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1892, ch. 55, sec. 161RR.

308. No person shall take or remove any ballot from the polling place
before the close of the polls; if any voter spoils a ballot he may successively
obtain others one at a time, not exceeding three in all upon returning each
spoiled one; the ballots thus returned shall be immediately canceled, and
together with those not distributed to the voters, shall be preserved, and
said undistributed ballots and those thus canceled shall be securely en-
veloped and wrapped, marked and sealed, and shall be delivered by the
return judges to the board of supervisors of election immediately after
the election, and they shall then be destroyed; it shall be the duty of
the ballot clerks to keep an accurate account of all ballots delivered by them
to voters, and they shall account for and deliver to the return judge all
the ballots not delivered to voters.

1892, ch. 55, sec. 161SS.

309. Any voter who is blind or who declares to the ballot clerks that
he cannot read, or that by reason of physical disability he is unable to
mark his ballot, may apply to two ballot clerks to assist him in the mark-
ing thereof.

1892, ch. 55, sec. 161TT.

310. If the voter marks more names than there are persons to be
elected to an office, or if for any reason it is impossible to determine the
voter's choice for any office to be filled, his ballot shall not be counted
for such office; no ballot without the official endorsement and the initials
of one of the ballot clerks, shall be allowed to be deposited in the ballot
box, or counted, except in the instances mentioned in section two hundred
and sixty-four of this article; ballots not counted shall be marked defect.ive
on the back thereof, and shall be preserved and disposed of in the same,
manner as the rejected ballots.

1892, ch. 55, sec. 161UU.

311. The necessary expense incurred in carrying out the provisions of
this article, shall be paid by the mayor and council of Hagerstown, and
the said mayor and council of Hagerstown are hereby authorized and em-
powered to levy in addition to the amount now authorized by law, such
taxes as may be necessary to meet the requirements and demands arising
out of the operation of this article, to be designated in the annual levy of
each year under the head of "Elections."

1892, ch. 55, sec. 161W.

312. A voter who shall except as herein otherwise provided, allow his
ballot to be seen by any person with an apparent intention of letting it be
known how he is about to vote, or place any distinguishing mark upon
his ballot, or any person who shall interfere with any voter when inside
said enclosed space, or when marking his ballot, or who shall endeavor to
induce any voter before voting to show how he marks or has marked his
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