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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

men of said town in their numerical order. Upon the

failure of the mayor or any of the councilmen to per-

form the duties imposed by this section, the person so

refusing shall be subject to indictment in the circuit

court for Washington county, and to a fine of fifty

dollars, to be recovered upon conviction thereof.

E. The said judges shall be conservators of the peace

Conservators

during the continuance of the election, and until the

of the peace.

ballots shall be counted, and the necessary certificates

required by law shall be made out by judges and

clerks, and shall be vested with power and authority

to commit offenders for any breach of the peace in

like manner as now vested in justices of the peace,

and shall have authority to administer oaths or affirma-

tions to any person touching his qualifications as a

voter. F. The said judges shall appoint two citizens,

qualified voters of said town, to act as clerks of elec-

Appoint clerks
of election.

tion, one of whom shall be of a different political

party from the other; before proceeding to act they

shall take this oath, to be administered by one of the

judges : " We will well and faithfully keep a true

record of all the voters whose ballots are received for

(councilmen of Hagerstown, or mayor and councilmen

of Hagerstown) at the election to be held on the ......

day of March, in the year .......... according to the

respective wards in which said ballots are cast, accord-

ing to the best of our ability." G. A box shall be

kept, with separate compartments, corresponding in

Keep ballots

number with the numbers of the wards in the voting

separate.

districts, for the purpose of keeping separate the bal-

lots of the voters of each ward, and the ballots re-

ceived shall be deposited in the respective compart-

ments in the said box corresponding with the voter's

residence, and the names of the voters shall be written

down in a list according to the wards in which they

Polling hours.

are respectively entitled to vote. H. The polls shall

be kept open from six o'clock a. m. until six o'clock p. m.

SEC. 119. At the close of the polls the judges shall

immediately count the ballots, cast up the vote, and

return under their hands and seals, to the clerk of the

circuit court for Washington county, the number of

Count ballots.

votes cast for each candidate, and return the persons

receiving the highest number of votes as duly elected ;

and they shall return at the same time the ballots that

were cast for the candidates and all records of said

election; and the said clerk, upon receipt thereof, shall