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Statements to
be sent to
clerks of
courts.
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76. The said board of canvassers shall then transmit the said
statements made by them, attested by the signature of their
chairman and secretary, to the clerk of the Circuit Court for
the county, or to the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore
city, as the case may be, who shall enter the same of record.
In case of all elections of Presidential electors, Representatives
in Congress, Senators and Delegates to the General Assembly,
and of other State officers, except Governor or State's Attor-
ney, the said clerk shall prepare three certified copies, under his
seal of office, of the said statements and certificates. Within
five days after the adjournment of the board of canvassers the
said clerk shall deposit the said certified copies in the nearest
postoffice, addressed, respectively, to the Governor, to the Sec-
retary of State and to the Treasurer. The statement of the
votes for Governor, after being recorded, shall be transmitted
by the clerk to the Secretary of State, as provided in the Con-
stitution. The said clerk shall make out and deliver to each
person having the highest number of votes for the several county
and city offices a certificate of election on his application. The
said canvassing board shall also make a statement of the whole
number of votes given in each precinct and county or city,
with the names of the candidates and the number of votes
given for each, in tabular form, and shall cause a copy of such
statements to be forthwith published in one or more of the
newspapers printed in the county or in the city of Baltimore;
provided, such official statement be so published without charge.
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To declare
whole
elected.
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77. In the canvass of votes by the canvassing board for the
city or county herein provided, said board shall, unless other-
wise provided in the Constitution of this State, declare who is
elected to any city or, county office, or to any office voted for
only within the territory of such city or county.
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Errors in
statements,
how to be
corrected.
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78. 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
statements; such adjournment not to extend beyond three
days.
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