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designated for holding said election for a call of a Conven-
tion, and for members thereof, in the same manner and for
the same time as required for notice of the election of mem-
bers of the General Assembly.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That it shall be the duty of the
several Judges of Election of this State to receive, accurate-
ly count and duly return the number of ballots so cast to the
several clerks of the Circuit Courts of this State, and to the
clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, as the same
are now required to be returned for the election of members
to the House of Delegates; and the several clerks aforesaid
shall return to the Governor within ten days after said elec-
tion, the number of ballots cast for and against the call of a
Convention, and the number of blank ballots, and the num-
ber of ballots cast for the several persons voted for as dele-
gates to the said Convention.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That as soon as the Governor
shall receive the return of the number of ballots cast at the
said election for and against a Convention, and of the blank
ballots cast, and of the ballots cast for delegates to said Con-
vention, it shall be the duty of the Governor to count and
cast up the same; and thereupon. if it appear to the Gov-
ernor that more votes had been cast in favor of the call of a
Convention than have been cast against the call of a Con-
vention, it shall, be the duty of the Governor to issue his
proclamation declaring the persons having the majority in
the several counties and in the city of Baltimore, respective-
ly, to be elected to said Convention, and for the assembling
of the members thereof, at the time and place to be herein-
after appointed.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That before any member elect
or officer of this Convention shall enter upon his duties, he
shall take the oath to discharge said duties in the form pre-
scribed by law for members of the House of Delegates of this
State, "mutatis mutandis, " except the Speaker or President
elect of said Convention, who shall take the same oath, in the
presence of said Convention, before some Judge or Justice of
the Peace of this State.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That in case a majority of the
ballots cast for and against a Convention, shall be in favor
of the call of a Convention, then the said Convention shall
meet at the city of Annapolis, on the second Wednesday of
May, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and shall continue
in session from day to day until the duties for which the said
Convention was called shall be fully discharged and a new
Constitution and form of Government completely framed, and
the said Convention shall have full power to decide upon
the validity of the election and upon the requisite qualifica-
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