AUSTIN L. CROTHERS, GOVERNOR, 17

be found on any envelope, shall be found not of the character
required by this article, or if any mark or device be found on
any envelope or peculiar folding by which, in the opinion of the
majority of the judges, the same may be identified so to
indicate who may have cast the same, the ballot so marked, or
the ballot contained in the envelope so marked or folded, or
improperly substituted, shall not be counted; and when more
than one ballot shall be found in an envelope neither of the
ballots therein shall be counted, nor shall a ballot be counted
when found in an envelope furnished for a different political
party than that for which the ballot was provided; and the
intention, so far as the same may be ascertained from each
ballot itself, shall, in the absence of any unlawful or fraudu-
lent mark or device thereon or enclosed therewith or on the
envelope containing the same, prevail; and in case any voter
putting his ballot in the envelope shall mutilate the envelope,
he may return the same and receive a new envelope in lieu
thereof under the same conditions and penalties as provided in
this article for new ballots at general elections; and in case a
lawful ballot contained in a proper envelope shall be mutilated
by any of the judges of elections in opening the envelope, the
ballot shall not be thrown out for that reason; and if an envel-
ope shall be deposited in the ballot box inadvertently without
being properly sealed and without being detected by the judge
receiving the same, or shall become unsealed in the ballot box,
a lawful ballot contained therein shall not be thrown out for that
reason; and if an envelope shall be deposited in the ballot
box inadvertently without being properly sealed and with-
out being detected by the judges receiving the same, or
shall become unsealed in the ballot box, a lawful ballot
contained therein shall not be thrown out for that rea-
son; and if the voter shall hand a ballot in an unsealed
envelope to the judge for depositing the same in the ballot box,
and the judge detects that the same is unsealed, the envelope,
with the ballot therein, shall be returned to the voter, who shall
be directed to return to the privacy of the booth and there seal
the envelope before again tendering it to the judge to be placed
in the ballot box. If in Baltimore City or in any county more
names are marked for any office than there are persons to be
voted for, such ballots shall not be counted for such, candidate
or delegates, or other persons to be voted for, as the case may be;
but the whole ballot shall not for that reason be rejected for
candidates for other offices or positions, if any, and a ballot
marked by any other than a black lead pencil shall not be
counted. No vote shall be counted in any such county for any