892                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 392

in the afternoon, the board of canvassers for each county and for the
City of Baltimore shall meet at the usual place for holding the cir-
cuit court of the county or at the office of the board. Each board of
canvassers shall elect a chairman and secretary from their number.
Each member of the board of canvassers shall take an oath, which
shall be administered and recorded by the clerk of the court, to
truly canvass, add up and declare the votes as required by law. At
their first meeting a majority of the whole board of canvassers
shall be a quorum. If a majority shall not attend as aforesaid,
the canvassers present shall adjourn to the next day, when they
shall meet again between the same hours. The canvassers shall per-
form the duties required by law; and all questions arising in the
course of their proceedings shall be determined by a majority of
the canvassers. All the sessions, deliberations and proceedings of
the board of canvassers shall be public, and the candidates and their
counsel shall have the right to attend and inspect the original
statements and returns, and all other documents and records.

(b) In the event any member of the board is not present at the
time fixed in subsection (a) hereof for conducting the canvass, any
substitute member of the board may be sworn in as a member of
the Board of Canvassers, provided that at all times at least one
member of the Board of Canvassers shall be a member of the same
political party as the minority member of the board.

17-3. Statements of votes cast.

(a)    The board of canvassers, upon being duly organized, shall
open all the original statements of votes cast, general returns, tally
sheets delivered or transmitted to them, and shall canvass and add up
the votes and make abstracts or statements thereof in the following
manner, as the case may require: All votes for Governor shall be
written out in words at length on one sheet; in like manner, all
votes for other State officers shall be written out on another sheet;
all votes or presidential electors, on another sheet; all votes for
judges of courts, on another sheet; all votes for Senators and Dele-
gates to the General Assembly, on another sheet; and all votes for
any other officer, on a separate and appropriate sheet; all votes for
or against any proposition which may be submitted to a vote of the
people, on another sheet.

(b)    If, upon proceeding to canvass the votes, it shall clearly
appear to the canvassing board for the city or county that in any
statement or tally sheet produced to them, certain matters are
omitted which should have been inserted, or that any mistakes exist,
they shall immediately issue a subpoena to the election officials who
prepared and certified the returns. These persons shall forthwith
attend and shall make such corrections as the facts in the case
require; such changes shall not alter any decision previously duly
made by them, but shall cause the canvass to be correctly stated.

17-4. Verification of voting machines.

(a) Within ten days after each election, each board as a part of
its canvass shall verify the votes cast on the voting machines. In
the case of voting machines which have not provided a printed or
photographic record of the numbers registered on the counters by
voting, the board shall make a record of the number of the seal