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REGISTRATION. [ART. — .

tody only in the manner herein prescribed and in the
manner allowed in relation to the records of their
respective offices, and in their presence or in the pres-
ence of their deputies, and they shall not alter, muti-
late or deface or suffer others to alter, mutilate or
deface the said lists of voters or books of registration
except as herein provided for, and said clerk and regis-
ter of wills, when notified by the sheriff that any one
or more of the lists of voters committed to his custody
are missing, proceed without delay to make or cause to
made a fair and accurate copy or copies of said list or
lists, and deliver the same to said sheriff at least twelve
hours before the opening of the polls at the election
next ensuing.

Ibid. s 19
Sheriffs to
receive copies

30. The sheriff of Baltimore city and the sheriff of
the several counties respectively shall receive and
safely keep said copies of lists of qualified voters,
delivered to him by the officers of registration, and
shall on the second day prior to each and every elec-
tion ascertain whether he has in his possession all the
copies of said lists committed to his custody, and if it
shall appear that any one or more of said lists are not
in his possession he shall without delay serve a written

Missing lists.

notification accurately describing the missing list on
the clerk of the court or the register of wills as he may
elect having in their custody copies of said lists of the
city or county of which he is the sheriff, that said list
or lists are not in the possession of said sheriff, and
said sheriff shall receive a copy of said missing list or
lists when tendered to him by said clerk or register of

Sheriff to de-
liver lists to
judges of elec-
tion.

wills, and said sheriff shall deliver or cause to be deli-
vered on the day of each and every election at the polls
at or before the time of opening said polls to the judges
of election thereat the copy of the list of qualified voters
pertaining to the election precinct or district over which
said judges are to preside.

Ibid, c 20
Judges to re-
turn list of elec-
tion, &c.

31. The judges of election shall receive from the
sheriff the list of qualified voters pertaining to their
respective precincts or districts, and preserve the same