In case said petition only specifies a part of the precincts in which the petitioner was voted for and if on completion of said review and recount of such specified precincts the result of the count of the judges of election in said county, municipality, district or other political division is thereby changed, then the opposing candidate thus affected may appeal within two days of the said determination, to said Supervisors of elections from the action and decision of the judges of election in counting the ballots in the remaining precincts of said county, municipality, ward, legislative district or other political division in which he was voted for and ask them to recount and recanvass said remaining precincts, which they shall immediately proceed to do, and in each such case the cost of the completion of said recount and recanvass shall be paid by the county or municipality, as the case may be.

Whenever such appeal from the determination and action of the judges of election is held as aforesaid and completed the said Supervisors shall correct the returns and certificate of any canvassing board which may have been made of said primary election and shall give to the person so found to be nominated as a candidate or selected as a delegate or member of a party committee or other position as the result of said recount a new certificate of nomination or election in conformity with the result of said recount and recanvass and shall certify the same to the proper authorities as said candidate's certificate of nomination or selection.

And the corrected certificate of nomination or selection given as aforesaid as the result of such recount shall superse e and stand in lieu of and in place of any certificate of nomination given by any canvassing board and shall have all the effect in law of the ordinary certificate given by any canvassing board under the provisions of the primary laws of this State which it will thus supersede to the extent of the territory covered by said review and recount.

And upon such petition and appeal as is herein provided for being filed before the completion of any canvass by the ordinary canvassing board of the State or of any county or municipality thereof such board shall adjourn over and their canvass shall be suspended until the appeal, review, recount and recanvass herein provided for shall have been completed, so that said board shall make their certificate conform to the action and finding and to the certificate given by said Supervisors of Elections so sitting as judges of election on appeal. Nothing in this section shall affect or prejudice any rights of any person to contest the result of any primary election or to institute proceedings to invalidate the same.

Chapter 741, Acts of 1910.

200. Nothing in this sub-title shall be taken or construed to repeal or modify the provisions of the existing law providing for and regulating the manner of making independent nominations for any office.

Chapter 249, Acts of 1910.

201. In the event of any vacancy occurring because of the death or resignation of any person nominated for any State or judicial office, or as a candidate for member of the Congress of the United States, under the provisions of the preceding sec tions of this Article, beginning with Section 178, such vacancy shall be filled by the State Central Committee, or governing body for the State, of the political party to which said nominee belongs; and in the event of any vacancy occurring because of the resignation or death of any person nominated for any office in any county of this State under the provisions of the aforesaid preceding section of this Article, such vacancy shall be filled by the State Central Committee, or governing body of the party to which said nominee belongs of the county in which any such vacancy occurs.

Sections 202 to 213, inclusive, embodying the former Senatorial Primary Election Law, were repealed by the Acts of 1914, Chapters 473 and 761.

Chapter 761, Acts of 1914.

214. All the provisions of all sections of Article 33 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Elections," sub-title "Primary Elections," for and relating to the nomination of candidates for State offices, that is to say, offices filled by the vote of all of the registered voters of the State of Maryland, are hereby extended and declared to be applicable to the nomination of candidates for the office of Senator from Maryland in the United States Senate, and all candidates of the several political parties subject to the provisions of said sections of this Article, for the office of Senator aforesaid shall be nominated in accordance with the provisions, and in all respects of said sections in same manner as candidates for State offices aforesaid are by said sections required to be nominated; and the Senators from Maryland in the Senate of the United States shall be elected by the people, that is to say, by the qualified voters of the State, and such election of said Senators shall be held, conducted, canvassed, returned, certified and established, in the same manner as the Comp

