HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1269

clerk of election, it shall be filled by appointment by the
Mayor alone. The compensation for each judge or clerk
who serves shall be $5. 00 per day.

ELECTION RETURNS

(8) The judges of election at every election for either
Mayor, or Councilmen, or both, or at any election where
any proposition or question is submitted to the decision of
the voters, immediately after the polls are closed shall
count the ballots cast in each ward for which they were
appointed judges, and the clerk shall tally the votes cast
for each candidate, and the votes cast for or against any
proposition or question submitted to the voters, after which
the judges shall make, on blanks furnished by the Mayor
and Council, and file a certificate setting out the whole
number of votes cast in each ward, and the number of
votes cast for each candidate, and also the number of votes
cast for and against any proposition or question submitted
to the voters. The certificate shall state that the person
receiving the highest number of votes cast for Mayor is
elected Mayor, and the person receiving the highest num-
ber of votes cast for councilman in each ward is elected
councilman from that ward, and the proposition or question
submitted to the voters receiving the approval of the ma-
jority of votes cast is carried. As the ballots are counted,
they shall be strung by one of the judges, and when the
counting is finished the said ballots, together with the tally
sheets, shall be put into the ballot box, and the box shall
then be securely locked, and the judges' certificate, the key
to the ballot box, the ballot box and poll book shall be
delivered to the two judges at large, who shall within a
reasonable time after the closing of the polls return the
said ballot box, key and certificate to the Town Clerk.

(9) Any person who bribes, coerces or intimidates any
voter, or attempts to bribe, coerce or intimidate any voter
at any election held under the direction of the Mayor and
Council of Brunswick shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof before any trial magistrate
or in the Circuit Court for Frederick County, shall be fined
for each and every offense not less than twenty-five dollars
($25. 00) and costs, and shall be confined in the county jail
until both fine and costs are paid, or be confined in the
county jail for a period of six months, or be both confined
and imprisoned, as herein provided, at the discretion of
the court or trial magistrate having jurisdiction, and
hearing said cases.