PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 407

der their hands and attested by the Clerks of Election returns
of the votes cast for and against said school loan as appearing
on said ballot, to the Board of Supervisors of Election of Bal-
timore County, who shall tabulate said returns and shall make
a separate return thereof to be left with the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court to be by him recorded among the Records of the
Court, and a certified copy thereof as soon as filed with him
shall be delivered to the County Commissioners of Baltimore
County. Each of said Judges and Clerks of Election shall be-
fore proceeding to act as such make oath or affirm in due form of
law before the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County
that he will faithfully conduct said election and protect it to
the best of his ability against all frauds and unfairness, and
any violation of said oath shall be deemed a misdemeanor and
shall on conviction thereof subject the offender to a fine of not
less than $500 nor more than $1,000, or to imprisonment for
not more than six months in the House of Correction or the
Baltimore County Jail. The said Judges of Election shall re-
turn the ballots to the said Board of Election Supervisors who
shall preserve the same for six months and then destroy them;
said election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of
the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland relating to Gen-
eral Elections in this State, so far as the same are applicable
and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act; and said
Supervisors shall on the day preceding such election deliver to
the Judges of Election of each of said precincts the poll and
registry books of said precinct, and no person not appearing
on said books as a registered voter in such precinct may vote
therein, and on the Thursday following said election all said
books and all other records in reference to said election shall
by such Judges be returned to said Supervisors of Election;
the Judges and Clerks of Election shall during the continuance
of the election so to be held by them and until the ballots are
counted be Conservators of the Peace, and shall have the power
and authority to commit offenders for any breach of the peace
in the same manner as a justice of the peace might do under
existing laws in the State of Maryland. All the provisions of
the Public General Laws relating to corrupt practices which ap-
ply to other elections held under the laws of this State shall be
held and taken to apply in like manner to this. The expenses
of said election, including compensation for the Judges and
Clerks of Election at the rates allowed similar officials at gen-
eral elections, shall be paid by the County Commissioners of
Baltimore County, who are authorized to levy a tax upon the