192 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4.

213*. Each of the said judges and clerks, as soon as may be
after his appointment, and before proceeding to act at any elec-
tion, shall take the general oath prescribed by the fourth section
of the first article of the Constitution, and also the oath pre-
scribed by the thirty-fifth article of the code of general laws,
for judges and clerks, respectively, and shall likewise make oath
well and faithfully to discharge the duties by this article imposed
on him or which may be assigned to him during his official term
by law; the said oaths to be administered by the Board of Police
aforesaid, signed by the parties making the same, and recorded
among the proceedings of said board, or in case of exigency,
to be administered by any justice of the peace, who shall certify
the same to the said board, with the signature of the party
attached, which certificate shall be recorded as aforesaid.

214*. On the morning of each day of election in said city, and
on the day preceding, if practicable, the judges of each precinct
shall give public notice by advertisement in all the daily papers
of the said city, the proprietors whereof shall be willing for
reasonable compensation to insert the same, of the places at
which the polls shall be held in their respective precincts.

215*. At every election to be held in the city of Baltimore, the
polls shall be open for the reception of votes from eight o'clock
A.M. until five o'clock P.M., and no longer.

216*. It shall be the duty of the judges of election in each of
the precincts hereinbefore provided for, so soon as any person
shall present himself to vote or offer to vote therein, to take
from him the ballot which he shall tender, before they shall
examine him or any other person touching his qualifications,
and before they shall determine in regard thereto; and the said
judges in each precinct, in addition to the ballot box or boxes
to be used for the reception of votes, which they shall receive
as legal, shall provide another box, wherein all ballots which
they shall reject shall be separately deposited by the said
judges, each in a sealed or closed envelope, with the name of
the party offering the same endorsed thereon; which said box
shall be sealed up immediately after the said election, and
deposited with the Board of Police aforesaid, until the end of
twelve months next ensuing, when, if the said ballots shall not
have been or shall not be required for the purposes of any elec-
tion contest or judicial investigation, (in which cases they shall