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ROBERT BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
" the polls open until six o'clock in the evening of the same
" day, when they were closed, the ballot box opened, and the ballots
" publicly counted, when it appeared that _____ had _____ votes
" as a delegate to the general assembly, (or _____, as the case may
" be.) Given under our hands, at the place of said election, this
" _____ day of _____, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
" _____. Attested by _____ _____, clerks. |
1805.
CHAP. 97. |
15. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the presiding
judges of elections,
or in case of inability to attend, either of the other judges, shall,
on the second day after every election, (except in cases of elections
in the city of Baltimore, where the judges shall meet on the day
next succeeding the holding of said elections,) under the penalty of
five hundred dollars, meet at the usual place of the sitting of the
county court of each county, with the books of the polls and the
certificates aforesaid, and the said judges, when so assembled, shall
cast up the whole of the votes of all the districts, and shall make
out two plain, fair and distinct statements and certificates of the
number of votes which shall have been given for each candidate; if
for delegates to the general assembly, in the following form, or to
the like effect, to wit: " To the honourable the chancellor of the
" state of Maryland. Whereas an election for four delegates for
" _____ county to the general assembly of Maryland, was held on
" the first Monday in October, eighteen hundred and _____, in the
" districts of said county, distinguished by number one, two, three,
" &c conformably to the constitution and laws of this state; and
" whereas we the subscribers, attending judges at the close of the
" election in said districts, 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 endorsed 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 on the day of election by the judges, it appears that _____,
" _____, _____ and _____, have the greatest number of legal votes;
" whereupon we do determine, declare and return, that the said
" _____, _____, _____ and _____, are duly elected delegates, for _____
" county, to the general assembly of Maryland. Given under our
" hands, this _____ day of October, eighteen hundred and _____."
If for electors of the senate, in the following form, or to the like
effect, to wit: " To the honourable the chancellor of the state of
" Maryland. We the subscribers, judges at the close of an election
" held on the first Monday of September, in the year of our Lord
" eighteen hundred and _____, in the election districts distinguished
" by number one, two, three, &c. in _____ county, for the purpose
" of electing two persons for said county to be electors of the senate
" of Maryland, conformably to the constitution and laws of this state,
" having this day met at the usual place of the sitting of the county
" court for 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 on the day of election by the
" judges, it appears that _____ and _____ have the greatest number
of
" legal votes; whereupon we do determine, declare and return, that
" the said _____ and _____ are duly elected for _____ county, electors
" of the senate of Maryland. Given under our hands, this _____ |
Presiding judges
to meet, &c. and
make out statements
and certificates
of the number
of votes given
for each candidate
in all the districts.
Form of the return
of delegates
to the general assembly.
For electors of the
senate. |
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