916 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

1904, art. 33, sec. 139. 1888, art. 33, sec. 104. Ibid. sec. 63.
Ibid. sed. 131.

141. The copies of any papers recorded in any office pf record,
attested under the hand and seal of the recording officer, shall be
admitted at all such trials in the same manner as the originals would be
if produced.

Ibid. sec. 140. 1888, art. 33, sec. 105. Ibid. sec. 64.
Ibid. sec. 132.

142. The copies of any other papers of a public nature, and remain-
ing in possession of a public officer, and extracts from the poll-books,
under the hand and seal of the clerk of the court or public officer in
whose office they are deposited, shall be admitted as evidence.

Ibid. sec. 141. 1888, art. 33, sec. 106. Ibid. sec. 65. Ibid. sec. 133.
1902, ch. 133.

143. The board of police commissioners in the city of Baltimore
and the clerks of the circuit courts in the counties to whom ballots have
been returned under the provisions of this article shall produce any
such ballots in regard to which testimony may be proposed to be taken
before a justice of the peace taking examinations in a contested election,
and shall furnish said justice copies of the same only on the order first
bad and obtained from some of the courts of Baltimore city or the
circuit courts for the counties, or some one of the judges thereof, and
then, in pursuance of the terms and conditions of said order and sub-
ject to its restrictions; and said police commissioners of Baltimore
city, and said clerks, as the case may be, shall retain such ballots in
possession and custody until such ballots shall be required by the order
of the court having jurisdiction in the case, to be delivered to said
court, or by order of the senate or house of delegates, or by order of
the first branch or second branch of the city council of Baltimore, in
whichever the seat is contested.

Cited but not construed in Leonard v. Woolford, 91 Md. 627.

Ibid. sec. 142. 1888, art. 33, sec. 107. Ibid. sec. 66. Ibid. sec. 134.

144. The justice before whom such depositions shall be taken shall
be entitled to the sum of two dollars for every day he may be engaged
in the examination of witnesses, and the witnesses shall be entitled
to the usual allowance for their attendance before a justice of the
peace, to be paid by the party on whose behalf such examination is
held and said witnesses are summoned.

Ibid. sec. 143. 1888, art. 33, sec. 108. 1860, art 35, sec. 67.
1896, ch. 202, sec. 135.

145. No person contesting a seat of any one who has been regularly
returned by the judges of election as elected to a seat in the senate
or house of delegates shall be allowed any per diem, mileage or other
pay, unless the party so contesting shall establish his right to such seat.