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Proceedings of the Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States in Maryland, 1789-1980
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80.    1840.

addressed, " For the Electors of President and Vice President
of the United States, Annapolis.  Upon opening it, it was found to
contain six certificates, each of which was in the following language,
towit: —
                " In obedience to an Act of Congress, approved the First
of March 1792 chapter 109, and a supplement thereto, approved
March 26th. 1804, chapter 403, I do hereby certify that David Hoffman,
John Leeds Kerr, Theodore R. Loockerman, Jacob A. Preston,
John P. Kennedy, George Howard, Richard J. Bowie, James M. Coale,
William T. Wootton, and Thomas A. Spence were duly elected Electors
of President and Vice President of the United States, for the State of
Maryland, at the Election held on the Second day of November 1840.
                                       Given under My Hand, and the Great Seal
                                        of the State of Maryland, this 2nd. day
                                        of December 1840
By the Governor                                    Wm. Grason
            J. Murray, Secy. of State"                Governor of Maryland.

* Note by the Secretary.  The Executive Authority of every State is required
to furnish three certificates of the names of the Electors.  (Act of Congress
1792 chapter 109. Sec. 3.)  The Act of Congress of 1804 chapter 403. Sec.
2. directs the Electors, to be chosen at the election next succeeding the passage
of the Act, on assembling in the respective States to cast their
ballots for President and Vice President, unless they should have
received a transcript of the notification of the ratification of the amendment
of the Constitution, (now Article 12.) relating to the mode of electing
the President and Vice President of the United States, or, unless they
should meet more than five days subsequent to the publication of the
said ratification, to vote for two Persons as President and Vice President,
in conformity with the 1st. sect. of the 2nd. Art. of the Constitution,
then in force; and likewise, to vote for one Person as President, and for
one Person as Vice President, in conformity with the proposed amendment
of the Constitution (now Art. 12)  This provision was deemed necessary
to avoid the possibility of any State being deposited of its
vote at that election, because of its Electors not being apprised of the
ratification of the proposed amendment.
            The 3rd. sect. of the Act of 1804. chapter 403 provides that, if it
should become the duty of Electors of any State to vote in conformity
with the directions above recited, in such case, and in such only, the Executive
Authority of such State should cause six lists of the names of
the Electors to be made and certified, and delivered to the Electors; became


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