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Session Laws, 1945
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1536 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 934

on one sheet, and, in like manner, all votes for other State
officers on another sheet; all votes for presidential electors on
another sheet; all votes for Judges of Courts on another sheet;
all votes for Senators and Delegates to the General Assembly
on another sheet; all votes for county or city officers on an-
other sheet; and all votes for any other officer on a separate
and appropriate sheet; all votes for or against any proposition
which may be submitted to a vote of the people on another
sheet.

95. The said Board of Canvassers shall then transmit the said
statements made by them, attested by the signature of their
chairman and secretary, to the clerk of the Circuit Court for
the county or to the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore
City, as the case may be, who shall enter the same of record,
provided that in all elections where votes have been cast for
candidates for any county offices by the "writing in" of such
candidates' names on the ballots, it shall not be necessary for
the Board -of Canvassers to transmit a statement of returns
as to such "write in" candidates except as to those "write in"
candidates whose votes shall amount to at least one per centum
of the total votes cast for the office for which such person is
a candidate, unless the total number of votes cast for such
"write in" candidate shall constitute a plurality of all votes
cast for candidates for such office, in which event a statement
of returns shall be transmitted by said Board. In case of all
elections of Presidential electors, Representatives in Congress,
Senators and Delegates to the General Assembly and of other
State officers except Governor or State's Attorney, the said
clerk shall prepare three certified copies under his seal of
office of said statements and certificates. Within five days
after the adjournment of the Board of Canvassers the said
clerk shall deposit the said certified copies in the nearest post-
office, addressed respectively to the Governor, to the Secretary
of State and to the Treasurer. The statement of the votes, for
Governor after being recorded shall be transmitted by the clerk
to the Secretary of State, as provided in the Constitution.
The said clerk shall make out and deliver to each person hav-
ing the highest number of votes for the several county and city
offices a certificate of election on his application. The said
Canvassing Board shall also make a statement of the whole
number of votes given in each precinct and county or city,
with the names of the candidates and the number of votes given
for each in tabular form, and shall cause a copy of such state-
ment to be forthwith published in one or more of the news-
papers printed in the county or in the City of Baltimore; pro-
vided, such official statement be so published without charge.

 

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