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14 And now, in conclusion, the Committee will distinctly and briefly repeat, that which they have hereinbefore stated at length and in detail: That John R. Franklin, the memo- rialist, was at the election in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit of Maryland, held on the 7th day of November, eighteen hun- dred and sixty-five, disqualified to hold the office of Circuit Judge; and that that disqualification was known to more than one hundred of the electors who voted tor him; and that, at the said election, the petitioner, Thomas A. Spence, received the greatest number of the legal votes polled for Cir- cuit Judge, and was duly elected Circuit Judge of the said Circuit; and the Committee would respectfully recommend the following Resolutions to be adopted by the House of Delegates; Resolved, by the House of Delegates of Maryland, That, at an election held on the seventh day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, for a Circuit Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit of Maryland, in the Counties of Worcester, Somerset and Dorchester, comprising the said Circuit, John R. Franklin was not duly and legally elected, because lie was disqualified, under the Constitution, to hold the said office, and because he did not receive the largest number of legal votes polled at the said election for the said office. And, Resolved, That Thomas A. Spence, having received the largest number of the legal votes polled at the said elec- tion for the said office, was duly and legally elected Circuit Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit of Maryland. And further, Resolved, That a copy of these Resolutions be transmitted to His Excellency the Governor of Maryland, for his action thereon. JAMES F. LEE, JAMES VALLIANT, WM. H. HOFFMAN, UPTON BUHRMAN, W. S. WOODEN. |
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