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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Duty of the
Sheriffs, Ac.

have respectively in both Houses of the General
Assembly of Maryland, and it shall be the duty of
the Sheriffs of the several counties and of the city
of Baltimore to give notice of said election. in the
same manner and for the same length of time as
is now required in the election of Delegates to the
General Assembly of this State, and that the sev-
eral judges of election of this State shall receive,
accurately count and duly return the number of
ballots so cast to the several Clerks of the Circuit
Courts of this State, and to the Clerk of the Su-
perior Court of Baltimore city, respectively, who
shall, within ten days after said election, make a
due return to the Governor of the number of bal-
lots cast, for and against the call of a Convention,
and of the number of blank ballots cast, and also
of the number of ballots cast for the several per-
sons voted for as Delegates to said Convention, and

Military not
to interfere.

in case any organized military or armed force of
the United States shall appear at the places where
the polls shall be held, and shall interfere with
said election, unless such military or armed force
shall be called out by the judges of election or
other civil authority charged with the preserva-
tion of the peace, the said judges of election shall,
under oath, certify to the Governor such unwar-
ranted military interference with said election in
such election district or precinct, and the Governor

New election
to be ordered.

shall immediately thereupon order a new election
for Delegates to said Convention, after ten days
notice to be given by the Sheriff as aforesaid, in
such election district or precinct, and such new
election shall be held and conducted in the man-
ner and form hereinbefore provided, and the Gov-
ernor shall order a new election for Delegates from
time to time as often as such illegal military or
armed interference with the election shall be certi-
fied to him as aforesaid, but such order or orders
for such new election or elections shall not inter-
fere with, hinder or delay the assembling of said
Convention as herein provided, if it shall appear
from the count that a majority of all the votes cast
in the election districts and precincts where no such
illegal military or armed interference shall be cer-
tified to have taken place, are in favor of the call
of such Convention under thia act, the said judges
in the said return shall certify that no organized
military or other armed force had appeared at the