56 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 30

time presiding over the court in which the contest is insti-
tuted, with surety or sureties to be approved by him, a sum-
mons shall forthwith issue from such court addressed to the
Supervisors of Elections for or having jurisdiction over such
political unit or for the City of Baltimore in which such con-
test is instituted, notifying them of the filing of such petition
and directing them to appear in such court with the ballots
and ballot boxes of the precinct or precincts in which the irreg-
ularities are charged, at the time named in such summons,
which shall be not less than five nor more than ten days from
the filing of such petition. The procedure in such cases shall
be the same as that provided by law for contesting any election
for public office so far as the same is applicable.

In case of a contest of election in any precinct of any political
unit herein designated or the City of Baltimore, as the case
may be, the Board of Supervisors of Elections shall withhold
the certificate of such election returns for such political unit
or the City of Baltimore in which such precinct is located until
the court decides such contest. Immediately following such
decision of the court the Board of Supervisors of Elections
shall make the returns as herein provided; such decision shall
be made by the court not later than six months from the date
of the election.

The said court shall have final jurisdiction to hear and deter-
mine the merits of such cases, and if the said court shall dis-
cover that fraud has been committed in any precinct and the
legal votes cannot be separated from the illegal votes or ballots
so that the correct result can be ascertained, then the whole
number of ballots cast in such precinct on said question so sub-
mitted to the voters of the political units herein designated
shall be rejected by the said court and not counted and the
Supervisors of Elections shall not make any return of the votes
cast in such precinct, and the rejection of such ballots shall in
no way render invalid the result of such election.

SEC. 6A. This Act shall not apply to. nor prohibit the man-
ufacture for sale of alcoholic, spirituous and vinous, malt and
intoxicating liquors by persons and Corporations now engaged
in the manufacture thereof or the transportation thereof by
said persons and Corporations where such liquors are manu-
factured for sale and sold only for delivery for shipment to
places beyond the State or to places within the State where such
sale is not now or hereafter prohibited by law.