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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

votes given at such election for the several candidates for the
offices named in said statements, and thereupon proceed to
determine and declare what persons have been, by the great-
est number of votes, elected to such offices, and each of them ;
they shall make and subscribe on a proper statement a certifi-
cate of such determination, and shall deliver the same to the
Secretary of State. If any one of the canvassers shall dissent
from the decision of the board, he shall state at large, in
writing, the reasons for such dissent. If any of the acts or
proceedings of the board shall appear to any one of the can-
vassers to be illegal or irregular, such canvasser shall protest
against the same, in writing, setting forth distinctly the grounds
of his protest; the canvasser so dissenting or protesting shall
deliver his dissent or protest, signed with his proper name, to
the Secretary of State, who shall file the same in his office,
and he shall also keep on file in his office the copies of the
statements made by the board of city and county canvassers.
The board shall have power to adjourn, from day to day, dur-
ing a period not exceeding five days.

81. The Secretary of State shall record in his office, in a book
to be kept by him for that purpose, each certified statement
and determination which shall be delivered to him by the board

Record to De
kept by
Secretary of
State.

of State canvassers, and every dissent or protest which shall
have been delivered to him by a canvasser. He shall, without
delay, transmit a copy, under seal of his office, of such certified
determination to each person thereby declared to be elected,
and a like copy to the Governor, and he shall cause a copy of
such certified statements and determinations to be published in
one newspaper in the city of Annapolis and one in the city of
Baltimore. In conformity with the statements and determina-
tions made as aforesaid by the Board of State Canvassers, the
Governor shall issue commissions to the different persons elected,
as now provided by the Constitution and laws of this State.

OFFENSES.

Unlawfully
registering,
etc.

82. If at any general registration of voters or at any meeting
of the board of registry held for such purpose or for revision
thereof, as provided in this Article, any person shall falsely
personate a voter or other person, and register or attempt or
pffer to register in the name of such voter or other person; or
if any person shall register or attempt or make application to
register in or under the name of any other person, or in or
under any false, assumed or fictitious name, or in or under any