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1789 the Election of Delegates to the General Assembly are hereby vested in the said officers respectively for the purpose of holding and conducting the said Elections to be held in pursuance of the Constitution of the United States and this act. IV. And be it enacted, that every Judge of and Election to be held in pursuance of this Act, before he proceeds to take or receive any vote shall take the following oath, or affirmation: to wit: I, A. B. do swear, or affirm, that I will permit all persons to vote who shall offer to poll at the election now to be held in ________ County, the City of Annapolis, or Baltimore Town,, who in my judgment, shall according to the directions contained in the Constitution of the United States of American, ratified in convention of the Delegates of Maryland, on the twenty eighth day of April one Thousand seven hundred and Eighty eight be entitled to poll at the same election, and that I will not admit any person to poll at the same election, if such person shall not, in my judgment, be qualified to vote, as aforesaid, and that I will in all things, execute the office of Judge of the said Election, according to the best of my knowledge, without favor or partiality So help me God." V. And be it enacted, that every clerk, before he enter any vote in the polls, shall take the following oath or affirmation, to wit: " I A. B. do swear, or affirm, that I will well and faithfully, without favor, affection or partiality execute to 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." VI. And be it enacted, that every persons coming to vote for Elections of President and Vice President, agreeably to the directions of this Act, 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, shall be those 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. VII. And be it enacted, that every person coming to vote for Representatives of this State in the Congress of the United States shall have a right to vote for six persons, one whereof shall be a resident of each of the said districts, and the Candidate in each district having the greatest number of votes of all the Candidates residing in the district shall be declared to be duly elected for that district. |
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