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in type as large as the space for such office will reasonably permit; there
shall be printed below the office title the words "Vote for One", "Vote for
Two", in accordance with the provisions of Section 99 of Article 33 or
such number as the voter is lawfully entitled to vote for out of the whole
number of candidates nominated for such office.

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

285. The Board of Supervisors of Elections of Montgomery County,
in the event voting machines are acquired by said Board as provided in
Section 283, are hereby instructed and directed to furnish one of such
voting machines for each four hundred registered voters in each of the
polling places in said Montgomery County excepting that in case of the
number of voters between the multiples of four hundred the Board of Super-
visors of Elections of Montgomery County may, in their judgment, fur-
nish an additional voting machine.

Secs. 260-263 and 283-285 referred to in construing Secs. 264-282. Norris v. Baltimore,
172 Md. 673.

1937, ch. 337, sec. 224E.

286. The Board of Supervisors of Elections of Montgomery County
shall have custody of all voting machines used or to be used in said county,
and on some day or days during a period not less than five (5) days nor
more than twenty (20) days before any election, the clerk of said Board,
or such assistant clerks as the said Board may deem necessary for the
purpose, shall, in the presence of at least two members of said Board hav-
ing opposite party affiliation, prepare the voting machines, including such
reserve number of machines as said Board deems necessary, for the en-
suing election by setting all counters at zero, placing the proper ballot labels
on the machines, locking the machines and removing the keys therefrom,
and sealing each of said machines with a numbered seal so placed that
the operating lever of each machine cannot be moved without destroying
said seal. In the event a member of said Board is unable to be present at
such inspection, the State Central Committee of the party with which
such member is affiliated shall designate in writing some voter of the same
party affiliation to attend such inspection as a substitute for such absent
member of the Board. After each voting machine has been inspected and
sealed as above, the said clerk or assistant clerk and the members of said
Board present, or their respective substitutes above provided for, shall
make and sign a certificate, in the presence of each other, which shall be
promptly filed in the office of the said Board of Supervisors of Elections,
setting forth (1) the identifying serial number or other designation of each
voting machine so inspected and prepared; (2) that each registering
counter or tabulator of such machine was set at zero (000); (3) the num-
ber appearing on the exposed counter which registers every consecutive
operation of the machine; (4) the number on the seal with which the ma-
chine has been sealed; (5) that the keys for each machine have been sealed
in separate envelopes identified by the serial number of the voting ma-
chine; (6) the date and place of the inspection and preparation of such
machine and that the proper ballot labels have been installed thereon. Each
machine thus sealed, shall remain locked and sealed until the time of
examination thereof immediately preceding the opening of the polls, as
hereinafter provided.