112 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

therefor provided, and seal the same and deposit such envelope
so sealed in the ballot box in the presence of the voter and the
other judges of election, after a majority of the judges are
satisfied that he is qualified to vote at such primary election.
And the return judge of such election immediately upon the
deposit of any ballot in the ballot box, as herein provided, shall
with an indelible pencil make the letter "V" in the appropriate
column in said primary election registration book or list oppo-
site the name of the party casting such ballot, and simulta-
neously therewith the clerks of such election shall enter the
name of the person so voting in a poll book to be provided each
of them by the governing body of the party holding such elec-
tion.

SEC. 160H. As soon as the polls shall be closed the judges in
their several districts or precincts with the aid of the clerks
shall immediately and at the place of polling proceed to can-
vass the votes cast and the canvass shall not be adjourned until
it shall have been fully completed, and the ballot box shall
have been sealed as hereinafter provided, and upon the closing
of the polls each of the election clerks shall write his name in
the poll books immediately under the name of the last voter
recorded therein, the judge keeping the primary election reg-
ister shall write in ink, opposite to and against the name of
each person entered in the register or list of voters who is not
shown thereby to have voted and in the appropriate column
headed "Voted" the word "No" so that the column may be
wholly filled up, and the judges shall then compare the primary
election register with the poll books as kept by the clerks, and
make them agree, and ascertain the number of persons who, by
said primary election register and poll books, are shown to
have voted at that polling place on that day, and when they
have made such comparison and ascertained such facts, they
shall announce the same in a loud voice, and the judges shall
then open the ballot box, count the envelopes therein and in a
like manner announce the whole number of envelopes in the
box, and if any envelope shall be found not of the uniform
character supplied or if any mark or device be found on any
envelope, or on the ballot contained therein, by which in the
opinion of the majority of the judges, the same may be iden-
tified, so as to indicate who may have cast the same, the ballot
so marked or the ballot contained in the envelope so marked
shall not be counted, and when more than one ballot shall be
found in an envelope, neither of the ballots therein shall be
counted; and the intention, so far as the same may be ascer-
tained from each ballot itself, shall in the absence of any unlaw-
ful or fraudulent mark or device thereon or enclosed therewith