four delegates; Baltimore city, twenty-one dele-
gates; Montgomery county, four delegates; Alle-
gany county, six delegates; Carroll county, six
delegates; Howard county, four delegates; Anne
Arundel county, four delegates; Washington
county, six delegates; and it is hereby provided
that the Sheriffs of the several counties and the
Sheriff of Baltimore city, shall give notice of the
day above designated for holding said election for
a call of a Convention, and for members thereof,
in the same manner and for the same time as re-
quired for notice of the election of members of the
General Assembly.

Duty of Jud-
ges of Election.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted. That it shall be the
duty of the several judges of election of this State
to receive, accurately count, and duly return, the
number of ballots so cast, to the several Clerks of
the Circuit Courts of this State, and to the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, as the
same are now required to be returned for the
election of members to the House of Delegates;
and the several Clerks aforesaid shall return to the
Governor, within tea days after said election, the
number of ballots cast for and against the call of a
Convention, and the number of blank ballots, and
the number of ballots cast for the several persons
voted for as delegates to the said Convention.

Duty of the
Governor.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That as soon as the
Governor shall receive the return of the number
of ballots cast at the said election for and against
a Convention, and of the blank ballots cast, and
of the ballots cast for delegates to said Convention,
it shall be the duty of the Governor to count and
cast up the same; and thereupon, if it appear to
the Governor that more votes have been cast in
favor of the call of a Convention than have been
cast against the call of a Convention, it shall be
the duty of the Governor to issue his proclamation
declaring the persons having the majority in the
several counties and in the city of Baltimore, re-
spectively, to be elected to said Convention, and
for the assembling of the members thereof, at the
time and place to be hereinafter appointed.

Oath of 0f-
fice.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That before any mem-
ber elect or officer of said Convention shall enter
upon his duties, he shall take the oath to dis-.