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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1805.

obtained a residence of twelve months next preceding the elec-
tion in the city of Baltimore or the city of Annapolis, and at
which he offers to vote, shall have a right of suffrage, and shall
vote, by ballot, in the election of such county or city, or either
of them, for electors of the president and vice-president of the
United States, for representatives of this state in the congress of
the United States, for delegates to the general assembly of this
state, electors of the senate, and sheriffs : And whereas by the
constitution of the United States it is provided, that the house
of representatives shall be composed of members chosen every
second year by the people of the several states, and the electors
in each state shall have the qualification requisite for electors
of the most numerous branch of the state legislature: And
whereas it is further provided by the constitution of the United
States, that the executive power shall be vested in a president
of the United States, that he shall hold his office during the
term of four years, and together with the* vice-president, chosen
for the same term, be elected as follows : Each state shall ap-
point, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a
number of electors, equal to the whole number of senators and
representatives to which the state may be entitled in congress ;
in order to carry the said provisions into effect, and to reduce
into one act the several existing laws on those subjects ; there-
fore,
SEC. 2. The congressional districts are remodelled by 1832, ch. 275.
SEC. 3. By 1833, ch. 261, electors of president and vice-president are to
be elected by general ticket.

Sheriffs to
give three
weeks
notice of
elections.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the sheriffs of the several
counties in this state respectively, under the penalty of fifty dol-
lars, at least three weeks previous to every election regulated by
this act, shall cause public notice to be given within their
respective counties, by advertisements set up at the most public
places within each district of the county, of the time and place
of holding the several elections aforesaid.

Sheriffs to
provide bal-
lot boxes,
&c.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the respective sheriffs shall,
under the penalty of five hundred dollars, provide, or cause to
be provided, and delivered to the judge or judges of the election
in each district, previous to, or at the commencement of, each
election, a box for receiving the ballots, and two separate books,
for the purpose of entering the voters names.

Levy courts
to appoint
judges of
elections.

SEC, 6. And be it enacted, That the justices of the levy
courts respectively shall, between the first Monday of April and
the first Monday of August next, appoint three persons for each
election district, resident therein, who, or a majority or any one
of whom, in case of the non-attendance of the other two, shall
be judges or judge of the election for such district, from the
time of their appointment: until a new appointment; and the