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...sealed the returns. Mr. McCrary, in American Law of Elections, pages 93 and У4, thus states the law : "The language of the statute to be construed must...to be essential to the validity of the election, or tbat its omission shall render, the election void, all courts whose duty it is to enforce such statute...

...of the statute tobe construed must beconsulted and followed. If the statute expressly declares nny particular act to be essential to the validity of...omission shall render the election void, all courts whoso duty it is to enforce such statute nitiMt so hold, whether the particular act in question goes...

...effect of invalidating the returns. In Carr v. Hyattsville, 115 Md. 549, 81 АЫ. 9, this court said : "If the statute expressly declares any particular...omission shall render the election void, all courts • • * must so hold. » * * But if, as In most cases, that statute simply provides that certain...

...poll, the contrary is the rule concerning such provisions as are mandatory. The rule is stated, that if the statute expressly declares any particular act...omission shall render the election void, all courts must ю hold, whether the particular act goes to the merits or affects the result of the election or...

...necessary to this end, and without which it cannot be attained, must be performed. Says Judge McCRARY : "If the statute expressly declares any particular...the validity of the election, or that its omission shrill render the election void, all courts whose duty it is to enforce such statute must so hold,...

...and School Districts, Dec. Dig. § 97.*] 3. ELECTIONS (| 227*) — STATUTES — COMPLIANCE. Where a statute expressly declares any particular act to be essential to the validity of an election, the act must be performed in the manner provided, or the election is void ; but where...

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...will not vitiate an election. • SAME. — Directory and Mandatory Provisions.— What are. — If a statute expressly declares any particular act to be essential to the validity of i>n election, or that its omission shall render the election void, the courts must so hold whether...

...last edition of his excellent work on the Law of Elections, section 190, states the rule as follows; " If the statute expressly declares any particular act to be essential to the validity of the election, orthat its omission shall render the election void, all courts whose duty it is to enforce such statute,...