LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1805.

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to congress, in the following form, or to the like effect, to wit :
'To his excellency the governor of the state of Maryland, in
council. We, the subscribers, judges at the close of an election
held on the —— ; day of —— , in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and —— , in the election districts of —— county, dis-
tinguished by number one, two, three, &c. for the purpose of
choosing a representative for the —— district of this state, to
serve in the congress of the United States, having this day
assembled at the usual place of the sitting of the county court
of said county, with the books of the polls, on which are en-
dorsed the several certificates agreeably to law, and having cast
up the whole number of votes given in said districts, according
to the respective certificates made out by the judges, do return
that —— had —— votes, and —— had —— votes, &c. Given
under our hands, this —— day of —— , in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and —— .' If for an elector of president and
vice-president of the United States, in the following form, or to

For repre-
sentatives
to congress.

the like effect, to wit : 'To his excellency the governor of the
state of Maryland, in council. We, the subscribers, judges at
the close of an election held on the —— day of —— , in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred and —— , in the election
districts in —— county, distinguished by number, one, two,
three, &c. for the purpose of electing an elector for the —— :
district of this state for choosing a president and vice-president
of the United States, conformably to the constitution of the
United'States and the laws of this state, having this day assem-
bled at the usual place of the sitting of the county court of said
county, with the books of the polls, on which are endorsed the
several certificates required by law, and having cast up the
whole number of votes given in said districts, according to the
respective certificates made out by the judges, do return that
—— had —— votes, and —— had —— votes. Given under
our hands this —— day of —— , in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and —— .'
* These stars denote the place occupied by a formula of a return for
electors of the senate. It is omitted, as they are abolished by the recent
reform in the constitution.
See note to the 3d section.

For elec-
tors of
president
and vice-
president.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That in all cases where a county
has been or shall be divided, for the purpose of forming a dis-
trict to elect a member or members to the congress df the United
States, or to elect an elector or electors to choose the president
and vice-president of the United States, the judges, in making
the return aforesaid, shall designate therein, that the said dis-
tricts, at which they presided as judges, are part of district No.
— , as laid out by law to choose a member to represent this state
in the congress of the United States, or are part of district No. —,
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Where a
county is
divided, to
form a dis-
trict, Sec.
judges to
designate
the district,
&c.