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time, and the sides of the box shall be of clear plate glass not less
than one-eighth of an inch in thickness. As soon as the polls are
opened, and immediately before any ballots are received by the
judges, they shall open every ballot box, used or to be used, and
permit all persons present to examine such ballot box and every
part thereof, so that they may be satisfied as to the structure
thereof and that said boxes are empty The boxes shall then be
locked and the key delivered to one of the judges, and shall not
be again opened until the closing of the polls; and until such
closing each box shall be kept constantly in sight of all persons
entitled to be present, and shall be so placed that the voter
offering his ballot and the judges and clerks and all persons
entitled to be present may conveniently see every ballot
deposited therein.

Voting,

P G L., (1860,) art. 35, sec 14. 1805, ch. 97, sec. 12. 1860, ch. 10, sec. 3.

1882, ch 262.

53. All elections shall commence at eight o'clock in the morn-
ing of the respective days of election, and shall continue without
adjournment, and shall be closed at six o'clock in the evening of
the same day, and no bailot shall be taken before the said hour
of eight o'clock in the morning, nor after the said hour of six
o'clock in the evening. This section not to apply to the city of
Baltimore.

Ibid. sec. 15 1805, ch 97, sec 12 1860, ch. 10, sec 3 1888, ch. 112.

54. Every voter shall deliver to the judges of elections in the
district or precinct in which he offers to vote, a ballot on which
shall be written or printed the name or names of the person or
persons voted for, and the purpose for which the vote is given,
plainly designated; and the ballot so delivered in and received by
the judges of election shall be deposited in the ballot-box until the
polls be closed. One accredited representative of each and every
political party whose candidates are voted for at each election, to
be designated in writing by such candidates, and in case of his
necessary absence a substitute, similarly selected, shall be entitled
to be admitted into and remain in the polling room from the open-
ing until the close of the election, and a refusal to admit any such
representative shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not
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