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sion a key to a voting machine to be used or being used in an election,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
sentenced to undergo imprisonment for not more than one year, or to pay
a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both, in the dis-
cretion of the court.

1937, ch. 94, sec. 224V.

281. Except as modified by the provisions of this sub-title, the general
laws regulating general, municipal, primary, special, and other elections
shall apply to all such elections held in the City of Baltimore.

1937, ch. 94, sec. 224W.

282. If any of the provisions of this sub-title shall be judicially de-
clared to be invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions thereof
shall not be thereby affected, but shall remain in full force and effect.

Secs. 262-282 held valid and not to be an unreasonable classification or unlawful,
discrimination; not special or local law. Norris v. Baltimore, 172 Md. 667.

Montgomery County.
1935, ch. 532, sec. 224B. 1937, ch. 337, sec. 224B.

283. The Board of Supervisors of Elections of Montgomery County,
with the approval of the Board of County Commissioners of said county,
are authorized and empowered to purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise acquire
such number of voting machines as may be required to equip with voting
machines all of the polling places in Montgomery County, such voting
machines to be acquired in such manner and on such terms as may be
agreed upon by and between the Board of Supervisors of Elections of
Montgomery County and the County Commissioners of said county.

1935, ch. 532, sec. 224C. 1937, ch. 337, sec. 224C.

284. The form and arrangement of ballot labels to be used on said
voting machines in all of the polling places in Montgomery County shall
be in accordance with Section 99, or as may herein or be hereafter
prescribed by law, except that the titles of offices shall be arranged
horizontally or vertically, and the names of the candidates of each
party or principle shall be arranged under or opposite the proper
title, in a horizontal or vertical row for each party or principle;
and except that said ballot labels shall be printed in black ink on clear white
material of such size and arrangement as to suit the construction of such
voting machines and further that the designation of the party or principle
which each candidate represents shall appear just above the name of each
such candidate and provided further that the ballot labels shall be so ar-
ranged that exact uniformity, so far as practicable, will prevail as to size
and face of printing of all candidates' names and party designations. The
ballot labels for questions, including Constitutional Amendments, Refer-
enda and other propositions shall be placed on the machine in the space
provided for that purpose and may contain a condensed statement of each
proposition to be voted on, accompanied by the words "Yes" and "No."
The word "Yes" shall be interpreted as meaning a vote for a constitutional
amendment or statute referred, or other proposition, and the word "No"
as a vote against a constitutional amendment or statute referred, or other
proposition. The titles of the offices on the ballot labels shall be printed