ELECTIONS 1547

(h) In Primary Elections, the ballot-labels, containing the names of
candidates seeking nomination by a political party, shall be segregated
on the face of the machine in adjacent rows or columns by parties.

1937, ch. 94, sec. 224H.

267. (a) The Board of Supervisors of Elections shall cause the proper
ballot labels to be placed on each voting machine which is to be used in
any precinct of Baltimore City, and shall cause each machine to be placed
in proper order for voting; and said Board or its duly authorized agent
shall examine each machine before it is sent out to a polling place; shall
see that the proper ballot labels are properly arranged on each machine
and that each registering counter, except the protective counter, on each
machine is set at zero (000); shall lock each machine so that the counting
mechanism cannot be operated; and shall seal each.machine with a num-
bered seal. The said Board, or its duly authorized agent, shall adjust each
machine, to be used at a primary election, so that the election officers may
lock it on primary election day, in such a way that each voter can vote
only for the candidates seeking nomination by the political party with
which he is affiliated, if he is affiliated with a political party, and so that
no voter can vote for the candidates seeking nomination by any political
party with which he is not affiliated.

(b) The said Board of Supervisors of Elections shall appoint one cus-
todian of voting machines, and three deputy custodians, whose duty it shall
be to prepare the machines to be used in the city at the election to be held
therein. Such custodian shall, under the direction of the said Board, have
charge of and represent the said Board during the preparation of the vot-
ing machines as required by this act, and he and the deputy custodians,
whose duty it shall be to assist him in the discharge of his duties, shall
serve at the pleasure of the said Board. Each custodian shall take the
constitutional oath of office, which shall be filed with the said Board.

(c) On or before the thirtieth day preceding an election, the said
Board shall mail to the chairman of the city committee of each political
party, which shall be entitled under existing laws to participate in primary
elections within the city, a written notice, stating the times when and the
place or places where the machines for use in the several election precincts
in the city will be prepared for use. At such times and places, one repre-
sentative of each of such political parties, certified by the respective chair-
men of the city committees of such parties, shall be entitled to be present,
and to see that the machines are properly prepared and are placed in
proper condition and order for use.

(d) The custodian and deputy custodians of voting machines shall make
a certificate, in writing, which each shall sign, and request each representa-
tive of a party as aforesaid present at the preparation of the machine to
attest, and which shall be filed with the said Board of Supervisors of Elec-
tions, stating (1) the identifying number or other designation of the vot-
ing machine; (2) that each registering counter of the machine was set at
zero (000) ; (3) the number registered on the protective counter or other
device of the machine; and (4) the number on the seal with which the ma-
chine is sealed.

(e) No Supervisor of Elections, nor custodian, nbr other employee of
the Board of Supervisors of Elections, shall, in any way, prevent free ac-
cess to and examination of all voting machines, which are to be used at