ART. 33.] ELECTIONS—CERTIFICATES OP RESULT. 663

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 35, sec. 28. 1805, ch. 97, sec. 14. 1860, ch. 10, sec. 3.

67. The said numbers shall be expressed in words at length
and not in figures only, according to the following form, or to the
like effect, to wit: " State of Maryland, ———— county, to wit:
We, the undersigned, duly appointed by the county commissioners
of said county, or by a justice of the peace or the voters, (as the
case may be,) in due form of law, judge or judges of election in
this district, No. ————, do hereby certify and return that we
did attend on the ———— of ————, ———— at ————, the place
appointed by law for holding 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 8 o'clock in the morning, open the polls for an election
for ————; that we continued 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 publicly 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 Baltimore shall be
in like form, or to the like effect, with such variation therein aa
may be required by the local laws of the city of Baltimore.

Ibid. sec. 29. 1805, ch 97, sec 15. 1865, ch. 143.

68. The presiding judges of elections, or in case of inability
to attend, either of the other judges shall, within ten days after
each election under the penalty of five hundred dollars, meet at
the usual place of holding the circuit court for 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.

Ibid. sec. 80. 1805, ch, 97, sec. 15. 1860, ch. 10, sec. 3. 1865, ch. 143.

69. 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