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Proceedings of the Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States in Maryland, 1789-1980
Volume 208, Page 6   View pdf image (33K)
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6.                                           1789

the Election of Delegates to the General Assembly are hereby vested in the
said officers respectively for the purpose of holding and conducting
the said Elections to be held in pursuance of the Constitution of the
United States and this act.
    IV.  And be it enacted, that every Judge of and Election to be
held in pursuance of this Act, before he proceeds to take or
receive any vote shall take the following oath, or affirmation:
to wit:  I, A. B. do swear, or affirm, that I will permit all
persons to vote who shall offer to poll at the election now to be
held in ________ County, the City of Annapolis, or Baltimore
Town,, who in my judgment, shall according to the directions
contained in the Constitution of the United States of American,
ratified in convention of the Delegates of Maryland, on the twenty
eighth day of April one Thousand seven hundred and Eighty eight
be entitled to poll at the same election, and that I will not admit
any person to poll at the same election, if such person shall not,
in my judgment, be qualified to vote, as aforesaid, and that I will
in all things, execute the office of Judge of the said Election, according
to the best of my knowledge, without favor or partiality
So help me God."
    V.  And be it enacted, that every clerk, before he enter any vote in
the polls, shall take the following oath or affirmation, to wit:  " I
A. B. do swear, or affirm, that I will well and faithfully, without
favor, affection or partiality execute to the office of clerk of the
Election to be held in __________ County, the City of Annapolis or Baltimore
town according to the best of my knowledge.  So help me God."
    VI.  And be it enacted, that every persons coming to vote for Elections
of President and Vice President, agreeably to the directions of
this Act, shall have a right to vote for eight persons, five of whom
shall be residents of the Western Shore, and three of the Eastern
Shore, and the five persons residents of the Western Shore having the
greatest number of votes of all the Candidates on that shore, shall be
those persons residents of the Eastern Shore, having the greatest number
of votes of all the candidates on that shore shall be declared
to be duly elected.
    VII.  And be it enacted, that every person coming to vote for Representatives
of this State in the Congress of the United States shall
have a right to vote for six persons, one whereof shall be a resident
of each of the said districts, and the Candidate in each district having
the greatest number of votes of all the Candidates residing
in the district shall be declared to be duly elected for that
district.



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