880 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Mar. 27

close of said polls, the judges of election shall count the bal-
lots 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 dis-
tinct 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 certificates
shall be by said judges sent forthwith to the Governor 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 or 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 territory
described in the first section of this Act which is embraced
within the boundaries of Anne Arundel county shall become
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 Circuit
Court for Anne Arundel county, of which oath or affirmation
a record shall be kept by said Clerk, that he will faithfully
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 con-
viction, 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 imprisonment 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 certificate above mentioned to the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Baltimore city and the other to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel
county and the watcher appointed for the party or persons