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hands. As the ballots are counted they shall be strung upon a strong
twine.

The words "deceitfully folded," construed. The clause with refrence to
marking more names than there are persons to be elected, applied. Duvall v.
Miller, 94 Md. 697.

As to when ballots were properly marked and when improperly, and when
they are valid and when invalid under the act of 1896, ch. 202, section 66,
as amended by the act of 1901, ch. 2, see Coulehan v. White, 95 Md. 703.

This section referred to in discussing the question of whether a bill propos-
ing an amendment to the constitution, contained distinct legislation requir-
ing the signature of the governor. Warfield v. Vandiver, 101 Md. 131 (dis-
senting opinion).

See notes to sections 68 and 75.

1904, art. 33, sec. 72. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 67.

74. When the canvass of the ballots shall have been completed, and
the clerks shall have announced to the judges the total number of votes
received by each candidate, each of the judges of election, in turn, shall
then proclaim in a loud voice the total number of votes received by each
person voted for in such precinct and the office for which he is desig-
nated, and the number of votes for and the number of votes against
any proposition which shall have been submitted to the vote of the
people; such proclamation shall be prima facie evidence of the result of
the canvass of such ballots. In the city of Baltimore the judges shall,
immediately after such proclamation, deliver to a policeman on duty at
the polling place a statement subscribed with their names, which shall
be sealed up and forthwith conveyed by the said policeman to the office
of the board of police commissioners, whose duty it shall be to file and
preserve the same. Such statements shall contain the total number of
votes in the ballot-box and the number of votes found therein for each
and every candidate, "and any person applying may inspect the same.
See notes to sec. 75.

Election Returns.

Ibid. sec. 73. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 68. 1906, ch. 544, sec. 73.

75. The judges shall make duplicate statements or returns of the
result of the canvass, each of which shall, if possible, be made upon a
single sheet of paper and shall contain a caption stating the day on
which and the number of the election precinct, and the county or ward
of the city in relation to which said statement shall be made, and the
time of opening and closing the polls of such precinct, and showing the
whole number of votes in the ballot-box, and the whole number of votes
given for each person, designating the office for which they were given.
Such statement shall be written or partly written and partly printed
in words at length; and in case a proposition of any kind has been
submitted to a vote at such election, such statements shall also show in
like manner the whole number of votes cast for or against such proposi-
tion, and at the end of such statement shall be written a certificate that
the same is correct in all respects; which certificate and each sheet of
paper forming a part of the statement shall be subscribed by the judge?