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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

he has in his possession all the copies of said
lists committed to his custody, and if it shall
appear that one or more of said lists are not in his
possession, he shall without delay serve a written
notification, accurately describing the missing list,
on the clerk of the court, 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; and said

Sheriffs shall
deliver lists
to Judges of
Election.

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 district over which said Judges are to preside.

Judges of
election shall
receive and
preserve lists.

Sec. 20. The Judges of Election shall receive
from the Sheriff the lists 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
shall he satisfied the person so offering to vote is
the person named on said list, 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 qualified voters, and
of every person who presents to said Judges a cer-
tificate of registration, as provided in this Article.

Compensation

Sec. 21. Said Officers of Registration shall re-
ceive four dollars per day for each clay necessarily
employed in the discharge of the duties imposed
on them by this Article; said Clerks of Courts of
Baltimore City shall receive one cent for every ten
words or figures, and pro rata for recording lists
of qualified voters, and for making certified copies
of said lists; the clerks of courts in the several
counties and the city of Baltimore shall receive
twenty-five cents for every certificate of registra-
tion issued by them under the seal of their respec-