ART. 33] CANVASSING BOARDS. 1055

elected to any city or county office or to any office voted for
only within the territory of such city or county.

1896, ch. 202, sec. 78.

83. If upon proceeding to canvass the votes it shall clearly
appear to the canvassing board for the city or county that in
any statement produced to them certain matters are omitted
which should have been inserted or that any mistakes which
are merely clerical exist, they shall immediately issue a sub-
poena to the judges and clerks who made said return, and said
judges and clerks shall forthwith attend and shall make such
correction as the facts of the case require, but such changes
shall not alter any decision before made by them, but shall only
cause the canvass to be correctly stated. And the said board
of canvassers are authorized to adjourn from day to day for
the purpose of obtaining and receiving such corrected state-
ments; such adjournment not to extend beyond three days.

Ibid. sec. 79.

84. Whenever it shall be made to appear by affidavit that
errors have occurred in the determination of the board of can-
vassers of any county or city in the State, the circuit court of
the county or the superior court of Baltimore city may by
order require said board to correct such errors or show cause
why such corrections should not be made; and in event of the
failure of said board to make such corrections, or show cause
aforesaid, said court may compel said board by writ of man-
damus to correct such errors, and if said board of canvassers
shall have made its determination and dissolved, said court
may compel it to convene for the purpose of making such cor-
rections. For the purpose of making such corrections as the
court shall order, the meeting of the board of canvassers shall
be deemed a continuation of its regular session, and the state-
ments and certificates shall be made and filed as the court
shall direct, and so far as the same shall vary from the original
statements and certificates, the statements and certificates made
under the order of court shall stand in lieu thereof, and shall
in all cases have the same effect as if such corrected statements
had been a part of the original statement required by law. The
practice in said cases shall be as in mandamus proceedings,
and the court shall determine the time for the speedy hearing
thereof, in its discretion; and for the purpose of service of
papers and other proceedings the board of canvassers, as
organized and existing at the time of making the original can-