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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

and books, and said clerks shall permit examination

of the same in their presence, or in the presence of

their deputies and not otherwise; and thej shall not

alter, mutilate or deface, or suffer others to alter,

mutilate or deface the said lists of voters, or books

of registration; and said clerks, when notified by

the sheriff that any one or more of the lists of voters

Proceed with-

committed to his custody are missing, shall proceed

out delay.

without delay to make, or cause to be made, a fair

and accurate copy or copies of said list or lists, and

deliver the same to said sheriff, at least twelve hours

before the opening of the polls, at the election next

Proviso.

ensuing; provided, that in the counties the copy or

copies of said lists shall be delivered to the sheriffs

of the several counties at least forty-eight hours be-

fore the opening of the polls at the election next

ensuing.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That the Sheriff of Bal-

timore city, and the sheriffs of the several counties,

Receive and

respectively, shall receive and safely keep said copies

safely keep.

ot'lists of qualified voters delivered to them by the said

Officers of Registration, and each sheriff shall, on

the second day prior to each and every election as-

certain whether 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 noti-

written notification, accurately describing the miss-

fication.

ing list on the clerk of the court, that said list or lists

are not in the possession of the said sheriff, and said

sheriff shall receive a copy of said missing list or

lists when tendered to him by said clerk, and said

sheriff shall deliver or cause to be delivered on the

day of each and every election at the polls, at or be-

fore 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.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the judges of elec-

Shall receive.

tion shall receive from the sheriff the lists of qualified

voters pertaining to their respective precincts or dis-

tricts and preserve the same without alteration, mu-

tilation or defacement whilst in their possession, and

shall, within two days after the close of the polls