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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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City of Baltimore, and in the several Coun-
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adopted also and shall take effect as provided
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ties of this State, on Wednesday, the Eight-
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therein.
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eenth day of September, in the year eight-
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een hundred and sixty-seven, at the usual
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places of holding elections for members of
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the House of Delegates in said City and
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Counties. At the said election the vote
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shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot,
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there shall be written or printed the words
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"For the Constitution," or "Against the
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Constitution," as the voter may elect; and
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the provisions of the Laws of this State,
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relating to the holding of general elections
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for members of the House of Delegates,
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shall, in all respects, apply to, and regulate
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the holding of the said election. It shall be
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the duty of the Judges of Election, in said
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City, and in the several Counties of the
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State, to receive, accurately count, and
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duly return the number of ballots, so cast
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for, or against the adoption of this Con-
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stitution, as well as any blank ballots which
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may be cast, to the several Clerks of the
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Circuit Courts of this State, and to the
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Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore
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City, in the manner now prescribed by
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Law, in reference to the election of mem-
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bers of the House of Delegates, and du-
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plicates thereof directly to the Governor;
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and the several Clerks, aforesaid shall
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return to the Governor, within ten days
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after said election, the number of ballots
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cast for or against the Constitution, and
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the number of blank ballots; and the
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Governor, upon receiving the returns from
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the Judges of Election or the Clerks as
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aforesaid and ascertaining the aggregate vote
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throughout the State, shall, by this Procla-
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Section 10.01. Effective Date oi' Constitu-
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mation, make known the same; and if a
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tion.
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majority of the votes cast shall be for the
adoption of this Constitution, it shall go
into effect on Saturday, the Fifth day of
October, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
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This Constitution shall become effective,
and the Constitution of 1867 as amended
shall cease to be effective, on July 1, 1968,
except as otherwise specifically provided in
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the Schedule of Transitional Provisions at-
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tached to this Constitution.
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Done in Convention, the seventeenth day
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DONE in Convention at Annapolis, Mary-
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of August, in the year of our Lord one
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land, this tenth day of January in the year
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thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven
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Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-eight.
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and of the Independence of the United
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States the ninety-second.
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H. VERNON ENEY
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President
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RICHARD B. CARMICHAEL,
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President of the Convention.
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Attest:
ROBERT J. MARTINEAU
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Attest:
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Secretary
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MILTON Y. KIDD,
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Secretary.
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