TALBOT COUNTY. 4547

the number of votes against any proposition which shall have been sub-
mitted to the vote of the people. The judges, shall make duplicate state-
ments or returns of the result of the canvass, each of which shall, if pos-
sible, be made upon a single sheet of paper and shall contain a caption
stating the town, county, State and the day on which said statement shall
be made and the time of opening and closing the polls, and showing the
whole number of votes given for each person, designating the office for
which they were given. Such statements 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 statement shall
also show in like manner the whole number of votes cast for or against
such proposition, and at the end of such statement shall be written a cer-
tificate 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 judges and clerks. If any judge or clerk shall decline to sign such
return, he shall state his reason therefor in writing, and a copy thereof,
signed by himself, shall be enclosed with each return. Each one of the
statements with one of the tally sheets, signed by the judges and clerks,
shall be enclosed in an envelope, which shall be securely sealed with seal-
ing wax or other adhesive material, and each of the judges and clerks shall
write his name across the fold of the envelope. One of the envelopes shall
be addressed and delivered to the clerk of the Circuit Court for Talbot
county, and one to the town clerk by the chief judge.

1906, ch. 458, sec. 58.

150. There shall be no canvassing or electioneering in said polling
place or within one hundred feet of the same, nor shall any one linger, be
or remain within said distance of one hundred feet of the polls except
election officials and peace officers, unless it be in approaching the polls to
vote, or in passing along the streets in the usual and orderly manner of
travel. Any person violating the provisions thereof shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon arrest and conviction before the police justice
for Easton district of Talbot county shall be subject to a fine of not less
than $5.00 and not more than $50.00, and it shall be the special duty of all
conservators of the peace to attend to the strict enforcement of this Act.

1906, ch. 458, see. 59.

151. The Council shall elect, not later than the next regular meeting
before any regular election, without the confirmation of the Mayor, three
registered voters of the town, who shall act as a board of canvassers, to
serve for two years from the date of election, and who shall before acting
as such take an oath as herein prescribed for the Mayor, before said Mayor,
and the said board of canvassers shall serve without pay. And in case of
death, resignation or failure to qualify the Council shall elect others to
fill the vacancies thus occasioned in the same manner as if it becomes
necessary for the board of canvassers to perform any of their duties be-
tween regular meetings of the Council and there be vacancies on said