HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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and eighty-seven, at the same places where
county and city elections are now held by law
for the election of Delegates to the General
Assembly, every person entitled to vote for
Delegates to the General Assembly shall be
entitled to vote on the question of a call of a
convention for altering the Constitution, or

Who entitled
to vote.

framing a new one, by expressing in writing or
in printed form the words "For a Convention,"
or "Against a Convention," as the case maybe,
and in case there shall be any ballots without
the designation above prescribed, the same
shall not be counted for or against a conven-
tion, but a separate return shall be made by
the Judges of Election; and it is hereby pro-
vided, that the Sheriffs of the several counties

Form of bal-
lot.

and the Sheriff of Baltimore city shall give
notice of the day above designated for holding
said election for a call of a convention in the
same mariner and for the same time as required
for notice of the election of members of the
General Assembly.

SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the sev-
eral Judges of Elections of this State to receive,
accurately count, and duly return the number
of ballots so cast to the several Clerks of the
counties of this State and to the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Baltimore city as the same

Notice.

are now required to be returned for the elec-
tion of Members of the House of Delegates,
and the several Clerks aforesaid shall return
to the Governor within ten days after said
election the number of ballots cast for and
against the call for a convention and the num-
ber of ballots without the designation afore-
said.

SEC. 3. That as soon as the Governor shall
receive the return of the number of ballots at
said election for and against a convention and

Return.

for the number of ballots without the pre-
scribed designation, which may be termed
blank ballots, it shall be the duty of the Gov-
ernor to count and cast up the same, and there-
upon make proclamation of the result of said
count.

Proclama-
tion.