EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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I94E. The said Board of Election Supervisors shall, at

least eight days before any election for Mayor and City Coun-

Fac-simile of
ballot to be

cilmen, publish a fac-simile of the ballot to be voted at all

advertised.

such elections in two newspapers published in said town,

if there be that number, or have the same printed as a hand

bill, circulated and posted, and shall have printed for all said

elections a number of ballots, in accordance with the provisions

of this Act, equal to twice the number of qualified voters

in said town, and also sample ballots of the size of the official

ballot shall be printed on card board and tacked up about

the polling place and in each of the booths or compartments

provided for voters before the voting begins. And the said

Board of Election Supervisors shall provide a glass ballot-

Glass ballot-

box to be used at all elections hereunder, and also provide

boxes and
other election

booths at the ratio of one for each one hundred registered

paraphernalia

voters or fractional part thereof, and so far as it is not in con-

flict with the provisions of this Act, Section 59 of Chapter 2

of the Acts of 1901 of the General Assembly of Maryland,

shall be applicable to all elections held hereunder. And the

expenses incident to all elections held under this Act shall be

paid by the Mayor and City Council of Laurel out of the

general fund of said town upon a statement to be rendered

by the said Board of Election Supervisors. And the said

judges of election and each of them shall have authority to

keep the peace and have the same power conferred upon

Powers of
election offi-

judges of election under Section 55 of Chapter 2 of the

cials.

Acts of 1901 aforesaid. And each clerk of election shall keep

a poll book containing a column headed "Number" and an-

other headed "Name of Voter." All entries therein shall

be made in ink, and the number and name of each person

to whom a ballot is given shall be entered on each of the poll

books by the clerk having charge thereof in regular suc-

cession under the proper heading, the number of each voter

being placed opposite his name in the column headed "Num-

System of vot-
ing.

ber," but if the vote of any person whose name has been

entered on poll books shall be afterwards rejected by the

judges, the clerks shall thereupon draw a line through his

name and number and continue said list, if there be any other

voters, as if the same had not been entered.

I94F. The voting at said elections for Mayor and City

Councilmen or upon any proposition submitted to the qualified

Hours of elec-

voters of said town as herein defined shall commence at

tion.

eight o'clock A.M. and continue until seven o'clock P.M., as

hereinbefore provided ; and after the inspection of the ballot-