2406 ARTICLE 11.

or clerk of general election or of special election, shall fail, without good
and sufficient reasons to excuse him to attend and act, he shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before a justice of the peace
or in the Circuit Court for Frederick County, he shall be fined fifty dol-
lars, and shall stand committed until both fine and costs are paid. If any
vacancy occurs, in the office of judge or clerk of election, it shall be filled
by appointment by the Mayor alone. The compensation for each judge
who serves shall be $3.00 per day, and for each clerk and the gate-keeper
who serve, $2.50 per day.

Election Returns.

The judges of election at every election for either Mayor, or Council-
men, or both, or at any election where any proposition or question is sub-
mitted to the decision of the voters, immediately after the polls are closed
shall count the ballots cast in each ward for which they were appointed
judges, and the clerk shall tally the votes cast for each candidate, and
the votes cast for or against any proposition or question submitted to the
voters, after which the judges shall make, on blanks furnished by the
Mayor and Council, and file a certificate setting out the whole number
of votes cast in each ward, and the number of votes cast for each candidate,
and also the number of votes cast for and against any proposition or1
question submitted to the voters. The certificate shall state that the person
receiving the highest number of votes cast for Mayor is elected Mayor,
and the person receiving the highest number of votes cast for councilman
in each ward is elected councilman from that ward, and the proposition
or question submitted to the voters receiving the approval of the majority
of votes cast is carried. As the ballots are counted, they shall be strung
by one of the judges, and when the counting is finished the said baillots,
together with the tally sheets, shall be put into the ballot box, and the
box shall then be securely locked, and the judges' certificate, the key to
the ballot box, the ballot box and poll book shall be delivered to the two
judges at large, who shall within a reasonable time after the closing of
the polls return the said ballot box, key and certificate to the Town Clerk.

Any person who bribes, coerces or intimidates any voter, or attempts
to bribe, coerce or intimidate any voter at any election held under the
direction of the Mayor and Council of Brunswick shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof before1 any justice of the peace
or in the Circuit Court for Frederick County, shall be fined for each
and every offense not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and costs,
and shall be confined in the county jail until both fine and costs are paid,
or be confined in the county jail for a period of six months, or be both
confined and imprisoned, as herein provided, at the discretion of ther
court or justice of the peace having jurisdiction, and hearing said cases.
Spitzer v. Martin, 130 Md. 428.