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An. Code, 1924, sec. 156. 1912, sec. 145. 1904, sec. 143. 1888, sec. 108. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 135.

196. 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.

Electors of President and Vice-President.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 157. 1912, sec. 146. 1904, sec. 144. 1888, sec. 109. 1896, ch. 202,

sec. 136. 1937, ch. 232, sec. 157.

197. On the day fixed by law of the United States for choice of Presi-
dent and Vice-President of the United States there shall be elected by
general tickets as many electors of President and Vice-President as this
State shall be entitled to appoint; provided that the names of the candi-
dates for the office of electors of President and Vice-President of the
United States shall not be printed on the ballot but in lieu thereof the
names of the candidates of each political party for the office of President
and Vice-President shall be printed thereon; and a vote for said candidates
for President and Vice-President shall be deemed and counted as a vote for
each of the Presidential electors of said party named in the certificate of
nomination of such Presidential candidates filed according to the provi-
sions of this Article.

This section referred to in determining whether an election was "a general election."
Downs v. State, 78 Md. 131.

As to the proclamation by the Governor of persons elected electors to vote for
president, etc., see art. 41, sec. 54.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 158. 1912, sec. 147. 1904, sec. 145. 1888, sec. 110. 1896, ch. 202,

sec. 137. 1937, ch. 232, sec. 158.

198. Each citizen of this State entitled to vote for Delegates to the
General Assembly shall have the right to vote for the whole number of
electors as provided in the preceding section; and the Presidential electors
of the candidates for President and Vice-President who receive the high-
est number of votes shall be declared to be elected as said electors, and shall
be deemed so appointed.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 160. 1912, sec. 149. 1904, sec. 147. 1888, sec. 112. 1896, ch. 202,
sec. 139. 1937, ch. 232, sec. 160.

199. The said election shall in all respects be conducted as other elec-
tions, except as otherwise provided in this Article and the returns thereof
made and canvassed as hereinbefore directed.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 161. 1912, sec. 150. 1904, sec. 148. 1888, sec. 113. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 140.

200. Upon the meeting of the persons returned elected as electors of
President and Vice-President, or of as many of said persons as may attend
on the day appointed by the Constitution and laws of the United States,
the said electors who are present, before proceeding to perform the duties
reposed in them, shall fill any vacancy which may exist in the said college
of electors at such meeting, whether such vacancy be occasioned by absence
or otherwise; and the said person or persons so appointed to fill such
vacancy or vacancies shall be entitled to all rights and privileges of those
proclaimed by the Governor as duly elected electors of President and Vice-
President of the United States.