in like manner, all votes for other State officers on another sheet; all votes for presidential electors on another sheet; all votes for representatives in congress on another sheet; all votes for judges of courts on another sheet; all votes for the clerk of the court of appeals on another sheet; all votes for senators and delegates to the general assembly on another sheet; all votes for county or city officers on another sheet; all votes for any other officers on a separate and appropriate sheet; all votes for and against any proposition which may be submitted to a vote of the people on another sheet.

1896, ch. 202, sec. 76.

81. The said board of canvassers shall then transmit the said 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. In case of all elections of presidential electors, representatives in congress, senators and delegates to the general assembly and of other State officers except governor or State's attorney, the said clerk shall prepare three certified copies under his seal of office of the said statements and certificates. Within five days after the adjournment of the board of canvassers the said clerk shall deposit the said certified copies in the nearest postoffice, addressed respectively to the governor, to the secretary of State and to the treasurer. The statement of the votes for governor after being recorded shall be transmitted by the clerk to the secretary of State, as provided in the constitution. The said clerk shall make out and deliver to each person having the highest number of votes for the several county and city offices a certificate of election on his application. The said 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 shall cause a copy of such statement to be forthwith published in one or more of the newspapers printed in the county or in the city of Baltimore; provided, such official statement be so published without charge.

Ibid. sec. 77.

82. 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 to any city or county office or to any office voted for only within the territory of such city or county.

1896, ch. 202, sec. 78.

83. If upon proceeding to canvass the votes it shall clearly appear to the canvassing board for the city or county that in any statement produced to them certain matters are omitted which should have been inserted or that any mistakes which are merely clerical exist, they shall immediately issue a subpoena to the judges and clerks who made said return, and said judges and clerks shall forthwith attend and shall make such correction as the facts of the case require, but such changes shall not alter any decision before made by them, but shall only cause the canvass to be correctly stated. And the said board of canvassers are authorized to adjourn from day to day for the purpose of obtaining and receiving such corrected statements; such adjournment not to extend beyond three days.

Ibid. sec. 79.

84. Whenever it shall be made to appear by affidavit 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 said board to correct such errors or show cause why such corrections should not be made; and in event of the failure of said board to make such corrections, or show cause aforesaid, said court may compel said board by writ of mandamus to correct such errors, and if said board of canvassers shall have made its determination and dissolved, said court may compel 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 statements and certificates made under the order of court shall stand in lieu thereof, and shall in all cases have the same effect as if such corrected statements had been a part of the original statement required by law. The practice in said cases shall be as in mandamus proceedings, and the court shall determine the time for the speedy hearing thereof, in its discretion; and for the purpose of service of papers and other proceedings the board of canvassers, as organized and existing at the time of making the original can

vass, shall be deemed a continuing board. There shall be the same right of appeal as in other mandamus cases, but such appeal shall be taken within five days from the date of the decision complained of, and shall be heard and decided by the court of appeals as soon after the transmission of the record as possible, and the testimony taken in such cases shall be sent up to the court of appeals as part of the record.

1896, ch. 202, sec. 80.

85. The secretary of State, comptroller, treasurer, clerk of the court of appeals and attorney-general shall constitute the board of State canvassers, three of whom shall be a quorum. The secretary of State shall appoint the meeting of the said board, to be held at his office within thirty days after any State election; if a majority do not attend, those present shall adjourn until the next day, at which time they shall proceed, without further delay, to canvass the votes. The board, when thus formed, shall, from the certified copies of the statements made by the boards of city and county canvassers, proceed to make a statement of the whole number of votes given at such election for the several candidates for the offices named in said statements, and thereupon proceed to 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. If any one of the canvassers shall dissent from the decision of the board, he shall state at large, in writing, the reasons for such dissent. If any of the acts or proceedings of the board shall appear to any one of the canvassers to be illegal or irregular, such canvasser shall protest against the same, in writing, setting forth distinctly the grounds of his protest; the canvasser 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, and he shall also keep on file in his office the copies of the statements made by the board of city and county canvassers. The board shall have power to adjourn, from day to day, during a period not exceeding five days.

Ibid. sec. 81.

86. The secretary of State shall record in his office, in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, each certified statement and determination which shall be delivered to him by

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the board of State canvassers, and every dissent or protest which shall have been delivered to him by a canvasser. 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 statements and determinations to be published in one newspaper in the city of Annapolis and one in the city of Baltimore. In conformity with the statements and determinations made as aforesaid by the board of State canvassers, the governor shall issue commission to the different persons elected, as now provided by the constitution and laws of this State.

Offenses.

1896, ch. 202, sec. 82.

87. If at any general registration of voters or at any meeting of a board of registry held for such purpose or for revision thereof, as provided in this article, any person shall falsely personate a voter or other person, and register or attempt or offer to register in the name of such voter or other person, or if any person shall register or attempt to make application to register in or under the name of any other person, or in or under any false, assumed or fictitious name, or in or under any name not his own; or shall register in two election precincts; or, having registered in one precinct, shall attempt or offer to register in another; or shall fraudulently register or attempt or offer to register in any election precinct, not having a legal right to register therein; or shall knowingly or wilfully do any unlawful act to secure registration for himself or any other person, or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently, by false personation or otherwise, or by any unlawful means cause or procure or attempt to cause or procure, the name of any qualified voter in any election precinct to be erased or stricken, as in this article provided, from any registry of the voters of such precinct made in pursuance of this article or otherwise; or by force, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery, reward or offer or promise thereof, or other unlawful means prevent, hinder or delay any person having a lawful right to register or be registered from duly exercising such right; or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently compel or induce, or attempt or offer to compel or induce by such means or by any unlawful means, any officer of registration in any election precinct to register, or attempt to register any person not lawfully entitled to regis

tration in such precinct; or to register any false, assumed or fictitious name, or any name of any person, except as provided in this article; or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently interfere with, hinder or delay any officer of registration in the discharge of his duties; or counsel, advise or induce, or attempt to induce any such officer to refuse or neglect to comply with or perform his duties, or to violate any law prescribed for regulating the same; or shall aid, counsel, procure or advise any voter, person or officer of registration to do any act by law forbidden, or in this article constituting an offense, or to omit to do any act by law directed to be done, every such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in jail or in the penitentiary for not less than six months nor more than five years.

State v. Bixler, 62 Md. 354.

1896, ch. 202, sec. 83.

88. If at any election hereafter held in any city or county, any person shall falsely personate any voter or other person, and vote or attempt or offer to vote in or upon the name of such voter or other person or shall vote or attempt to vote in or upon the name of any other person, whether living or dead, or in or upon any false, assumed or fictitious name, or in or upon any name not his own, or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently vote more than once for any candidate for the same office, except as authorized by law; or shall vote or attempt to offer to vote in any election precinct without having a legal right to vote therein; or shall vote more than once, or vote in more than one election precinct; or having once voted shall vote or attempt to offer to vote again; or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently do any unlawful act to secure for himself or for any other person a right or opportunity to vote; or shall by force, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery or reward, or offer or promise thereof, or otherwise unlawfully, either directly or indirectly, influence or attempt to influence any voter in giving his vote; or prevent or hinder, or attempt to prevent or hinder any qualified voter from freely exercising the right of suffrage; or by any such means induce, or attempt to induce any such voter to exercise any such right; or shall by any such means or otherwise compel or induce or attempt to compel or induce any judge or clerk of election in any election precinct to receive the vote of any person not legally qualified or entitled to vote at the said election in such precinct; or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently interfere

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