662 ELECTIONS—COUNTING BALLOTS. [ART. 33

judges of election; and the said judges, in the presence of one
selected representative of each and every political party whose
candidates are voted for at such election, to be designated in.
writing by said candidates, shall publicly take out the said ballots
and read distinctly and aloud the name or names written or
printed thereon respectively; and the clerks of said election shall
carefully enter and keep an account of the same on the books of
the polls, so that the number of votes for each candidate tallied,
thereon may be readily cast up and known; when all the ballots
have been canvassed the poll clerks shall compare their tallies
together and ascertain the total number of votes received by each
candidate, and when they agree upon the numbers, one of them
shall announce in a loud voice to the judges and those present,
the number of votes received by each candidate. In the several,
counties the sheriff, or such person as the judges shall name in.
the absence of the sheriff, or one of his deputies, and in Balti-
more city the board of police commissioners shall have power,
and it shall be their duty to preserve order during the counting
of the votes, and see that the duly accredited representative of
each party shall be admitted into the polling rooms to witness,
the count.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 35, sec. 26. 1805, ch. 97, sec. 13.

65. If upon opening any of the said ballots, there be found-
any more names written or printed on any of them than there:
ought to be, or if any two or more of such ballots or papers be
deceitfully folded together, or if the purpose for which the vote
is given is not plainly designated thereon, such ballot shall be re-
jected and not counted.

Certificates of the Number of Votes for Each Candidate.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 35, sec. 27. 1805, ch. 97, sec. 14.

66. As soon as the ballots shall be read off and counted, and
the number for each candidate reckoned up and ascertained, the
judge or judges of election shall make out, under his or their
hands, attested by the clerks of election, or one of them, on the
books of the polls, two plain, fair and distinct statements and
certificates of the number of votes which shall have been then,
and there given for each candidate, distinguishing the station or
office for which he has been voted.