602                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                           [Ch. 91

amendments, to read as follows:

Article 33 — Election Code
17-3.

(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 on one sheet; in like manner, all votes
for other State officers shall be on another sheet; all
votes for presidential electors, on another sheet; all
votes for judges of courts, on another sheet; all votes
for Senators to the General Assembly, on another sheet;
all votes for Delegates 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. THREE [[DUPLICATE]] ORIGINALS
SHALL BE MADE OF EACH ABSTRACT OR STATEMENT; UPON EACH
[[DUPLICATE]] ORIGINAL, ALL NUMERALS OR WORDS
REPRESENTING A NUMBER OF VOTES CAST SHALL BE EITHER
PRINTED OR TYPED.

17-5.

(a) On the second Thursday after any primary or
general election or, if the canvass is completed after
this time, within forty—eight hours after its completion,
and as soon as possible after any special primary or
special election, the board of canvassers shall transmit
ONE OF EACH OF the statements made by them, attested by
the signature of their chairman and secretary, TO THE
GOVERNOR, TO THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION
LAWS AND 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 State
Administrative Board of Election Laws. ]

(c) [[In all elections the clerks of the circuit
courts in the counties and the Superior Court of
Baltimore City]] [shall][[, immediately upon receipt of
the statements from the board of canvassers, SHALL
CERTIFY EACH OF THE SAME AND transmit]] [certified copies
of] [[ONE OF EACH OF the statements and certificates to
EACH OF the Governor and the State Administrative Board
of Election Laws.]] Immediately after the adjournment of
the board of canvassers, the SECRETARY OF THE BOARD