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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1866
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[Document F.]
BY THE SENATE,
February 1, 1866.
Read and ordered to be printed.
REPORT
OF
COMMITTEE 01 ELECTIONS
ON THE
MEMORIALS OF SUNDRY CITIZENS OF QUEEN
ANNE'S COUNTY,
RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION LAW.
To the Honorable,
the Senate of Maryland;
The committee on Elections, to whom was referred the
memorials of- sundry residents of Queen Anne's county, ask-
ing the Legislature of Maryland to repeal an Act, passed at
January session, 1865, known as the Registry Law, and also
asking the repeal of certain sections of Article first, of the
Constitution, relating to the Elective Franchise, have had
the several subjects therein contained, under consideration,
and would respectfully submit the following report:
The principle of government is inseparable from the con-
stitution of human nature and essential to the safety of hu-
man society.
A variety of forms of government have been instituted
among men in different periods and stages of human pro-
gress. The earliest was the Theocratic, from which was
modeled the constitutional monarchy. The next was the
Patriarchal, from which was modeled the form., of absolute
monarchy and despotism. These two were the antetypes of
the forms of government which existed prior to the Christian
Era and in their worst forms, the latter for many centuries

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