ART. XV.] CONSTITUTION. 85
State, or before any clerk of any court of record in any part
of the State; but in case an officer shall qualify out of the |
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county in which he resides, an official copy of his oath shall be
filed and recorded in the clerk's office of the Circuit Court of
the county in which he may reside, or in the clerk's office of
the Superior Court of the city of Baltimore, if he shall reside
therein.
VOTE ON THE CONSTITUTION.
For the purpose of ascertaining the sense of the people of
this State in regard to the adoption or rejection of this Con-
stitution, the Governor shall issue his proclamation within five
days after the adjournment of this convention, directed to the
Sheriffs of the city of Baltimore and of the several counties
of this State, commanding them to give notice in the manner
now prescribed by law in reference to the election of members
of the House of Delegates, that an election for the adoption
or rejection of this Constitution will be held in the city of
Baltimore and in the several counties of this State, on Wed-
nesday, the eighteenth day of September, in the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, at the usual places of holding elec-
tions for members of the House of Delegates in said city and
counties. At the said election the vote shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot there shall be written or printed the words,
"For the Constitution," or "Against the Constitution," as
the voter may elect; and the provisions of the laws of this
State relating to the holding of general elections for members
of the House of Delegates, shall in all respects apply to and
regulate the holding of the said election. It shall be the duty
of the judges of election in said city and in the several coun-
ties of the State to receive, accurately count and duly return
the number of ballots so cast for or against the adoption of
this Constitution, as well as any blank ballots which may be
cast, to the several clerks of the Circuit Courts of this State,
and to the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, in
the manner now prescribed by law, in reference to the elec-
tion of members of the House of Delegates, and duplicates
thereof, directly to the Governor; and the several clerks afore-
said shall return to the Governor, within ten days after said
election, the number of ballots cast for or against the Consti-
tution, and the number of blank ballots; and the Governor,
upon receiving the returns from the judges of election, or the
clerks as aforesaid, and ascertaining the aggregate vote
throughout the State, shall, by his proclamation, make known
the same; and if a majority of the votes cast shall be for the
adoption of this Constitution, it shall go into effect on Satur-
day, the fifth day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-
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Oath to be
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