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Maryland Manual, 1885
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MARYLAND MANUAL. 35
' OFFICERS ELECTED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
The Legislature elects on joint ballot, United States
Senators, State Treasurer and Police Commissioners for
the City of Baltimore.
The election for United States Senator begins on the
second Tuesday after the commencement of. the session
of the Legislature next preceding the expiration of the
incumbent's term. The Legislature of 1886 will elect
a successor to the Hon. A. P. Gorman. The election
for State Treasurer takes place on such day at its
regular session as the two Houses may select. The
election for Police Commissioners, whose terms are
six years, takes place on such days as the Legislature
appoints. The General Assembly of 1886 will elect a
successor to Hon. George Colton, Police Commissioner
of the City of Baltimore. The U. S. Senators are elected
alternately from the Eastern and Western Shores. Act
•of Congress, July 25, 1866, Jrt. 6, Sec. I, Md. Const.
.Acts of 1867, Ch. 367. Acts of 1874, Ch. 2.
MODE OF ELECTING UNITED STATES SENATORS.
The Act of Congress passed 25th of July, 1868, pre-
scribes the manner of the election of Senators of the
United States, as follows:
SEC. 1. The Legislature of each State, which shall be
chosen next preceding the expiration of the time for
which any Senator was elected to represent said State
in Congress, shall, on the second Tuesday after the
meeting and organization thereof, proceed to elect a
Senator in Congress, in the place of such Senator so
going out of office, in the following manner:
Each House shall, openly, by a viva voce vote of each
member present, name one person for Senator in Con-
gress from said State, and the name of the person so
voted for, who shall have a majority of the whole
number of votes cast in each House, shall be entered
on the journal of each House, by the clerk or Secretary
thereof; but if either House shall fall to give such
majority to any person on said day, that fact shall be
entered on the journal. At twelve o'clock, meridian,
of the day following that on which proceedings are
required to take place, as aforesaid,the members of the
two Houses shall convene in joint assembly, and the
journal of each House shall then be read, and if the

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