894                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 392

except as to those write-in candidates whose votes shall amount
to at least one per centum of the total vote cast for the office for
which such person is a candidate or unless the total number of votes
cast for such write-in candidate shall constitute a plurality of all
votes cast for candidates for such office, in which event a statement
of returns shall be transmitted by said board of canvassers.

(c)    In all elections the clerks of the circuit courts in the counties
and the Superior Court in Baltimore City shall within five days upon
receipt of the statements from the board of canvassers transmit
certified copies of the statements and certificates to the Governor
and the Secretary of State. Within five days after the adjournment
of the board of canvassers the said clerk shall deposit the said
certified copies in the nearest post office, addressed respectively
to the Governor and to the Secretary of State.

(d)    When the election reports required by law have been duly
filed, the clerk of the court shall issue and deliver to each person
having the highest number of votes for the several county and city
offices a certificate of election.

(e)    The canvassing board shall also make a statement of the
whole number of votes given in each precinct and county or city,
with the names of the candidates and the number of votes given for
each in tabular form, and, if the same can be done without charge,
shall cause a copy of such statement to be forthwith published in one
or more of the newspapers printed in the counties or in the City of
Baltimore.

17-6. Declaration of election.

In the canvass of votes by the canvassing board for the city or
county herein provided, said board shall, unless otherwise provided
in the Constitution of this State, declare who is elected or nomi-
nated, as the case may be, to or for any city or county office or to or
for any office voted for only within the territory of such city or
county.

17-7. Errors of board of canvassers.

(a) Whenever it shall be made to appear by affidavit filed within
the time period stated in Sec. 13-1 of this Article that errors have
occurred in the determination of the board of canvassers of any
county or city in the State, the circuit court of the county or the
Superior Court of Baltimore City may by order require the board
of canvassers to correct such errors or show cause why such correc-
tions should not be made; and in the event of the failure of the
board of canvassers to make such corrections, or show cause as
aforesaid, said court may compel the board of canvassers by writ of
mandamus to correct such errors, and if the board of canvassers
shall have made its determination and dissolved, the court may com-
pel it to convene for the purpose of making such corrections. For
the purpose of making such corrections as the court shall order, the
meeting of the board of canvassers shall be deemed a continuation
of its regular session, and the statements and certificates shall be
made and filed as the court shall direct, and so far as the same
shall vary from the original statements and certificates, the state-
ments and certificates made under the order of court shall stand in
lieu thereof, and shall in all cases have the same effect as if corrected
statements had been a part of the original statement required by law.