264 ELECTIONS. [ART. 35.

districts, (or precincts,) having this day assembled at the usual
place of the sitting of the Circuit Court for said county (or at
the usual place of the sitting of the Superior Court of Balti-
more city,) with the books of the polls, on which are endorsed
y the several certificates agreeably to law, and having cast up the
whole number of votes given in said districts (or precincts) ac-
cording to the certificates made out on the day of election by
the judges, it appears that ———— has the greatest number of
legal votes for ————, whereupon we do determine, declare,
and return, that the said ———— is duly elected. Given under our
hands this ———— day of November, in the year ————;" and
for sheriffs the •certificate shall be in the same form, except
that they shall certify that " ———— had ———— ballots and

————— had ————— ballots, and that ———— and ————
had a majority of legal ballots of the candidates properly
qualified."

32. The said certificates for all officers provided for by the
Constitution but the Governor, State's Attorneys and supervisors
of roads, shall be directed to the Governor; for the Governor
they shall be addressed to the Speaker of the House of Delegates
and enclosed to the Secretary of State; for State's Attorneys,
they shall be addressed to the judge of the court having criminal
jurisdiction in the county or city; for supervisors of roads, they
shall be addressed to the clerks of the Circuit Courts for the
several counties.

33. The said certificates for Representatives in Congress shall
be in the following form; " To his Excellency, the Governor of
Maryland, we, the subscribers, judges at the close of an election
held on the ———— day of ——— in the election districts or
wards of ———— county, distinguished by number one, &c., for
the purpose of choosing a representative for the ———— district
of this State, to serve in the Congress of the United States,
having this day assembled at the usual place of the sitting of
the Circuit Court of said county, (or at the usual place of the
sitting of the Superior Court in the city of Baltimore,) with the
books of the polls, on which are endorsed the several certificates,
agreeably to law, and having cast up the whole number of votes
given in the said districts or wards, according to the respective
certificates made out by the judges, do return that ———— had

———— votes, and ———— had ———— votes. Given under our
hands this ——— day of ————."

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