troller of the Treasury of the State is required to be elected, and as the election of the Comptroller is required to be held, conducted, canvassed, returned, certified and established by the provisions of said Article 33 and in all respects in accordance with said provisions; and in addition to the duties imposed upon the Board of State Canvassers by the provisions of said Article 33, they shall also forward said returns or a summary of the same, with a declaration or certificate of the result of such election under the Great Seal of the State of Maryland to the President of the Senate of the United States, and shall forthwith comply with the law or laws of the United States which may be enacted with respect to the transmission to the Senate of the United States or any officer or officers thereof of the returns or certificate of election or the credentials or commission of United States Senators elected by the people of the respective States; and provided further that the several elections of United States Senators from Maryland, except in cases of election for the purpose of filling any vacancy or vacancies in said office hereinafter provided for, shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in the year 1914, and on the same day and month in every sixth year thereafter, and also on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in the year 1916, and on the same day and month in every sixth year thereafter; and provided further that the places of voting for said United States Senators at such election shall be at the places of voting for members of the House of Representatives of the United States throughout the State, including all the Congressional Districts thereof; and in the event of a vacancy in said office of Senator aforesaid, howsoever said vacancy may arise, the Governor of the State shall make a temporary appointment of a Senator who shall serve until the people shall fill such vacancy by the nomination and election in the manner aforesaid; and it shall be the duty of the Governor of the State within ten days after such vacancy shall have been made or become known to him to issue a proclamation accompanied by a writ of election declaring and providing that at the next ensuing primary election held under the provisions of said Article 33, title "Elections," sub-title "Primary Elections," for the nomination of candidates for public office in Baltimore city and in the several counties of the State, candidates for said unexpired portion of the said term of said office of Senator in which such vacancy has occurred, shall be nominated in the manner aforesaid, and the election of Senator to fill such unexpired portion of said term shall take place, in the manner aforesaid, at the next ensuing general election for public officials held under said Article 33, title "Elections," in the counties of the State and Baltimore

city, whether said general election shall be the Congressional election or a General Election of members of the General Assembly; provided, that if the said next ensuing general election shall be for the members of the General Assembly then the places of voting in such Senatorial Election shall be at the places of voting for delegates of the General Assembly; provided, further, with respect to all elections of United States Senators both for full terms and to fill vacancies for unexpired portions of terms, every person qualified to vote for members of the House of Delegates shall be qualified and entitled to vote for United States Senators. And the said State Board of Canvassers shall meet within thirty days after every such Senatorial Election for the purpose of canvassing the votes therein cast, as now provided or as may hereafter be provided by Article 33 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Elections," sub-title "Canvassing Boards," for the canvass after every State election.

Chapter 761, Acts of 1914.

215. The provisions of the Corrupt Practices Act of Maryland, being Chapter 122 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1908 and the Acts amendatory and supplementary thereto, are hereby extended and declared to be and made applicable to all primary elections for the nomination of candidates for Senator of the United States, and to the election of such Senator, as hereinbefore provided for; and in the event that any candidate for the nomination for the office of Senator from Maryland in the Senate of the United States, or any political committee or treasurer or political agent acting for or on behalf of such candidate shall be found guilty of corrupt practice under Section 175 of Article 33 of the Code of Public General Laws, as said section was enacted by Chapter 228 of the Acts of 1912, the trial judge or judges, referred to in said section, shall file his or their finding, or, in case where a jury shall have been demanded the finding or verdict of such jury, with the Secretary of State together with the transcript of evidence as in said section provided, and the Secre tary of State shall submit the same, certified under the seal of the State to the President of the Senate of the United States.

VOTING MACHINE LAW

Chapter 513, Acts of 1914.

216. The Election Supervisors of Baltimore city and the Election Supervisors of the respective counties are hereby authorized and empowered to use voting machines in primary and general elections under such rules and regulations as said Election Supervisors may deem advisable or necessary. Any improper, illegal or fraudulent act on the part of election officials or voters, to be subject to the same fines and penalties as are now provided in the General Election Laws of this State so far as the same may be made to apply to elections when voting machines are used.

Chapter 513, Acts of 1914.

217. All elections held through the medium of voting machines shall have the same validity in law as elections held by means of paper ballots.

Chapter 513, Acts of 1914.

218. The Election Supervisors of Baltimore city and the Election Supervisors of the respective counties are hereby given the power and authority to determine what precincts in said city and what precincts in the respective counties shall be first equipped with voting machines, and said Election Supervisors are hereby authorized to purchase from time to time such machines as meet their approval and in such number as they deem advisable, payment for said machines to be made out of money appropriated for that purpose.