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19:23-54.  Canvass of votes by municipal clerks;  certificates of election to county committeemen
    The municipal clerk shall forthwith canvass the statements of the district board as far as they relate to the election of members of the county committee of any political party, and shall issue a certificate of election to each person shown by the returns filed in the office of such municipal clerk to have  been so elected.

    No person whose name was printed on a primary ballot as a candidate for the  county committee shall receive a certificate of election as a member of any  other county committee.

    When a person whose name was not printed on a primary ballot as a candidate  for member of the county committee has been elected as a member of the county  committee of more than one political party, he shall file with the municipal  clerk within three days a statement certifying to which political party he  belongs, and a certificate of election shall be issued to such person as a  member of the county committee of the political party so certified.

    Any person elected as a member of the county committee of any political party whose name was not printed upon the primary ballot and to whom a certificate of election has been issued, shall before the organization of the county committee file with the secretary thereof a written statement certifying  that he is a member of such political party.

    The municipal clerk shall within eight days after the primary election certify to the county clerk and also to the county board two copies of the names and post-office addresses of the persons elected as members of the county  committee of the several political parties, together with the ward, district or  unit which they respectively represent.