LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1805.

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SEC. 29. And be it enacted. That if any candidate, at an
election to be held in virtue of this act, or any other person or
persons whatever, shall give or bestow, or directly or indirectly
promise, any gift or reward, to secure any person's vote or
ballot at any such election, or shall keep, or suffer to be kept,
any house, tent, booth or other accommodation, in any part of
any district at any time during the day of holding such election,
and before the close thereof, at his or their expense, where any
victuals or intoxicating liquors shall be gratuitously given or
dealt out to voters, every such person or candidate so offending,
shall, on conviction thereof in the county court of the county
wherein such offence may be committed, be fined, at the dis-
cretion of the court, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars,
and suffer such imprisonment as the court may adjudge, not
exceeding six months.

Penalty on
candidates
and others
for bribing
voters.

SEC. 30. And be it enacted, That the clerks of the respective
counties shall endorse on the certificates and polls to be deliver-
ed to them as aforesaid, the day when received, and shall be
allowed, as a compensation for making out and forwarding the
copies of said certificates to the governor and council aforesaid,
the same compensation as is allowed for like services, to be
levied and paid for by the county as his other fees.
SEC. 31. Repealed by 1813, eh. 170.
SEC. 32. Has ceased to operate under the various amendments to the
constitution.

County
clerks to
endorse on
the books
of the polls,
&c. the day
when re-
ceived — to
be compen-
sated for
services.

SEC. 33. And be it enacted, That the governor and council,
on receiving the returns of the elections aforesaid for electors to
choose a president and vice-president of the United States, and
for members to represent this state in the congress of the United
States, shall enumerate and ascertain the number of votes given
for each and every person voted for as an elector, or member to
congress aforesaid, respectively, and shall thereupon declare,
by proclamation, signed by the governor, the name of the per-
son or persons duly elected in each respective districi, and the
governor and council shall cause such proclamation to be in-
serted in such newspapers on the western and eastern shores as
they may direct.
See note to the 38th section.

Governor
and council
to declare
certain
elections by
proclama-
tion.

SEC. 34. And, whereas it may happen that in the election of
the said electors, two or more of the said candidates may have
an equal number of votes, Be it enacted, That in such case the
governor and council shall determine, by lot, from the candi-
dates who shall have an equal number of votes as aforesaid,
who shall be the elector for the said respective districts.
See note to the 3d section.
SEC. 35. Repealed by 1823, ch, 213, sec. 3.

To deter-
mine by lot
who shall
be electors
of president
&c.. where
two, &c.
have an
equal num-
ber of votes.