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Dec. Ses. 1825.
Passed Feb.
28, 1826. |
JOSEPH KENT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
CHAPTER 136.
An act to authorise the sale of tickets in a lottery to be drawn in
Virginia
for the disposal of the property of Thomas Jefferson. |
Sale of tickets
authorised. |
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That it
shall and may be lawful for any person or persons in this state,
to sell and dispose of tickets in the lottery authorized by an
act of the legislature of the state of Virginia, allowing Thomas
Jefferson to dispose of his property. |
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Passed March
1, 1826. |
CHAPTER 137.
An act to alter and amend the constitution of this state, so that the
governor
may
be elected by the people, and to abolish the council. |
Executive
power vested. |
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That
the executive power of this state shall be vested in a governor as
hereinafter provided for. |
Manner of
choosing the
governor. |
2. And be it enacted, That the governor
shall be chosen alternately
from the western and eastern shores, by the citizens of
the state, having the right to vote for delegates to the general assembly,
in the counties where they severally reside, at the time
and places where they shall vote for delegates aforesaid, and the
votes shall be received and counted by the same judges, and in
the same manner as the votes for Delegates; the presiding judges
of elections in each county, shall make a list of all the persons
voted for as governor in their respective counties, and of the
number of votes given for each, which list they shall sign and
certify, and transmit, sealed, to the seal of the government, directed
to the president of the senate, who shall upon the first
Monday after the meeting of the general assembly in the presence
of a majority of the members of each branch open all the
certificates and the votes shall then be counted and the person
having a majority of all the votes given, shall be the governor,
and the president of the senate shall forthwith announce the same,
but if no person shall have a majority of all the votes given,
no choice or election shall be considered as having been made,
and the said president shall announce the number of votes given
to each person voted for, and thereupon a governor shall
be elected forthwith by joint ballot of both branches of the legislature,
from among the candidates voted for by people, who
shall appear by the said returns to have had the two greatest
number of votes, and should neither of the persons so voted
for, have a majority of all votes on the joint ballot aforesaid,
the ballot shall be renewed and continued until some one of
them shall receive such majority; contested elections of governor
shall be determined by both branches of the legislature,
in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. |
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