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now to be held for — county, or — city,
whose names shall appear on the registry or list of
voters furnished to me according to law, as quali-
fied voters under the Constitution and laws of this
State, and that I will not permit any person to
vote at the same election whose name shall not he
found upon the said registry or list of qualified
voters; and I will in all filings execute the office of
Judge of the said election, according to the best
of my knowledge, without favor or partiality, so
help me God. |
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Notice of elec-
tions. |
Sec. 12. The sheriffs of the several counties,
under the penalty of fifty dollars, shall, at least
three weeks previous to every election required by
law to be held, cause public notice to be given
within the respective counties, by advertisement
set up at the most public places within each elec-
tion district of the county, and also by advertise-
ment in two newspapers of general circulation in
the county, of the time and place of holding the
several elections; 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 du-
ty of the judges of election to hold the election in
their several election districts, at the time pre-
scribed by law, and at the usual places of holding
elections in the several election districts, or at the
place in the several 'election districts where the
last preceding election was held, under the penalty
of five hundred dollars for each judge refusing or
neglecting to hold such election. This section not
to apply to the city of Baltimore. |
