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226*. Nothing contained in this article relating to elections
shall be construed to deprive the said Board of Police of any
police powers, or relieve them from any obligations imposed
upon them by other sections of this article relating to the said
Board of Police, and prescribing their powers and duties; but
the said Board of Police may either carry out the orders of said
judges of election, or themselves take command and control, if
they deem necessary, of the persons and officers, and assume the
conduct of the measures, which may be required to promote the
purposes of the preceding sections of this article relating to
elections, and the security of the elective franchise.

227*. The provisions of the preceding sections of this article
relating to elections shall apply to all elections in the city of
Baltimore, whether Federal, State or • municipal; and all elec-
tions to take place hereafter in the city of Baltimore shall be
by ballot, and shall be hold and proceed, and the returns thereof
be made in conformity with the provisions of the thirty-fifth
article of the code of general laws, except in so far as the same
may be modified by the provisions of this article in relation
thereto, and no election to be held in the city of Baltimore,
whether Federal, State or municipal, shall be valid unless held
under and in conformity with the provisions of this article in
relation to elections, and under and subject to the provisions of
this article establishing a permanent police in the city of Balti-
more, and defining and enforcing its powers and duties, and
under and subject to the control and command, as to all police
purposes, of the said Board of Police.

228*. No election to be held under the provisions of this arti-
cle, and which shall be otherwise valid, shall be held invalid
because of any failure of the said Board of Police, or the said
judges, to make the advertisements hereinbefore required, or
because of any disqualification or want of qualification of any
judge or judges of election, or any member of said board; Pro-
vided, however, that any wilful failure or neglect of said board
or the said judges to make the said advertisement, or of the said
board to appoint properly qualified judges, whether in the stead
of any so disqualified or otherwise, shall be held and taken to be
a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by fine in the discretion
of the court, on conviction thereof in a court of competent
jurisdiction.