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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Canvass of
votes, how
to be made,

270 Q Q Q. The board of canvassers shall, upon being duly
organized, open all the original statements and returns deliv-
ered or transmitted to them, and shall canvass and add up the
votes and make abstracts or statements thereof in the follow-
ing manner, as the case may require, namely : All votes for
Mayor shall be written out in words at length on one sheet,
and in like manner, all votes for City Register, all votes for
Aldermen on another sheet ; all votes for any other officers on
a separate and appropriate sheet ; all votes for and againet any
proposition which may be submitted to a vote of the people on
another sheet.

270 R R R. The said board of canvassers shall then transmit

Statements to
be sent to
clerks of
courts.

the said statements made by them, attested by the signatures
of their chairman and secretary, to the City Register, who
shall record the same. The said City Register shall make out
and deliver to each person having the highest number of votes
for the several city offices a certificate of election on his applica-
tion. The said canvassing board shall also make a statement of
the whole number of votes given in each precinct of the 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 statement
to be forthwith published in one or more of the newspapers
printed in the City of Frederick, provided such official statement
be so published without charge.

To declare
who is
elected.

270 SSS. In the canvass of votes by the canvassing board
for the city, said board shall unless otherwise provided in the
Constitution of this State, declare who is elected to any city
office or to any office voted for within the territory of such
city.
270 TTT. If upon proceeding to canvass the votes, it shall

Errors in
statements
now to be
corrected.

clearly appear to the canvassing board for the city 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 subpoena
to the judges and clerks, who made said return, and said judges
and clerks shall forthwith attend, and shall make such correc-
tion 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 can-
vassers are authorized to adjourn from day to day for the pur-
pose of obtaining and receiving such corrected statements ;
such adjournment not to extend beyond three days.
270 UUU. Whenever it shall be made to appear by affidavit
that errors have occurred in the determination of the board of