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Maryland Manual, 1927
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432 MARYLAND MANUAL


of the 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 be may reside, or in the clerk’s
office of the Superior Court of the City of Baltimore, if he
shall reside therein. All words or phrases, used in creating
public offices and positions under the Constitution and laws
of this State, which denote the masculine gender shall be
construed to include the feminine gender, unless the con
trary intention is specifically expressed.*

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 elec
tion 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 Wednesday, the eighteenth day of September,
in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, at the usual
places of holding elections for members of the House of Dele
gates 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 De1egates,
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 counties of the State to re
ceive, accurately count and duly return the number of bal
lots so cast for or against the adoption of this Constitution,
as well as any blank ballots which may be cast, to the sev
eral clerks of the Circuit Courts of this State, and to the
clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, in the man
ner now prescribed by law, in reference to the election of
members of the House of Delegates, and duplicates thereof,
directly to the Governor; and the several clerks aforesaid
shall return to the Governor, within ten days after said
election, the number of ballots cast for or against the Con
stitution and the number of blank ballots; and the Gov
ernor, upon receiving the returns from the judges of elec

* Thus amended by the Act of 1922, Chapter 275, and adopted by the people
November, 1922.


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