378 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4,

or relieve them from any obligations imposed upon them by law ;
but the said board of police may either carry out the orders of
said judges of election, or themselves take command and control,
if they deem necessary, of the persons and officers, and assume
the conduct of the measures which may be required to promote
the purposes of the preceding sections of this sub-title of this
article, relating to elections and the security of the elective fran-
chise.

1876, ch. 141.

272. The provisions of the preceding sections of this sub-title
of this article shall apply to all elections in the city of Baltimore,
whether federal or state, or municipal; and all elections to take
place hereafter in the city of Baltimore, shall be by ballot, and shall
be held and proceed, and the returns thereof made in conformity
with the provisions of article 33 of the public general laws, title
"Elections," except in so far as the same may be modified by the
provisions of this subtitle of this article; and no election to be
held in the city of Baltimore, whether federal, state or munici-
pal, shall be valid unless held under and in conformity with the
provisions of said article 33 of the public general laws and of this
sub-title of this article, and under and subject to the provisions
of the sub-title of this article, establishing a permanent police
in the city of Baltimore, and defining and enforcing its powers
and duties, and under and subject to the control and command,
as to all police purposes, of said board of police; and no judge of
any court in this State shall have or exercise the power of pre-
venting or delaying the qualification of any mayor or member of
the city council, or the exercise and performance of their official,
duties, by injunction, recognizance or any other proceeding.

P. L. L, (1860,) art. 4, sec. 228.

273. No election to be held under the provisions of article 33
of the public general laws and of this sub-title of this article, and
which shall be otherwise valid, shall be held invalid because of
any failure of the said board of supervisors of elections, or the
said judges, to make the advertisements hereinbefore required, or
because of any disqualification or want of qualification of any
judge of election, or any member of said board; provided, how-
ever, that any wilful failure or neglect of said board, or the said