896                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 392

The Board of State Canvassers shall thereupon determine and declare
what persons have been, by the greatest number of votes, elected
to such offices, and each of them; they shall make and subscribe on a
proper statement a certificate of such determination, and shall deliver
the same to the Secretary of State.

(d)    If any of the canvassers shall dissent from the decision of
the Board of State Canvassers, he shall state in writing, the reason
for such dissent. If any of the acts or proceedings of the Board of
State Canvassers shall appear to any one of the canvassers to be
irregular and illegal, such canvasser shall protest the same, in
writing, setting forth distinctly the grounds of his protest; the can-
vasser so dissenting or protesting shall deliver his dissent or protest,
signed with his proper name, to the Secretary of State, who shall
file the same in his office. He shall also keep on file in his office the
copies of the statements made by the board of city and county can-
vassers.

(e)    The Board of State Canvassers shall have power to adjourn,
from day to day, during a period not exceeding five days.

18-2. Commissions of election.

(a)    The Secretary of State shall record in his office, in a book
kept by him for that purpose, each certified statement and determina-
tion which shall be delivered to him by the Board of State Can-
vassers, and every dissent or protest which shall have been delivered
to him by a canvasser. He shall, without delay, transmit a copy
under seal of his office of such certified determination to each person
thereby declared to be elected, and a like copy to the Governor; and
he shall cause a copy of such certified statement and determina-
tions to be published in one newspaper in the City of Annapolis and
one in the City of Baltimore.

(b)    In conformity with the statements and determinations made
as aforesaid by the Board of State Canvassers, the Governor shall
issue commissions to the different persons elected, as now provided
by the Constitution and laws of this State.

(c)    In addition, the Secretary of State shall likewise without
delay transmit a copy under seal of his office of such certified deter-
mination and statement as to the election of a United States Sena-
tor to represent the State of Maryland in the Senate of the United
States to the Secretary and to the presiding officer respectively of
the United States Senate, to inform that body of the result of the
election for Senator; and such certificate shall be prima facie evi-
dence of the right of the candidate certified as receiving the high-
est number of votes to be seated. A similar certificate shall be trans-
mitted to the Secretary and to the presiding officer of the House of
Representatives to inform that body of the results of the elections
for members of the House of Representatives.

CONTESTED ELECTIONS
19-1. What elections to be decided by House of Delegates.

All contested elections for Comptroller of the treasury, judges,
clerks of the court, and registers of wills shall be decided by the
House of Delegates. Testimony shall be taken in such cases in the