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against the constitution, and the number of blank ballots;
and the Governor, upon receiving such returns, and as-
certaining the aggregate vote throughout the State, shall
by his proclamation make known the same, and if a ma-
jority of the votes cast shall be for the adoption of this
constitution, it shall go into effect on the —— day of
——, 1867.
Resolution providing for the publication of the consti-
tution in the newspapers of the State. Reported by the
committee to whom was referred all such parts of the
constitution as had not been referred to any other com-
mittee.
Resolved, That a committee of three members of the
Convention be appointed by the President, whose duty it
shall be to have the constitution, as it shall be adopted by
the Convention, printed in such newspapers published in
Baltimore city and in each of the several counties of the
State, and for such length of time prior to the —— day
of ——, 1867, as the said committee shall think expedient;
and the committee on accounts shall, out of the fund ap-
propriated for the expenses of this Convention, pay such
bills as shall be incurred by the committee appointed un-
der this resolution, when properly certified by said last
mentioned committee.
NEW COUNTIES.
The General Assembly may provide by law for organ-
izing new counties, locating and removing county seats,
and changing county lines, but no new county shall be or-
ganized without the consent of the majority of the legal
voters residing within the limits proposed to be formed
into said new county; nor shall the lines of any county be
changed without the consent of a majority of the legal
voters residing within the district which under said pro-
posed change would form a part of a county different from
that to which it belonged prior to said change; and no new
county shall contain less than 400 square miles, nor less
than 10, 000 white inhabitants; nor shall any change be
made in the limits of any county whereby the population
of said county would be reduced to less than 10, 000 white
inhabitants, or its territory reduced to less than 400
square miles.
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