HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1539

published in one newspaper in the City of Annapolis and one
in the City of Baltimore. In conformity with the statements
and determinations made as aforesaid by the Board of State
Canvassers, the Governor shall issue commissions to the dif-
ferent persons elected, as now provided by the Constitution
and laws of this state, and in addition the Secretary of State
shall likewise without delay transmit a copy under seal of
his office of such certified determination and statement as to
the election of a United States Senator to represent the State
of Maryland in the Senate of the United States to the Secretary
and presiding officer respectively of the United States Senate,
to inform that body of the result of the election for Senator;
and such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the right
of the candidate certified as receiving the highest number of
votes to be seated.

101. All contested elections for Comptroller of the Treasury,
judges, clerks of the, courts of law, and Registers of Wills
shall be decided by the House of Delegates, and the testimony
shall be taken in such cases in the same manner as herein
prescribed in the contested seats of the Senate and House of
Delegates.

102. All cases of contested elections of any of the officers not
provided for in the Constitution, or in the preceding section
shall be decided by the judges of the several circuit courts,
each in his respective circuit, and by the Superior Court of
Baltimore City, in the City of Baltimore.

103. Each judge of the circuit court and of the Superior
Court of Baltimore City may adopt such modes of proceeding
and adjudging costs in cases of contested elections as to him
shall seem most satisfactory, but the rules of taking testimony
in such cases shall be the same as those which regulate the
taking of testimony in contested election cases cognizable by
the House of Delegates. Either party shall have a right of
appeal to the Court of Appeals, as in other cases, said appeal
to be taken within five days from the date of the decision
complained of. The appeal shall be heard and decided by the
Court of Appeals as soon after transmission of the record as
may be practicable, and the testimony taken in such cases
shall be sent up to the Court of Appeals as part of the record.

104. The party intending to contest an election for the
Senate or House of Delegates shall give notice of such inten-
tion to the person elected, or, in case of a tie vote, to the per-
son against whom the contest is to be instituted, within thirty
days after the judges of election shall have made, known pub-
licly the state of the polls, unless at a special election to fill