ART. 33.] ELECTIONS—CERTIFICATES OF RESULT. 665

P. G L , (1860,) art. 35, sec. 82. 1853, ch. 134. 1853, ch. 300. 1865, ch. 143.

71. The said certificates for all officers provided for by the

constitution, except in the case of the governor and State's attor-
neys, shall be directed to the governor; for the governor, they
shall be addressed to the speaker of the house of delegates, and
enclosed to the secretary of State; for State's attorneys, they
shall be addressed to the judge of the court having criminal
jurisdiction in the county or city.

Ibid. sec. 33. 1805, ch. 97, sec. 15.

72. The said certificates for representatives in congress shall
be in the following form: " To his excellency, the governor of
Maryland: we, the subscribers, judges at the close of an election
held on the ———— day of ———, in the election districts or
wards of ————, distinguished by number one, &c., for the pur-
pose of choosing a. representative for the ———— district of this
State, to serve in the congress of the United States, having this
day assembled at the usual place of the sitting of the circuit

court for said county, (or at the usual place of the sitting of the
superior court in the city of Baltimore,) with the books of the
polls, on which are endorsed the several certificates, agreeably to
law, and having cast up the whole number of votes given in the

said districts or wards, according to the respective certificates
made out by the judges, do return that ———— had ———— votes,
and ———— had ———— votes. Given under our hands this ————
day of ————."

Ibid. sec. 84. 1805, ch. 97, sec. 15.

73. The form of certificate given in the preceding section
shall be used for all officers elected by the votes of more than one

county, and for electors of president and vice president of the
United States.

Ibid. sec. 35. 1805, ch. 97, sec. 15.

74. When an officer is elected by the votes of a single district

of a county, the judges shall certify that the persons voted for for
such office have received the number of votes cast for them re-
spectively in such district, and that ———— has the greatest
number of votes in the district, and is duly elected.