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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Registration, and shall on the second day prior to
each and every election ascertain whether he has
in his possession all the copies of said lists com-
mitted to his custody, and if it shall appear that
any one or more of said lists are not in his posses-
sion he shall without delay serve a written notifi-
cation accurately describing the missing listen the
Clerk of the Court or the Register of the Wills as
he may elect having in their custody copies of said
lists of the city or county of which he is the Sheriff,
that said list or lists are not in the possession of
said Sheriff, and said Sheriff shall receive a copy
of said missing list or lists when tendered to him
by said Clerk or Register of Wills, and said Sheriff
shall deliver or cause to be delivered on the day of
each and every election at the polls at or before
the time of opening said polls to the judges of
election thereat the copy of the list of qualified
voters pertaining to the election precinct or dis-
trict over which said judges are to preside.

Return lists.

Sec. 20. The judges of election shall receive
from the Sheriff the list of qualified voters per-
taining to their respective precincts or districts,
and preserve the same without alteration, mutila-
tion or defacement whilst in their possession, and
shall within three days after the close of the polls
return to said Sheriff the said list of qualified
voters ; and the said judges of election shall not
receive or deposit in the ballot box the ballot of
any person offering to vote until they shall have
found his name on the list of qualified voters and
have checked it thereon except such persons as
shall present a certificate of registration as herein
provided, and they shall receive and deposit in
the ballot box the ballot of every person offering
to vote whose name appears on said list of quali-
fied voters, and of every person who presents- to
said judges a certificate of registration as provided
in this Article.

Per diem.

Sec. 21. Said officers of registration shall receive
four dollars per day for each day necessarily em-
ployed in the discharge of the duties imposed on
them by this Article ; said Clerks of Courts and
Register of Wills of Baltimore city shall receive
one cent for every ten words or figures, and pro
rata for recording lists of qualified voters and for