WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR, 237

Immediately upon the closing of the polls after each elec-
tion, the ballot boxes shall be opened, and the ballots shall be
publicly counted, and the Judges of Election shall within two
days thereafter make a true and correct return of the results
of said election. The returns shall be made to the Mayor and
Town Council in a sealed envelope and within one week there-
after the Mayor and Town Council shall meet and canvass
said return and publicly declare the results thereof, and de-
clare who has been duly elected to the respective offices.

Immediately after the counting of the ballots the Judges of
Election shall put back in the ballot boxes used at said elec-
tion, the ballots taken therefrom, and shall seal said ballot
boxes by pasting a strip of paper over the slit, upon which
paper the Judges and Clerks of Election shall sign their
names so that the boxes may not be opened without destroy-
ing said seal. The ballot boxes containing the ballots shall be
kept by the Town Clerk for thirty days from the date of said
election, unless there is a recount, in which case they shall be
kept until said recounting is finally concluded. After the
thirty days has elapsed, or the recount has been concluded,
the Town Clerk may open, said ballot boxes and destroy said
ballots.

In case of the failure of an election by reason, of a tie vote,
the Mayor and Town Council shall order and provide for a
run-off election between the tied candidates, to be held within
ten days thereafter.

SEC. 13. The Mayor shall appoint, subject to the confirma-
tion of the Town Council, a person who shall act as Town
Clerk. The Town Clerk shall keep the minutes of the meetings
of the Mayor and Town Council in a, well bound book which
shall be opened for inspection by all persons who are inter-
ested therein. He shall be the custodian of the official records
(other than the Treasurer's records) of the town and shall
perform such duties as the Mayor and Town Council may
assign to! him.

Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the person appointed
as Clerk to be the same person as is elected Treasurer.

SEC. 14. There may be appointed one or more town police-
men and/or special officers for said town, who shall be vested
with as full power and authority as a constable in criminal
and misdemeanor cases within the town limits including that
portion of the Indian Head Highway within the limits of the
town, and who shall perform such duties as may be required
of them by the Mayor and Town Council, and who shall pre-
serve the peace and good order of the town. They may make
arrests for the violation of the public general and public local