HARFORD COUNTY. 2959

Judges shall deliver one copy of said statement or return to the President
of the Board of Election Supervisors, and at the same time they shall
deliver the other copy of said statement or return to the City Clerk. Be-
fore separating, and after the completion of the canvass herein provided
for, the said Judges shall place in the ballot box all ballots cast, together
with the defective, spoiled and rejected ballots, and also the tally sheets,
and having locked and sealed the ballot box, they shall deliver the same
with the key thereof to the City Clerk to be kept by him.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 295.

288. The Board of Supervisors of Election shall meet at the City Coun-
cil chamber at the hour of twelve o'clock noon on the day next succeeding
the day of election, and from the statement or return filed with them
as hereinbefore provided by the Judges of Election, they shall proceed
to canvass the number of votes cast at said election, and shall declare and
proclaim the result of said election; and they shall prepare and file with
the City Clerk, addressed to the Mayor and City Council, a written state-
ment signed by them, or a majority of them, of the result of said election.
And the said Board of Supervisors of Election shall have jurisdiction to
hear and determine, under such rules and regulations as the Mayor and
City Council may by ordinance prescribe, all contested City elections,
and any party to such contest may, within ten days after such determina-
tion by said Board, appeal to the Circuit Court for Harford County.

1916, ch. 680. sec. 296.

289. Except where herein otherwise specially provided for, all City
elections, whether regular or special, hereafter to be held in the City of
Havre de Grace, shall be conducted substantially in the same manner as
State and County elections are conducted. And the offences and penalties
prescribed by law for State and County elections shall be applicable to all
election officers appointed under the provisions of this Act, and to all other
persons to whom the same may be reasonably applied.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 297.

290. The Mayor shall be a person of known integrity, experience and
sound judgment, not less than thirty years of age, ten years a citizen of
the United States, and five years a resident of the said City next preced-
ing the election, and for six months next preceding assessed upon the
assessment books of said City with real property to an amount not less
than one thousand dollars, and shall hold his office for two years, and
until the qualification of his successor.

See sec. 271. Vanneman v. Pusey, 93 Md. 686.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 298.

291. The City Council shall consist of six members who shall be citi-
zens of the United States above twenty-five years of age, residents of said
City for three years next preceding their election, and at the time of their