34 ELECTIONS. [ART. 85.

of the soldiers vote have been received, shall, under the penalty
of five hundred dollars, meet at the usual place of holding the
Circuit Court of each county, or at the usual place of holding
the Superior Court of Baltimore city, in the city of Baltimore,
with the books of the polls and the certificates aforesaid.

2. The said judges so assembled shall cast up the whole vote
of all the districts or precincts, and shall make out two plain,
fair, and distinct statements and certificates of the number of
votes which shall have been given for each candidate, for each
of the officers voted for at said election, including Lieutenant
Governor, one of which certificates shall be delivered to the
clerk of the court to which they are directed to make their re-
turns, and the other except in elections for Governor and State's
Attorneys, shall be transmitted by mail to the Governor, and in
case of elections for Governor and State's Attorneys, the said
statements and certificates instead of being transmitted to the
Governor, shall, in case of Governor, be transmitted to the
Secretary of State, and in the case of State's Attorneys, shall be
transmitted to the judge of the court having criminal jurisdiction
in the circuit in which State's Attorneys are respectfully elected;
and from the returns so made, the Governor shall issue com-
missions to the different persons elected, including the Lieu-
tenant Governor, as provided in the fourteenth section of the
fourth article of the Constitution of this State.

8. The said certificates for all officers provided for by the
Constitution, except in the case of the Governor and State's
Attorneys, shall be directed to the Governor; for the Governor,
they shall be addressed to the Speaker of the House of Dele-
gates, and enclosed to the Secretary of State; for State's Attor-
neys, they shall be addressed to the judge of the court having
criminal jurisdiction in the county or city.

4. All contested elections for Comptroller of the Treasury,
Commissioner of the Land Office, Judges, Clerks of the Courts
of Law and Register of Wills, shall be decided by the House of
Delegates, and the testimony shall be taken in such cases in the