878 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 27

at the close of said polls, the judges of election shall count the
ballots which have been cast and shall ascertain the number
of votes cast "For the City Extension" and the number of
votes cast "Against the City Extension; " and shall make out
under their hands, attested by the clerks, or one of them, three
distinct statements or certificates of the number of votes cast
"For the City Extension" and "Against the City Extension; "
one of which certificates shall be entered on each of the poll
books used in the said election and the other one of said cer-
ticificates shall be, by said judges, sent forthwith to the Gover-
nor of the State who shall ascertain the result of the votes
cast at the several polling places and make known the same by
proclamation; and if the Governor shall, by his proclamation,
declare that a majority of all the votes cast at the said elec-
tion were cast "For the City Extension, " then, from and after
the first day of January, 1917, all that portion of the terri-
tory described in the first section of this Act which is em-
braced within the boundaries of Baltimore county shall be-
come and be a part of Baltimore city. Each of the said
judges and clerks of election shall, before entering upon their
duties, make oath or affirmation before the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court for Baltimore county, of which oath or affirma-
tion a record shall be kept by said clerk, that he will faith-
fully conduct said election and protect it to the best of his
ability against all fraud and unfairness; any violation of
the terms of said oath shall be deemed a misdemeanor and
shall, on conviction, subject the offender to punishment by a
fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one
thousand dollars or to imprisonment for. not less than one
month nor more than six months, or to both fine and im-
prisonment, in the discretion of the court; the said judges
shall return the ballots to the Governor of the State and one
of the said poll books containing the certificates above men-
tioned to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore city
and the other to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore
county.

'And at such election the party or persons opposed to "City
Extension" and the party or persons in favor of "City Ex-
tension" shall each be entitled to have two watchers at each
of the polling places who shall be afforded an opportunity
of observing the casting and counting of the ballots and the
other proceedings at such election. The watchers appointed
for the party or persons opposed to "City Extension" shall
be designated by the County Commissioners of Baltimore
county and the watchers appointed for the party or persons