HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1537

96. In the canvass of votes by the Canvassing Board for
the city or county herein provided, said Board shall, unless
otherwise provided in the Constitution of this State, declare
who is elected to any city or county office or to any office voted
for only within the territory of such city or county.

97. If, upon proceeding to canvass the votes, it shall clearly
appear to the Canvassing Board for the city or county that in
any statement or tally-sheet produced to them certain matters
are omitted which should have been inserted, or that any mis-
takes exist, they shall immediately issue a subpoena to the
judges who made such return, and to the clerks (in those pre-
cincts in which clerks shall have been appointed) who joined
therein, and said judges and clerks shall forthwith attend and
shall make such corrections as the facts of the ease require;
such changes shall not alter any decision before duly made by
them, but shall cause the canvass to be correctly stated. The
said Board of Canvassers are authorized to adjourn from day
to day for the purpose of obtaining and receiving such cor-
rected statements, such adjournment not to extend beyond
three days.

98. Whenever it shall be made to appear by affidavit that
errors have occurred in the determination of the Board of Can-
vassers of any county or city in the State, the Circuit Court
of the county or the Superior Court of Baltimore City may by
order require said Board to correct such errors or show cause
why such corrections should not be made; and in the event of
the failure of said Board to make such corrections, or show
cause as aforesaid, said court may compel said Board by writ
of mandamus to correct such errors, and if said Board of Can-
vassers shall have made its determination and dissolved, said
court may compel it to convene for the purpose of making such
corrections. For the purpose of making such corrections as
the court shall order, the meeting of the Board of Canvassers
shall be deemed a continuation of its regular session, and the
statements and certificates shall be made and filed as the
court shall direct, and so far as the same shall vary from the
original statements and certificates, the statements and certi-
ficates made under the order of court shall stand in lieu there-
of, and shall in all cases have the same effect as if such cor-
rected statements had been a part of the original statement
required by law. The practice in said cases shall be as in
mandamus proceedings, and the court shall determine the time
for the speedy hearing thereof, in its discretion; and for the
purpose of service of papers and other proceedings the Board
of Canvassers, as organized and existing at the time of making

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