Constitution, as well as any blank ballots which may be
cast, to the several clerks of the Circuit Courts of this
State, and to the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore
City, in the manner 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 Constitution, and the number of blank ballots;
and the Governor, upon receiving the returns from the
judges of election, or the clerks as aforesaid, and ascertain-
ing the aggregate vote throughout the State, shall, by his
proclamation, make known the same; and if a majority of
the votes cast shall be for the adoption of this Constitution
it shall go into effect on Saturday, the fifth day of October,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven..