390 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 200

submitted to the voters at any such election under, the provi-
sions of this or any other Act of Assembly, such results shall
show in like manner the number of votes for and against such
election. At the end of such statements or returns there shall
be a certificate that the same are correct in all respects, and
said certificate shall be signed by all the Judges and Clerks of
such election.

In case any Judge or Clerk shall decline to sign any such
returns, he shall make a statement of his reasons for such
refusal in duplicate, sign each of said duplicate copies of his
reasons, and such statements shall be inclosed with the returns.
Each of the above mentioned returns or statements, together
with one of the statements of declination, if any there be,
shall be inclosed in an envelope which shall be then securely
sealed and each of the Judges and Clerks shall write his name
across the fold thereof. One of said envelopes shall be di-
rected to the Mayor of Mount Rainier, and the other to the
Town Clerk and Treasurer, and the Supervisors of Election
shall take charge of these envelopes and deliver them to the
respective parties to whom they are addressed at the time here-
inafter mentioned.

The Judges and Clerks of Election shall put back in the
respective ballot boxes used at said election the ballots taken
therefrom, and shall seal said ballot boxes by pasting a strip of
paper over the slit, upon which slip the Judges and Clerks of
Election shall sign their names so that the boxes may not be
opened without destroying said seal. The ballot boxes con-
taining the ballots shall be kept by the Supervisors of Election
for thirty days from the date of said election, unless there is a
recount, in which case they shall be kept until said recounting
is finally concluded. After the thirty days has elapsed, or
the recount has been concluded, the Supervisors of Election
shall open said ballot boxes and destroy said ballots.

The Mayor and Common Council shall on the first Wednes-
day after, each election held under the provisions of this Act,
convene. to receive the returns of election. When said meeting
has been called to order, the Supervisors of Election shall
attend, and present to the Mayor and to the Town Clerk and
Treasurer the returns of election respectively addressed to
them. The Mayor and Common Council shall then examine
said returns and if they find them to be signed by all the
Judges and Clerks of Election, and identical, they shall can-
vass them and declare those persons elected who shall appear