ART. 33] BALLOT-BOXES. 893

senting the opposite political party, shall receive and hold the key-
thereof, and the package of unused ballots sealed up by said judges,
as required by section 71; each of the two judges who do not have
charge of the ballot-box or key, shall take into his possession one of the
registers and also one of the statements of the votes cast, sealed up in its
envelope as aforesaid, and each of the clerks shall take one of the
tally-sheets sealed up in an envelope as aforesaid, and the meeting of
said judges and clerks shall then be dissolved. Before 12 o'clock noon
of the day after such election in Baltimore city, the judge having posses-
sion of the ballot-box shall deliver the same, with the contents aforesaid,
to the board of supervisors of elections with the seal unbroken, and
shall take a receipt therefor, and within the same period of time the
judges having possession of the key, the package of unused ballots and
of the registers shall deliver the same to the said board of supervisors
and take a receipt therefor; and the two judges and clerks of elections
in the city of Baltimore having possession of the statements and tallies
shall within the same time deliver them to the respective officers to whom
they are addressed, as aforesaid, and when so delivered, each of said
judges and clerks shall take a receipt therefor. No judge or clerk shall
receive pay for his services unless he produces the receipt herein pro-
vided for. The officers to whom the statements and tallies are so
delivered shall securely keep the same with the seals unbroken. In the
counties, after the proceedings set forth in the preceding section in each
precinct, one of the judges, who is also an officer of registration, who
shall be designated beforehand by the supervisor of election, shall take
charge of the ballot-box and its contents so enclosed, and the other judge
who is also an officer of registration, shall receive and hold the key
thereof, and the package of unused ballots sealed up by said judges
each of said two judges shall take into his possession one of the registers,
and also one of the statements of the votes cast, sealed up in its envelope
as aforesaid, and also one of the tally sheets, sealed up in an envelope
as aforesaid, and the meeting of the judges and clerks shall then be
dissolved; before 12 o'clock noon of the second day after said election,
the two judges so having custody thereof shall deliver said ballot-boxes,
keys, packages of unused ballots, registers, statements of votes cast and
tally sheets to the proper officers in their respective counties, as herein-
before prescribed for the city of Baltimore, and shall take similar
receipts for the same. It shall be the duty of the supervisors of elections
in the several counties and in said city to attend at their respective
offices on the days named for the purpose of carrying out the provisions
of this section.

1904, art. 33, sec. 76. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 71. 1906, ch. 544, sec. 76.

78. The board of supervisors of elections, upon receiving a ballot-box

and the key thereof, shall note the condition of the seal or stamp on each

box, and make an entry of the facts touching the same in a book to be

kept by them, together with the name of the officer who delivered the