| 1790.
CHAP.
XVI. |
LAWS of MARYLAND.
" affirm, that I will well and faithfully, without favour, affection
or partiality,
" execute the office of clerk of the election to be held in _____ county,
the city
" of Annapolis or Baltimore-town, according to the best of my knowledge.
So
" help me God." |
Persons to
vote for eight
electors, &c. |
VII. And be
it enacted, That every person entitled and offering to vote for
electors of president and vice-president, agreeably to the directions
of this act, and
the constitution of the state of Maryland, shall have a right to vote for
eight persons,
five of whom shall be residents of the western shore, and three of
the
eastern shore, and the five persons, residents of the western shore, having
the
greatest number of votes of all the candidates on that shore, and the
three persons,
residents of the eastern shore, having the greatest number of votes of
all the
candidates on that shore, shall be declared to be duly elected. |
And one representative,
&c. |
VIII. And be
it enacted, That every person entitled and offering to vote for
representatives for this state in the congress of the United States, shall
have a
right to vote for one person, being a resident of his district at the time
of the
election, and having resided therein twelve calendar months immediately
before,
and otherways qualified according to the constitution of the United
States, and
the candidate having the greatest number of votes, shall be declared to
be duly
elected for that district. |
Names of
persons voted
for to be written
on parchment,
&c. |
IX. And be it
enacted, That after the polls in the several counties, and the
city of Annapolis and Baltimore-town, shall be closed, and the votes
cast up by
the judges, the names of the several persons voted for in the several
counties, and
city of Annapolis and Baltimore-town, shall be written on parchment,
or paper,
and the number of votes for each candidate in the several counties, the
city of
Annapolis and Baltimore-town, enumerated and set down, which number shall
be written in words at length, and not in figures; and the polls, and
other papers
relating to the elections, shall be sealed up and deposited with the clerks
of
the several county courts, and on such names and numbers being so set down
and
written, the judges of the several elections in the city of Annapolis,
Baltimore-town,
and each and every county of the state, when assembled at the usual
place
for holding elections, shall respectively, within the space of three
days after the
said elections, sign and seal the papers or instruments on which the
same are so
written, and shall make out, sign, seal and execute, duplicate returns
thereof,
one whereof shall be delivered to the clerk of the county to be kept safely,
and
the other copy thereof shall be sealed up, and delivered or safely transmitted,
by
the sheriff of the proper county within ten days after each respective
election, under
the penalty of fifty pounds current money, to the governor and council,
for
their inspection and examination; and the governor and council, after
having received
the returns, papers and instruments aforesaid, shall enumerate and ascertain
the numbers of votes for each and every candidate and person so as aforesaid
chosen
as representatives or electors respectively, and shall thereupon declare,
by proclamation
signed by the governor, and without delay dispersed through the state,
the
names of the six persons duly elected as representatives, and the names
of the eight
persons duly elected as electors; and the governor and council shall, as
soon as
conveniently may be after such examination and declaration, transmit a
certificate
of the election of the representatives, under the seal of the state, to
the secretary
of state for the United States, or other proper officer authorised to receive
the same,
to be by him delivered to the house of representatives in the congress
of the United
States, when they shall be assembled at the time and place directed and
fixed on
by the congress of the United States. |
Elections to
be free, &c. |
X. And be it
enacted, That the said elections shall be free, and made viva
voce. |
Electors to assemble,
&c. |
XI. And be it
enacted, That the electors so as aforesaid to be chosen, shall assemble
on such day as the congress of the United States shall hereafter, from
time
to time, determine and appoint, at the city of Annapolis, and shall
then and
there perform the duties enjoined upon them by the said constitution of
the United
States, agreeably to the directions thereof. |
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