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such machines are to be used at least one hour before the time
set for opening the polls.

The Supervisors of Elections of the several counties shall,
not more than three days prior to every election and not less
than one, make up into sealed packages for each precinct the
two registers for said precinct, together with the cards of
instruction and the key of the ballot box for each precinct
in which paper ballots shall be used, having first placed in
the ballot box the ballots for said precinct, the specimen bal-
lots, the two poll books, and all blanks, indelible pencils and
stationery required for such elections, and shall deliver or
cause the same to be delivered to the judges of elections of
the respective precincts at or before the end of the day pre-
ceding the day of election.

Said Boards of Supervisors of Elections of the several coun-
ties shall retain said surplus ballots equal to 25% of the total
number of voters as shown by the registry books of any county
as aforesaid in their care, or that of an official designated by
them who shall supply them to any judge of election who shall
make requisition therefor in writing, stating their first supply
of ballots has been exhausted or that for any cause additional
ballots are needed, the Board of Supervisors of Elections of
the several counties shall, in like manner, keep a record of the
time when such deliveries are made by them and of the par-
ticulars thereof. Said several Boards of Supervisors are
hereby respectively authorized and directed to make adequate
provision for the performance of the duty imposed upon them
by this section, and the County Commissioners of the several
counties and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City
shall pay the expenses incurred in the performance thereof.
Should said Board of Supervisors fail or neglect to make the
delivery by the time prescribed by this section, it shall be the
duty of the judge, designated beforehand by the Supervisors,
to take charge of the ballot box, as provided in Section 85 of
this Article, or of the judges of election of any precinct of
Baltimore City in which voting machines shall be used, to
immediately send to the Supervisors therefor, and to obtain
the same as soon as practicable, in order that the election may
be duly held, the cost hereby incurred to be paid by the County
Commissioners or the Mayor and City Council as the case
may be as a part of the election expenses. For failure or
neglect on the part of the Supervisors of Elections, the Police
Commissioner or any person employed by them respectively
in the discharge of the duties required of them by this section,
or said judges, or any person employed by them to perform
the duties imposed upon them respectively by this section,
they shall respectively be subject to indictment for a misde-