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structed in said polling place so as to divide the space occupied by the
judges of election and other officials and persons permitted by law to be
within the same from the public; said guard rail shall have an entrance
and an exit therein, and shall also be so constructed and placed that only
persons who are inside said rail can approach within five feet of the
ballot boxes. The arrangement of such polling places shall be such that
neither the ballot boxes nor the voting booths or compartments shall be
hidden from view of those just outside of said guard rail. The number
of such compartments shall not be less than one for every one hundred
voters qualified to vote at such polling place, and not less than five in any
polling place in said city. No person other than voters engaged in pre-
paring or depositing their ballots, and the election officers shall be per-
mitted to be within said rail, unless by authority of the judges of elec-
tion, for the purpose of keeping order and enforcing the law. The bal-
lot box shall be within said rail, and not more than six feet therefrom.
The expense of providing such booths or compartments and guard rail
shall be a public charge, and the same, after the election is over, shall be
preserved by the Supervisors of Elections for subsequent use, and the
Supervisors of Elections for Frederick County may permit the booths
or compartments and guard rails prepared for election district number
two of said county to be used at the elections herein provided for.

1898, ch. 2, sec. 270BBB. 1918 Code, sec. 404.

379. As soon as the polls are opened, and immediately before any bal-
lots are received by the judges, they shall open every ballot box used or
to be used, and having taken therefrom the poll books, ballots and all the
blanks and stationery provided by the Supervisors of Election, they shall
permit all persons rightfully present to examine such ballot boxes and
every part thereof, so that they may he satisfied as to the structure there-
of, and that such ballot box is empty. The ballot box shall then be looked
and the key delivered to one of the judges, and shall not again be opened
until the closing of the polls; and until such closing each ballot box shall
be kept constantly in sight of all persons entitled to be present, and shall
be so placed that the voter offering his ballot and the judges and clerks
and all persons entitled to be present may conveniently see every ballot
deposited therein. The sealed package of ballots shall not be opened
until after the ballot box shall have been so examined, closed and locked
by the judges.

1898, ch. 2. 1904, ch. 329, sec. 270CCC. 1918 Code, sec. 405.

380. At every election each qualified voter shall be entitled to receive
one official ballot. The person applying therefor to the judge of election
holding the ballots shall give his name and residence, and the said judge
shall repeat the same in a loud and distinct voice, and if such name be
found upon the register by the judge having the custody thereof, he shall
repeat the said name, and the voter shall be allowed to enter the space
inclosed by the guard rail; and the judge holding the ballots, having first