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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the clerks of
said election in each district shall keep a list of

Shall keep
tally list.

the names of all persons casting a vote at said
election, and deliver same, signed by themselves,
to the judges at the close of the polls; and each
of said clerks shall carefully and accurately
enter and keep on a tally sheet the name or
names written or printed on each ballot as read
aloud therefrom by said judges, or one of them,
so that the number of votes for each candidate
entered and tallied thereon may be readily cast
up and known; and these tally sheets, when
the ballots are all read and entered, shall at
once be handed said judges of election.
SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the judges of

Count the
ballots.

election in each district shall immediately at
the close of the polls, and not before, proceed to
count the ballots in the box, except as herein-
before prohibited, in the presence of such of the
delegates balloted for as may chose to attend;
and shall carefully take out said ballots and
read distinctly and aloud the name or names
written or printed thereon, and shall, so far as
practicable, see that the said clerks shall
properly enter and tally same ; and when said
ballots are read off and counted, and tallied on
said tally sheets, the said judges shall take said
sheets and ascertain the number of said votes
for each person for delegates, and the five per-
sons in each district receiving the highest num-
ber of said votes or ballots for delegates, shall
be those duly elected as such. Said judges
shall enter on said tally sheets a certificate, to
be signed by them, setting forth the name of
each party balloted for as delegates, and the

Must give
certificate.

number of ballots each received; and they shall
deliver to each of the delegates elected a cer-
tificate, signed by them and witnessed by said
clerks, setting forth the names of the delegates
duly elected, and the fact of their election, and
any one of said certificates shall be received as
credentials of the delegates elected ; and said
judges in each district shall deliver to one of
their number the copy of the registration list,
the list of names of voters received, the tally
sheets and ballots counted, who shall safely
keep the same until after the close of the con-