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1876.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 1335
not a single return in any precinct has annexed to it any cer-
tificate that any oath at all was administered. Now what
says the law. Article 4, Section 227, Public Local Laws, as
re-enacted by Act of 1867, chapter 144, and now in force
provides "227." The provisions of the preceeding Sections
of this said Article relating to elections shall apply to all
elections to take place hereafter 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 bal-
lot, and shall be held and proceed with the realms thereof
made in conformity with the provisions of the 35th Article of
Public General Laws, except in so far as the same may the
modified by the provisions of this Article as amended at the
January Session of the General Assembly, in the year 1867,
in relation thereto; and no election to be held in the City of
Baltimore, whether Federal, State or Municipal, shall be valid
unless held under and in conformity with the provisions of
this Article in relation to elections as amended as afore-
said , &c.
It will be observed, that this section first incorporates the
provisions of the General Laws relating to elections into the
Local Law, Article 4, and then declares, positively, that no
election in the City of Baltimore shall be valid unless held
"under and in conformity with the pfovisions of this Article
in relation to elections.
To this very comprehensive provision the only exceptions
are those contained in the next Section, viz.
"228. No election to be held under the provisions of this
Article, and which shall be otherwise valid, shall be held in-
valid because of any failure of the said Board of Police, of
the said Judges, to make the advertisements hereinbefore re-
quired, or because of any disqualification, or want of quali-
fication, of any Judge or Judges of Election, or any member
of ward Board."
Observe here that the only qualification prescribed for
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