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44 C'IT1ZE\rSllti' AND SUFFRAGE' IN A!-ARYLAND.
by the Legislature. Tile y said that no one slu>nl<1 be considered disloyal
till
proven so in a. court of law, crud t1a,t the iron-clad oath, wen ii'
mlopted, should
only be required until peace be restored, and that them a. return sllcluld
be made
to the foam prescribed in the existing Constitution. One' still more bitter
in his
opposition-endeavoring to throw ridicille oil the requirement of
oa.tlls-prolo~iretion that .111
then holding office mast take the oath of allegiance within thirty days.
'file
report of the committee, with a.nlen drnents, was final ly ad<1lrtecl,B on
:1u1-ust :3(1,
1>y a vote of fifty to seventeen.
'the soldiers' vote aroused great bitterness." Fears were expressed tilt
officers would influence privates, but nothing \\-as done to ward off this
supposed
clanger. It was resolved that a soldier could vote at the nearest pall, if
ht'
could satisfy the election judge that 11e was a legal voter, temporarily
separated
from his company. In 1S(>:), the Legislature enacted-' that in each
conll)any, polls
should be open on election clap from 9 :1, i1I. to 5 P. ~L, and votes
mi~11t 1>t'
received for five da.vs thereafter, if from emer |
