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2d day 2d of November 36th Congress American party Answer assaulted attempt to vote ballots BATTEE Bryan and Atkinson city of Baltimore city of Detroit clerk contestant Cross-examination crowd day of election day of November deadly weapons democratic ticket deposeth and saith deposit designed to vote district of Maryland duly sworn February 19 fourth congressional district George George Moran Harrison for Congress Henry Winter Davis Howrigan illegal votes intended to vote intimidation ISAAC L James John judges of election knowledge last aforesaid lawful age legal voters mayor name of Henry ninth ward o'clock pistol poll-list polls were opened prevented from voting questions propounded reform party reform ticket residence Sonny White Statutes at Large struck suppose tenth ward Thomas told twelfth ward vote for Harrison vote for Henry vote for William vote for Wm Wayne County William G window witness of lawful
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Page 7 - No money shall be drawn from the treasury, except in pursuance of a specific appropriation, made by law ; and no appropriation shall be made for a longer period than two years.
Page 10 - White persons of foreign birth, who shall have declared their intention to become citizens conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization.
Page 11 - The money which shall be paid by persons as an equivalent for exemption from military duty, and the clear proceeds of all fines collected in the several counties for any breach of the penal laws, shall be exclusively applied, in the several counties in which...
Page 11 - Electors during their attendance at elections, and in going to and returning therefrom, shall be privileged from arrest in all cases except treason, felony and breach of the peace.
Page 14 - ... years from the passage of such law, and shall specially appropriate the proceeds of such taxes to the payment of such principal and interest; and such appropriation shall not be repealed, nor the taxes be postponed or diminished, until the principal and interest of such debt shall have been wholly paid.
Page 5 - The officers of the executive department, and of all the public institutions of the State, shall, at least ten days preceding each regular session of the Legislature, severally report to the Governor, who shall transmit such reports to the Legislature...
Page 5 - Governor, shall be impeached, displaced, resign, or die, or otherwise become incapable of performing the duties of the office, the President of the Senate shall act as Governor until the vacancy is filled or the disability removed ; and if the President of the Senate, for any of the above causes, shall be rendered incapable of performing the duties pertaining to the office of Governor, the same shall devolve upon the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Page 3 - In all criminal prosecutions for libel the truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted.
Page 17 - ... shall be exempt from sale for taxes or for the payment of obligations contracted for the purchase of said premises, or for the erection of improvements thereon; provided, the provisions of this section shall not apply to any process of law obtained by virtue of a lien given by the consent of both husband and wife...
Page 14 - For the purpose of defraying extraordinary expenditures, the State may contract public debts ; but such debts shall never, in the aggregate, exceed one hundred thousand dollars.