580 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

ties of the State, upon the opening of the ballot boxes by the judges,
they shall count and announce the whole number of envelopes, repre-
senting the whole number of ballots, in the ballot boxes for the several
parties in similar manner to that provided by this article for official
ballots at general elections, and, in counting the ballots, the judges
shall carefully examine the ballots and the envelopes containing the
same, and if any envelope shall be found not of the character required
by this article, or if any mark or device 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 substi-
tuted, 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 fraudulent 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 pro-
vided 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 envelope 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 un-
sealed 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 without
being detected by the judges receiving the same, or shall become un-
sealed in the ballot box, a lawful ballot contained therein shall not be
thrown out for that reason; 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 person, after whose