434 ARTICLE 33.

list of names in the new books so transcribed, and such said certification
shall be attested by the clerk of the respective Boards of Supervisors. The
law with respect to notice of the location of polling places shall apply to
those established under the provisions of this section. It shall be the
duty of the Boards of Supervisors to locate the polling places in any one
precinct as close together as possible, so as to minimize any inconvenience
to voters. Provided, that the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Mont-
gomery County may, in its discretion, so divide the list of voters at any
polling place in any election district or in any precinct in any election
district in Montgomery County in such manner that each set of books shall
contain approximately the same number of names of voters thereon and
toward that end may adopt any division of the first letters of the surnames
of such voters which the said Board of Supervisors of Election of Mont-
gomery County may deem necessary.

1927, ch. 228.

138A. ¹ The Board of Supervisors of Election of Wicomico County
shall have power whenever more than 600 persons are registered in any
one election precinct, or in any election district which may not be divided
into election precincts, to provide, in their discretion, one or two, but not
more than three additional polling places in each such election precinct or
district, and whenever the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Wicomico
County shall designate an additional polling place or places in any election
precinct, they shall appoint judges and clerks of election therefor as in this
Article provided, who shall have all the powers, perform all the duties, be
subject to all the responsibilities and be liable to all the penalties prescribed
in this Article for judges and clerks of election. Whenever in Wicomico
County an additional polling place or places are provided for any such
election precinct, or election district, it shall be the duty of the Board of
Supervisors of Election of Wicomico County to cause an additional set or
sets of books to be prepared, containing the names of registered voters,
transcribed from the original books. Said sets of books shall contain the
names of voters with such division and classification of the first letters of
the surnames of voters, among the several sets of books, as shall in the dis-
cretion of the Board of Supervisors of Wicomico County most expeditiously
and evenly divide the total number of voters for such election precinct or
election district among the polling places provided therefor. One set of
books shall be used in each of the polling places designated as provided for
in this section. All the members of the Board of Supervisors of Elections;
of Wicomico County shall sign their names to the books which contain the
names copied from the original books for such polling places, in the hands
of said Supervisors and shall duly certify that said sets of books, so copied,
contain all the names of the persons entitled to vote in such election pre-
cinct or district, such said certificate shall appear on the blank line next
following the last name in each letter of the alphabetical list of names in
the new books so transcribed, and such said certification shall be attested

¹ Ch. 228 of the acts of 1927 has no enacting clause.