218. Whenever the addition of the votes shows that more than one candidate received the same number of votes and that an additional vote to one of them would entitle him to be declared elected, the returning officer shall at once declare in writing that there is a tie and a recount shall then be made in accordance with section 221.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 247; 1968, c. 55, s. 86.