HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1519

stating the day on which and the number of the election pre-
cinct, and the county or ward of the city in relation to which
said statement shall be made, and the time of opening and
closing the polls of such precinct, and showing the whole num-
ber of votes in the ballot box or recorded upon the voting
machines, and the whole number of votes given for each
person, designating the office for which they were given.
Such statement shall be written or partly printed in
words at length; and in case a proposition of any kind has
been submitted to a vote at such election, such statements
shall also show in like manner the whole number of
votes cast for or against such proposition, and at the end of
such statement shall be written a certificate that the same is
correct in all respects; which certificate and each sheet of
paper forming a part of the statement shall be subscribed by
the judges and clerks in those precincts in which paper ballots
shall be used, and by the judges in those precincts in which
voting machines shall be used. If any judge or clerk shall de-
cline to sign such return he shall state his reason therefor in
writing and a copy thereof, signed by himself, shall be enclosed
with each return. Each of the statements shall be enclosed in
an envelope which shall then be securely sealed with sealing
wax or other adhesive material, and each of the judges and
clerks shall write his name across the fold of the envelope.
In those precincts in which no clerks shall have been appointed
the above required endorsement shall be made by the judges.
One of the envelopes shall be directed to the clerk of the Circuit
Court of the county, or the Superior Court of Baltimore City,
as the case may be, and one to the county commissioners or to
the Mayor of the City of Baltimore, as the case may be. Each
set of tallies shall also be signed by the election clerks and the
judges of election, and each shall be enclosed in an envelope
securely signed and sealed as aforesaid, one of which shall be
addressed to the Board of Supervisors of Elections and the
other to the Register of Wills. If any judge or clerk shall de-
cline to sign said set of tallies, or either of them, he shall state
his reason therefor in writing, and a copy thereof, signed by
himself, shall be enclosed with each tally sheet. On the out-
side of every envelope shall be endorsed the statement that it
contains the votes cast or the tallies, and for what precinct,
ward, city or county.

The provisions of this section as to the return of tallies shall
not apply to those precincts in which voting machines shall be
used, but one of the four return sheets for which provision is
made by Section 88 of this Article shall be addressed to the
Board of Supervisors of Elections and one of said return sheets
to the Register of Wills.