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LAWS. OF MARYLAND.

ters, and the holding of the elections provided in
the previous sections of this act, shall be applicable
to the election to be held under this section.

Penalty for
neglecting duty

Sec. T. And be it enacted, That in case of any
refusal or neglect of any of the Judges of elections,
or of any Clerk of the Court, or of any Sheriff of
any county or Baltimore city, to make any of the
returns or perform any of the duties required of
them respectively, by the provisions of this act,
such Judge, Clerk, or Sheriff, so refusing or ne-
glecting, shall be liable to indictment for such
offence, and upon conviction thereof shall be deem-
ed guilty of a misdemeanor, a»d be sentenced to a
fine of not less than five hundred dollars and to
imprisonment in the jail of the city or county where
such offence may have beeh committed, for a term
of not less than six months.

Governor to
issue Procla-
mation.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That when the Gov-
ernor shall receive the returns of the number of
ballots cast in this State for the adoption or rejec-
tion of the Constitution submitted by the Conven-
tion to the people, if upon counting and casting up
the returns as made to him as hereinbefore pre-
scribed, it shall appear that a majority of the legal
votes cast at said election are in favor of the adop-
tion of the said Constitution, he shall issue his
proclamation to the people of the State declaring
the fact, and he shall take such steps as shall be
required by the said Constitution to carry the same
into full operation and to supersede the old Consti-
tution of this State.

Ballots to be
printed on
white paper.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That all ballots cast
at any of the elections to be held under the pro-
visions of this law, shall be written or printed on
white paper, and any ballot or ballots written or
printed on colored paper shall not be received by
said Judges of election; and this act shall be pub-
lished, under the order of the Governor, in three
of the newspapers in the city of Baltimore, one of
them to be a paper printed in German, and one in
each county where a newspaper is printed, once a
week for three weeks before the day of election.

In force.

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the day of its passage.