J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                             1181

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved May 3, 1961.

CHAPTER 686

(House Bill 590)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 134 of
Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),
title "Elections", sub-title "Board of Canvassers", relating to the
place of meeting of the board of canvassers of Queen Anne's
County PRINCE GEORGE'S AND QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 134 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Elections", sub-title "Board of Canvassers",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

134.

The supervisors of elections shall constitute a board of canvassers
for their county or city, as the case may be. On the Thursday next
following every election between the hours of 10 o'clock A.M. and
1 o'clock in the afternoon, the board of canvassers for each county
shall meet at the usual place for holding the circuit court for the
county, and the board of canvassers for Baltimore City and Mont-
gomery [County], PRINCE GEORGE'S and Queen Anne's Counties
shall meet at the office of said supervisors of elections. Each board
shall elect a chairman and secretary from their number. Each mem-
ber of the board shall take an oath, which shall be administered and
and recorded by the clerk of the said court, to truly canvass, add up
and declare the votes as required by law. At their first meeting a
majority of the whole board shall be a quorum. If a majority shall not
attend on the Thursday aforesaid, the canvassers present shall adjourn
to the next day, when they shall meet again between the same hours.
The canvassers then attending, although less than a majority of the
whole number, shall organize themselves as a board, and shall perform
the duties required by law; and all questions arising in the course
of their proceedings shall be determined by a majority of the can-
vassers so attending. All the sessions, deliberations and proceedings
of the board shall be public, and the candidates and their counsel
shall have the right to attend and to inspect the original statements
and returns, and all other documents and records.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved May 3, 1961.

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.