1836.

LAWS OF MARYLAND-

CHAP. 197.

Method of num
bering the dis-
tricts

District; and for the purpose of determining the re-
spective numbers and order of priority of said districts
in the same session in which this act shall be confirmed,
if the same shall be confirmed as hereinafter mentioned,
and on some day to be fixed by concurrence of the two
branches, the speaker of the house of delegates shall
present to the president of the senate, in the senate
chamber, a box containing three ballots of similar size
and appearance and on which shall severally be writ-
ten, Eastern District, Southern District, North-west-
ern District, and the president of the senate shall there-

Ballot

upon draw from said box the said several ballots in
succession, and the district, the name of which shall be
written on the ballot first drawn, shall thenceforth be
distinguished as the first gubernatorial district, and
the person to be chosen Governor at the election first
to be held under the provisions of this section, and the
person to be chosen at every succeeding third election
for Governor forever thereafter, shall be taken from
the said first district; and the district, the name of
which shall be written on the ballot secondly drawn,
shall thenceforth be distinguished as the second guber-
natorial district, and the person to be chosen Governor
at the second election to be held under the provisions
of this section, and the persons to be chosen at every
succeeding third election for Governor forever there-
after, shall be taken from the said second district, and
the district, the name of which shall be written on the
ballot thirdly drawn, shall thenceforth be distinguished
as the third gubernatorial district, and the person to
be chosen Governor at the third election to be held
under the provisions of this section, and the person to
be chosen at every succeeding third election forever

Return result

thereafter, shall be taken from the said third district;
and the result of such drawing shall be entered on the
journal of the senate, and be reported by the speaker
of the house of delegates on his return to that body and
be entered on the journal thereof, and shall be certified
by a joint letter to be signed by the president of the
senate and the speaker of the house of delegates, and
be addressed and transmitted to the Secretary of State,
if appointed, and if not, as soon as he shall be appoint-
ed, to be by him preserved in his office.