882 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

each ballot may be detached and removed separately. This section
shall apply to Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Dorchester, Kent,
Prince George's, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot and
Worcester counties.

See notes to sec. 58.

1904, art. 33, sec. 58. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 53.

60. The supervisors of elections shall provide for each election
precinct in the several counties and in the city of Baltimore two
packages, each containing one hundred ballots for every one hundred
or fraction of one hundred voters shown by the last preceding registra-
tion in said precinct, and shall cause each package to be sealed and
clearly marked on the outside of its wrapper with the name of the
precinct or polling place for which it is intended and the number of
ballots enclosed. One of said two packages shall be delivered to the
judges of elections with the ballot boxes, poll books, blanks and station-
ery, as provided in section 61 of this article, and the other package of
tickets, one for every precinct, shall be delivered by said board of
supervisors of elections a sufficient time before the election to the
sheriffs of their respective counties or to the board of police commis-
sioners of Baltimore city, as the case may be, and it shall be the duty
of the said sheriffs and board of police commissioners to have them on
the day of election within said polling places, respectively, in their
charge, or that of an officer designated by them, and to supply them
to any judges of election who shall then make requisition therefor in
writing, stating their first supply of ballots has been exhausted or
that for any cause the second set is needed. Said sheriffs and board
of police commissioners shall receipt for the same, and keep a record
of all such second sets of ballots so delivered by them to the judges of
election, and they shall, on the day after election, return all packages
not so delivered to their respective boards of supervisors of elections,
who shall cause them to be destroyed within ten days thereafter, unless
the destruction thereof be stayed by order of the court pending a contest.
The several boards of supervisors shall keep a record of the number of
all ballots printed for each polling place in their respective counties or
city, and shall preserve the same for at least six months after the
election for which it was made.

Ibid. sec. 59. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 54. 1901, ch. 2.

61. The supervisors of elections of Baltimore city shall deliver to
the board of police commissioners of Baltimore city, not more than
three days and not less than one day preceding the election, the two
registers of every precinct of said city, together with the cards of
instruction and ballot box therefor, the latter being locked, with the
key in the lock, and containing one of the sealed packages of ballots for
said precinct, the specimen ballots, the two poll books, and all blanks.
indelible pencils and stationery required for such election. And the
said board of police commissioners shall receipt therefor, and shall