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rail shall be constructed 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 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 arrangements 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 city, and
not less than three in any polling place in any county. No person other
than voters engaged in preparing or depositing their ballots and the election
officers shall be permitted to be within said rail, unless by authority of the
judges of election, for the purpose of keeping order and enforcing the law.
The ballot box shall be within said rail and not more than six feet there-
from. 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.

Under the provisions of this section, not less than five voting machines authorized
by secs. 260-262 are required for each precinct. Cotton v. Supervisors, 164 Md. 2 (decided
prior to act of 1933, ch. 228).

An. Code, 1924, sec. 74. 1912, sec. 67. 1904, sec. 65. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 60.

109. As soon as the polls are opened and immediately before any ballots
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 elections, they shall permit
all persons rightfully present to examine such ballot-boxes, and every part
thereof, so that they may be satisfied as to the structure thereof, and that
such ballot-box is empty. The ballot-box shall then be locked and the key
delivered to one of the judges, and shall not again be opened until the clos-
ing of the polls; and until such closing each ballot-box shall be kept con-
stantly 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 75. 1912, sec. 68. 1904, sec. 66. 1896, ch. 202, sec, 61. 1901, ch. 2,

110. 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 registers by the judges having custody thereof, they shall repeat
the said name, and the voter shall be allowed to enter the space enclosed
by the guard-rail, and the judge holding the ballots, having first written in
ink the voter's name and number upon the coupon attached to one of them,
shall deliver said ballot to the voter after having likewise written in ink his
own name or initials upon the back thereof, and the two clerks of election
shall at the same time enter the name of the voter upon their poll books.
Upon receipt of his ballot the voter shall forthwith, and without leaving
the enclosed space, retire alone to one of the booths or compartments and
prepare his ballot by marking with an indelible pencil after the name of