162 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 111

and shall be wrapped in a separate package and returned
to the ballot-box as hereinafter directed. No vote shall
be counted for any candidate opposite whose name no
cross-mark shall be placed, and no ballot shall be rejected
solely because any part or portion of the cross-mark
extends beyond the square if the point of intersection of
the cross-mark is within the square or because the voter
has marked more names than there are persons to be
elected to an office, but such ballots shall not be counted
for any candidate in the group of names so marked. They
shall open the ballots, and all of them shall be canvassed
separately by one of the judges sitting between two other
judges, which judge shall call out each name and the office
for which it is designated and the other judges looking
at the ballot at the same time, and the clerks making tally
of the same. When all the ballots have been canvassed
in this manner, the election 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 the aggregate number of votes received by each
candidate. If requested by any watcher or challenger
present at any canvass it shall be the duty of the judges,
and each of them, to exhibit to such watcher or challenger
any ballot cast, fully opened or in such condition and man-
ner that he may fully read and examine the same, but the
judges shall not allow any ballot to be taken from their
hands. As the ballots are counted they shall be strung
upon a strong twine.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1947.

Approved March 15, 1947.

CHAPTER 111.
(Senate Bill 157)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tions 62 and 63 of Article 59 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Lunatics and In-
sane," sub-title "Crownsville State Hospital," revising
and clarifying the provisions of said sections by eliminat-
ing obsolete provisions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 62 and 63 of Article 59 of the Annotated