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Senator at the election on the 6th day of November, 1866;
if so, for whom did you so vote?

Interrogatory 6th. Were the polls for your District held at
the place advertised or published by the sheriff, and was the
election as quiet and orderly as usual ac said polls ?

Interrogatories to be propounded for C. H. Ohr, in the contested
election of Spates vs. Ohr.

SCHEDULE B.

Interrogatory 1st. What is your name, age., occupation re-
sidence, and time of such residence ?

Interrogatory 2d. Did you receive the appointment as judge
of election for said District in 1866; did you qualify and act
as such on the 6th day of November, 1860; did the judges of
said election make public a declaration that all persons regis-
tered in 1866, would by them be required to take the 'oath
of voters," as prescribed in Article 1st section 4th of the Con-
stitution of Maryland; if so, for what reason, and did the said
judges of election have armed men stationed at the doors or
windows of the place where the polls were held or authorize
them to be eo stationed; if so, for what reason ?

Interrogatory 3d. Did you as judges of said election, refuse or
reject the ballot tendered by any person whose name appeared
on the list of qualified voters, unconditionally and perempto-
rily and without requiring them to take any oath; if so,
whom and for what reason ?

Interrogatory 4th. DM you see or hear any violence intim-
idation or threats, used by any person or persons to deter or
intimidate persons from offering to vote; if so who used the
intimidation and who was so prevented, and to what political
party do they belong; was the election on the 6th of Novem-
ber last, as quiet and orderly as usual at your sai I polls

Interrogatory 5th. Is it not customary for the people of
your District to carry their guns with them to public gather-
ings, more particularly at that season of the year, and was
there an unusual display of guns at your polls; if so, state
the reasons fully and whether the armed men belonged to one
or both political parties, as also their names?

Interrrogatory 6th. Did you hear any discharge of fire
arms on the day of said election near the polls; if so, under
what circumstances, in what manner and by whom ?