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used, and said surplus ballots in the counties shall be retained
by the Supervisors of Elections and in Baltimore City, shall
be delivered to the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City,
and it shall be the duty of said Supervisors of Elections and
the said Police Commissioner to have said surplus ballots on
the day of election in their charge, or that of an officer
designated by them, and to supply them to any judges of
elections who shall then make requisition therefor in writing,
stating their first supply of ballots has been exhausted or
that for any cause the additional ballots are needed. Said
Police Commissioner shall receipt for all surplus ballots de-
livered to him and keep a record of all such surplus ballots
delivered by him to the judges of election, and on the day
after election he shall return all ballots not so delivered to
the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City. Al)
surplus ballots shall be destroyed within ten days after the
day of election unless the destruction thereof be stayed by an
order of Court pending a contest. The several Boards of
Supervisors shall keep a record of the number of all ballots
printed in their respective counties or city, and shall preserve
the same for at least six months after the election for which it
was made.

67. The Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City shall
deliver to the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City, not
more than three days and not less than one day preceding the
election, the two registers or the binders containing the pre-
cinct cards of every precinct of said city, together with the
cards of instruction therefor, and the ballot box for each
precinct in which paper ballots shall be used, the latter
being locked, with the key in the lock, and containing the
package of ballots for said precinct, the specimen ballots,
and, before the elections of 1938 and 1939, the two poll
books for said precinct, and before the election of 1940 and
every subsequent election, the two poll books for the pre-
cincts in which paper ballots shall be used, the specimen ballot
labels for the precincts in which voting machines shall be
used, and all blanks, indelible pencils and stationery required
for such election. And the said Police Commissioner shall
receipt therefor, and shall deliver or cause the same to be
delivered to the judges of election of the respective precincts
at or before the opening of the polls on the day of election.
Said Boards of Supervisors shall keep a record of the time
when such deliveries are made by them and of the particulars
thereof. They shall also cause the voting machines for which
provision is made in Section 224-A of this Article, to be de-
livered at the polling places of the several precincts in which