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—— of ———— ——, at ————, the place appointed by law for hold-

ing the elections within said district, and did then and there appoint

——————— and ——————— clerks of the election, who severally

qualified as directed by law. We further certify that we did then

and there, before a justice of the peace of said county (or before

each other), qualify as judge or judges of the election, as by law

directed, and did then and there, at the hour of 9 o'clock in the

morning, open the polls for an election for ————; that we con-

tinued the polls open until 6 o'clock in the evening of the same day,

when they were closed, the ballot-box opened and the ballots pub-

licly counted, when it appeared that ——— had ———— votes as

————. Given under our hands at the place of said election, this

—— day of ———— ——. Attested by —— ————, clerk " And

the certificate or return of the judges of election in the city of Bal-

timore shall be in like form or to the like effect, with such variation

therein as may be required by the local laws of the city of Baltimore.

29. The presiding judges of elections, or in case of inability to

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attend, either of the other judges shall, within ten days after each

Meeting of
judges after

election, under the penalty of five hundred dollars, meet at the usual

election
43 Md 372.

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.

30. The said judges so assembled shall cast up the whole vote

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of all the districts or precincts, and shall make out two plain, fair

Certificates of
votes cast, to

and distinct statements and certificates of the number of votes

whom trans-
mitted.

which shall have been given for each candidate, for each of the

officers voted for at said election, one of which certificates shall be

delivered to the clerk of the court to which they are directed to make

their returns, 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 gov-

ernor, 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 respectively elected; and from the

returns so made, the governor shall issue commissions to the dif-

Governor to

ferent persons elected, as provided in the eleventh section of the

issue commis-
sions.

fourth article of the Constitution of this State.

31. The said certificates for all officers elected by the voters of a

Art 35, s 31

single county or city, except sheriff, shall be in the following form,

1805, c 97, s 15,
1860, c 10, s 3

or to the like effect, to wit: " To ——. Whereas, an election for

Form of certifi-
cates for all offi-

—— was held on the first Wednesday of November in the year

cers, except
sheriff, elected

—— in the district (or precinct) in the said county or city, dis-

by voters of a

tinguished by number one, etc, conformably to the Constitution

single county or
city.

and laws of this State; and whereas, we, the subscribers, attending

judges at the close of the election in said districts (or precincts),

having this day assembled at the usual place of the sitting of the

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