Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1896-05-15


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.
| 1l9 All contested elections for comp
| troller ct the treasury. judges clerks Of
[ the CO.. IS Of law and registers OF wills
shall decided by the House OF Dele
gates nd the testimony shall be taken in
such cases IN The same manner as herein
! prescribed in contested seats OF the Sem
ate and House of Delegates.
100. 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 sev-
I eral Circuit Courts-each in his respective
/ circult-and by the Superior Court Of Bal
timore City, in the City of Baltimore.
12l. Each Judge Of the Circuit Court
and Of the Superior Court Of Baltimore
/ city may adopt such modes Of proceeding
/ and adludging costs In cases of contested
/ elections as to him shall seem most sat
I isfactory, but the rules of taking testi-
/ mony in such cases shall be the same as
/ those which regulate the taking OF tes-
I timony In contested election cases cog
I nizable by the House of Delegates.
/ ~. II either party shall deem himself
4 agsrieved by the decision Of any of the
/ Circuit Courts or the Superior Court Of
( Baltimore City in cases of contested cleo
4 tons, he shall have a right of appeal to
/ the Court Of Appeals, IS in other cases,
4 said appeal to be taken within five days
/ from the date of the decision complained
I Of and shall he heard and decided by the
4 Court Of Appeals as soon sitter transmits
4 sion Of the record as may he practicable,
! and the testimony taken in such cases
shall be sent up to the Court of Appeals
I as part Of the record
4 l2. The party intending TO contest an
election Tor the Senate or House of Dele
( gatesc shall give notice of such Intention
I to the person elected or in case Of a tie
( vote, to the person against whom the
contest is to be Instituted. within thirty
I days after the Judges of election shah
I have made known publicly the state Of
+ the polls, unless at special election to
1 FIJI a vacancy, when such notice shall be
1 given within ten days after the state OF
4 the polls is announced by the Judges OF
/ election.
124 Such notices shall be delivered in
4 writing at the usual residence Of the per-
/ son returned and, II he be absent, shall
125. The party intending to make ex-
/ animation shall after such notice auply
to some justice Of the-peaee Of the county
/ or city wherein the election is contested
/ and snail obtain notice under his hand
and seal, directed to the opposite party, re-
/ curing him to attend, in person or by
/ attorney. and cross-examine witnesses.
l26, The justice in such cases shall
/ have the usual power to coerce the at
tendance Of witnesses.
/ 127. The notice of the justice shall con-
! tain the names of the witnesses. with the
] facts expected to be proved by them and
I snail state the time and place Of examina-
/ ton and shall be served on the opposite
] party or his attorney at least ten days
I previous to the proposed examination
4 IL. Every person deposing shall be ex-
amined on oath, and his testimony shall be
reduced 10 writing either by himself. In
4 the presence of the justice. or by the JUS
tiee. or by a clerk by him appointed ard
I sworn fairly to write down and trans
cribe the depositions and shall be trans
scribed by the depOnent.
129. The dispositions so taken, together
| with certificate Of the notices and proof
I Of service Of them shall be sealed up by the
justice VINO took them and transmitted
I to the presiding officer of the body in
which the seat is contested
1 100 The examination of witnesses, taken
! in the manner herein prescribed. and in
no ether shall hereafter be admitted on
/ trial Of contested elections.
1871. The copies Of any papers recorded
4 in any office Of record attested under the
| hama and seal of the recording officer
4 shall be admitted at all such trials in the
same manner as the originals would be II
1872. The copies of any other papers of a
| public nature and remaining in possession
1 of a 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 ad-
/ mitted as evidence.
/ lS5 The Board Of Police Commissioners
in the CITY Of Baltimore and the clerks Of
I 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-
I timony may be proposed to be taken be-
Z fore a justice of the peace taking exaIuina-
I tons IN a contested election and shall
furnish said Justice copies Of the same
l only on an order first had and obtained
4 from some one Of the courts of Balti-
I more city, or Of the Circuit Courts for
/ The counties, or some one Of the judges
I thereof, and then, In pursuance Of the
/ terms and conditions OF said order. and
4 subject 10 Its restrictions; and said Police
1 Commissioners Of Baltimore city and said
4 clerk, as the ease may be. shall retain
such ballots in possession and custody
until such ballots shall be required by the
/ order OF the court having jurisdiction in
I the case to be delivered to said court or
i by order Of the Senate or House Of Dele
/ gates, In whichever the seat Is contested
lS4 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
4 witnesses, and the witnesses shall be en-
] Titled to the usual allowance for their at
/ tendance before Justice OF the peace
to be paid by the party on whose behalf
such examination is held ana said wit
nesses are summoned.
4 l35. No person coutesting a seat Of any
toue who has been regularly returned by
j the Judges Of election, as elected to a seat
4 IN the Senate or House of Delegates, shall
be allowed any per diem, mileage or other
1 pay unless the party so contrasting shall
/ establish his right to such seat.
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND
VICE PRESIDENT.
/ 1856 On the first Tuesday next after the
I FIRST Monday Of November, preceding the
/ time fixed by law of the United States for
choice 9f President and Vice President Of
/ the United States, there shall be elected
/ by general tickets, as many electors Of
, President and Vice President as this state
shall be entitled 70 appoint.
nTaf af,FT sou,
| vote for delegates to the General Assem-
] bly, snail have the right 10 vote for the
whole number Of electors; and the several
persons, 10 the number required to be
4 chosen, having the highest number of
votes, shall be declared and deemed duly
1 appointed electors
/ lsS. II any Of the persons voted for as
1 electors shall haYe an equal number Of
/ votes, 50 as to defeat a choice between
7 them, the Governor shall determine by
I lot which Of the persons having such
I equal number Of votes shall be electors.
l so as TO complete the whole number to
which the stale shall be entitled.
l3g. The said election SHAH, in all re-
spects, be conducted as other elections,
and the returns thereof made and can
YaHsed. as heFainbefore directed.
/ li0l Upon the meeting Of the persons
/ returned elected as electors Of President
| and Vice President or Of as many Of
said persons as may attend on the day
\ 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
/ iii any vacancy which may exist in the
] said college Of electors at such meeting,
4 whether such vacancy be oecasioned by
4 absence OF otherwise, and the said person
or persons 50 appointed 10 fill such vacancy
I or vacancies shall be entitled to all the
I rights and privileges Of those proclaimed
! by the Governor as duly elected electors
u President and Vice President of the
! United Statea.
al The electors for this state shall