JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 791

office as other papers are filed ; and said clerks shall	Shall receive.
receive and preserve the books of registration ; and
said clerks in the City of Baltimore shall record said
lists, and said clerks shall permit examination of the
list of voters and books of registration in their cus-
tody, and in their presence, or in the presence of
their deputies ; and they shall not alter, mutilate or
deface, or suffer others to alter, mutilate or deface,	Shall not alter,
the said lists of voters or books of registration, ex-	mutilate or de- face.
cept as herein provided for ; and said clerks, when
notified by the sheriff that any one or more of the
lists of voters committed to his custody are miss-
ing, shall proceed without delay to make, or cause to
be made, a fair and accurate copy or copies of said
list or lists, and deliver the same to said sheriff at
least twelve hours before the opening of the polls at
the election next ensuing.
SEC. 22. The Sheriff of Baltimore city, and the	Shall receive
sheriffs of the several counties, respectively, shall re-	and safely keep
ceive and safely keep said copies of lists of qualified
voters, delivered to him by the officers of registra-
tion ; and shall, on the second day prior to each and
every election, ascertain whether he has in his pos-
session all the copies of said lists committed to his
custody; and if it shall appear that one or more of
said lists are not in his possession, he shall, without
delay, serve a written notification, accurately de-
scribing the missing list, on the clerk of the court,	Missing list.
that said list or lists are not in- the possession of the
said sheriff; and said sheriff shall receive a copy of
said missing list or lists when tendered to him by
said clerk; and said sheriff shall deliver, or cause to
be delivered, on the day of each and every election,
including the election for Mayor and members of the
City Council of Baltimore city, at the polls, at or be-
fore the time of opening said polls, to the judges of
election thereat, the copy of the list of qualified vo-
ters pertaining to the election precinct or district
over which said judges are to preside.
SEC. 23. The judges of election shall receive from
the sheriff, the lists of qualified voters pertaining to	Preserve the
their respective precincts or districts, and preserve	same.
the same without alteration, mutilation or deface-
ment, whilst in their possession, and shall, within
three days after the close of the polls, return to said