ELECTIONS 1501

An. Code, 1924, sec. 150. 1912, sec. 139. 1904, sec. 137. 1888, sec. 102. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 129.

190. The depositions so taken, together with a certificate of the notices,
and proof of service of them, shall be sealed up by the justice who took them,
and transmitted to the presiding officer of the body in which the seat is
contested.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 151. 1912, sec. 140. 1904, sec. 138. 1888, sec. 103. 1895, ch. 202, sec. 130.

191. The examination of witnesses, taken in the manner herein pre-
scribed and in no other, shall hereafter be admitted on trial of contested

elections.
See notes to sec. 180.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 152. 1912, sec. 141. 1904, sec. 139. 1888, sec. 104. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 131.

192. The copies of any papers recorded in any office of 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 153. 1912, sec. 142. 1904, sec. 140. 1888, sec. 105. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 132.

193. The copies of any other papers of a public nature, and remaining
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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 154. 1912, sec. 143. 1904, sec. 141. 1888, sec. 106. 1902, ch. 133.

1937, ch. 95, sec. 154.

194. The Police Commissioner in the City of Baltimore and the
clerks of the circuit courts in the counties to whom ballots have been re-
turned 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 had 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 subject to its restrictions; and said
Police Commissioner 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 Dele-
gates, or by order of the City Council of Baltimore, in whichever the seat
is contested.

The votes recorded on voting machines, in those precincts in which
such machines shall be used, shall be proved in the same manner as is
provided by Section 263 of this Article in the case of primary elections.
Cited but not construed in Leonard v. Woolford, 91 Md. 627.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 155. 1912, sec. 144. 1904, sec. 142. 1888, sec. 107. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 134.

195. 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.