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results so announced with the counter dials of the machine, and any neces-
sary corrections shall then and there be made by the judges, after which the
doors or other cover of the voting machine shall be closed and locked and
the return sheet shall be signed by each of the judges of election. If any
judge shall decline to sign such return, he shall state his reason therefor
in writing, and a copy thereof, signed by himself, shall be enclosed with
such return. Each of the return sheets shall be enclosed in an envelope,
which shall then be secretly sealed with sealing wax, or other sealing ma-
terial, and each of the judges shall write his name across the fold of the
envelope. One of the triplicate return sheets shall be directed to the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, one to the Mayor of the City of
Baltimore, and one to the Register of Wills of Baltimore City, and the
general return sheet and statement shall be directed to the Board of Super-
visors of Elections of Baltimore City. The judges of election shall
promptly deliver the keys of the voting machine, inclosed in a sealed
envelope, to the officials authorized by law to receive the same, if the
construction of the voting machine shall permit their separate return. Said
envelope shall have indorsed thereon a certificate of the election officers,
stating the number of the machine, the precinct where it has been used,
the number on the seal, and the number on the protective counter or device
at the close of the polls.

(d) As soon as possible after the completion of the count, the Board of
Supervisors of Elections shall have the voting machine properly boxed or
securely covered and removed to a place of storage to be designated by said
Board.

1937, ch. 94, sec: 224Q.

276. The general return sheet, triplicate return sheets, and statement,
shall be printed to conform with the type of voting machine used. The
designating number and letter, if any, on the counter for each candidate
shall be printed thereon opposite the candidate's name. Immediately after
the vote has been ascertained, the statement thereof shall be posted on the
door of the polling-place. Thereupon, each of the judges shall take into his
possession one of the above mentioned return sheets, sealed up in its en-
velope as aforesaid, and the meeting of said judges shall then be dissolved.
Thereupon the said judges shall forthwith deliver the said return sheets
to the respective officers to whom they are addressed, as aforesaid, and
shall take receipts therefor.

1937, ch. 94, sec. 224R.

277. After each general or special election, the voting machine shall
remain locked against voting f or the thirty days next following such elec-
tion, and as much longer as may be necessary or advisable because of any
existing or threatened contest over the result of the election, with due
regard for the date of the next following election, except that it may be
opened and all the data and figures therein examined, upon the order
of any court of competent jurisdiction, or judge thereof, or by direction
of any legislative committee to investigate and report upon contested elec-
tions affected by the use of such machine, and such data and such figures
shall be examined by such court, judge or committee in the presence of the
officer having custody of such machine. A notice of contest shall be given
to the Supervisors of Elections, as provided in Section 184 of this Article