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county council or the treasurer of the City of Baltimore, as the case
may be, as follows: (1) by years of sessions of the General Assembly
at which enacted, and for each such session, by chapter numbers

of the session laws of that session and (2) by years of meetings

of the local legislative body at which enacted and for each such
meeting by ordinance or other number of the laws or acts of that
meetings.

16-7.

(b)    The sets of instructions prepared by the Attorney General
shall be furnished by the [Secretary of State] State Administrative
Board of Election Laws to the several boards, who shall respectively
cause the same to be printed in large, clear type, on separate cards,
to be called "cards of instruction." Each board shall furnish three
of the proper sets of instructions for use in each polling place
for each election district or precinct.

17-5.

(a) On the second Tuesday after any election or, if the canvass
is completed after this time, within forty-eight hours after its com-
pletion, the board of canvassers shall transmit the statements made
by them, attested by the signature of their chairman and secretary,
to the clerk of the circuit court for the county or to the clerk of the
Superior Court of Baltimore City, as the case may be, who shall
enter the same of record. The clerks of the circuit courts for the
counties and the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City shall
send a copy of these statements to the [Secretary of State] State
Administrative Board of Election Laws.

(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] State Administrative Board of Election
Laws. Within five days after the adjournment of the board of can-
vassers 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] State Administrative Board of Election Laws.

(a) Whenever a proposed Constitution or constitutional amend-
ment or other question is to be submitted for popular approval to the

voters of the State or local subdivisions thereof, the [Secretary

of State] State Administrative Board of Election Laws shall certify

the same to the boards on or before the fourth Monday in the month

of July. Thereupon the board shall include the same in the publica-

tion provided for in Section 8-5 of this article. If questions of

local concern are to be submitted for approval to the vote of the
people of a county or municipality the same shall be certified to the
boards within said period by the county commissioners, county coun-
cils or treasurer of the City of Baltimore, as the case may be, and
shall be advertised as herein provided in the case of nominees for
county or city offices.