore City in cases of contested cleo
tons, he shall have a right of appeal to
| the Court of Appeals, as in other cases.
said appeal to be taken within I'VE days
| from the date of the decision complained
of and shall be heard and decided by the
sion of the record as may be practicable
and the testimony taken in such cases
shall be sent up to the Court of Appeals
as part of the record.
1913. The party intending to contest an
election for the Senate or House of Dele
| gatesc shall give notice of such intention
to the person elected or in case of a tie
vote, to the person against whom the
contest is TO be Instituted, within thirty
| days after the Judges of election shall
| have made known publicly the state of
| the polls, unless at special election to
| I'LL vacancy, when such notice shall be
| given within ten days after the state OF
the polls is announced by the judges Of
1924 Such notices shall be delivered in
writing at the usual residence of the per-
son returned, and, If he be absent, shall
125. The party intending to make ex-
animation shall, after such notice, apply
to some justice OF the peace OF the county
or city wherein the election is contested,
and shall obtain a notice under his hand
and seal, directed to the opposite party, re-
curing him to attend, in person or by
126. The justice in such cases shall
have the usual power to coerce the at
| tendance of witnesses.
12T. The notice of the justice shall con-
tain the Eames of the witnesses, with the
| facts expected to be proved by them, and
shall state the time and place of examina-
party or his attorney at least ten days
previous to the proposed examination.
l2s. Every person .deposing shall be ex-
amined on oath, and his testimony shall be
reduced to writing either by himself. in
the presence of the justice, or by the JUS
tlce, or by a clerk by him appointed ard
sworn fairly to write down and trans
oribe the dispositions, and shall be trans
scribed by the deponent.
129. The dispositions so taken, together
of service of them shall be sealed up by the
justice who took them and transmitted
to the presiding officer of the body in
which the seat is contested.
100. The examina ton of witnesses taken
in the manner herein prescribed, and in
no other. shall hereafter be admitted on
trial of contested elections.
1871. The copies of any papers recorded
in any office of record attested under the
hand and seal of the recording officer
shall be admitted at all such trials in the
same manner as the originals would be II
proaduc ed
public nature and remaining in possession
Of public officer and extracts from the
poll books under the hand and seal of the
clerk of the court or public officer in whose
office they are deposited, shall be adj
1873. The Board of Police Commissioners
in the City of Baltimore and the clerks Ct
the Circuit Courts in the counties TO
whom ballots have been returned under
the provisions of this Article shall produce
any such ballots in regard to which tes-
slmony may pc proposed to be taken be-
fore justice of the peace taking examina-
tions in d contested election, and shall
furnish said justice copies of the same
only on an order first had and obtained
he t4-f- ,F Tg..l&
more City, or of the Circuit Courts for
Inc counties, or some one of the judges
thereof, and then. in pursuance of the
terms and conditions of said order, and
subject to its restrictions; and said Police
Commissioners of Baltimore City and said
clerk, as the case may be, shall retain
until such ballots shall be required by the
order OF the court having Jurisdiction in
the case to be delivered to said court or
by order Of the Senate or House of Dele
gates, in whichever the seat is contested
1884, The Justice before whom such de-
positions shall be taken shall be entitled
TO the sum of two dollars for every day
he may be engaged in the examination of
witnesses, and the witnesses shall be en-
titled to the usual allowance for their at
tendance before a justice of the peace
to be paid by the party on whose behalf
such examination is held and said wit
nesses are summoned.
1S5. No person contesting a seat of any
one who has been regularly returned by
the judges of election, as elected to a seat
IN the Senate or House of Delegates shall
be allowed any per diem, mileage or other
pay unless the party SO contesting shall
establish his right to such seat.
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND
VICE PRESIDENT.
1856. On the first Tuesday next after the
nrst Monday Of November. preceding the
choice of President and Vice President Of
the United states. there shall be elected
President and Vice President MS This sfa9a
shall be entitled to appoint.
lS7. Each citizen of this state entitled to
vote ior delegates to the General Assem-
bly, snail have the right to vote for I'M.
whole number of electors; and the several
persons. to. the number required to be
CHOSEN, having the highest number OF
appointed electors. N1''
13s. II any of the persons voted for as
electors shall have an equal number Of
votes. 50 as TO defeat a choice betWeen
them, the Governor shall determine by
lot which of the persons having such
s6usI n ~ non q votes shall be electors
which the state shall be entitled.
49, The said election shall in all re-
speetsi De conducted as other elections,
vassed, as hereinbefore directed.
lie. Upon the meeting of the persons
returned elected as electors of Preside5,t
and Vice President or of as many ~
said persons as may attend on the dnI-
appointed by the Constitution and laws
of the United States, the said electors
who are present, before proceeding TO
perform the duties reposed in them, Shall
MI any vacancy which may exist In the
whether such vacancy be occasioned Ia,
absence or otherwise: and the said nerso,s
or persons so appointed to fill such vacancv
or vacancies shall be entitled 10 ali fbs
rights and privileges Of those proclaimed
oy Inc governor as duly elected electors
United States. "a 'ne
l4l: The electors for this state shall
meet n the State House, in the City OF
dent and Vice President of the uniied
States az the hour OF noon upon the first
Wednesday in December In the ve.r ~
which they are appointed. IA
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS
49, Elections of Representatives Of M.
state IN the Congress of the United Ststns
shall be held on the Tuesday NEXT q ~ aess
first Monday in the month OF Noven,hsasee |