374 CITY OF BALTIMORE. [ART. 4

o'clock P. M., and no longer. And the votes of the citizens
entitled by law to vote in any ward of the city of Baltimore,
shall be given and received only at the place of voting in the
precinct in which they shall reside at the time of such voting, or
in which they may have last resided previously to their removal
from the said ward, if they have eo removed and have not
acquired a legal residence elsewhere.

P. L L. (1860,) art. 4, sec. 216.

263. It shall be the duty of the judges of election in each of
the precincts hereinbefore provided for, so soon as any person
shall present himself to vote or offer to vote therein, to take from
him the ballot which he shall tender, before they shall examine
him or any other person touching his qualifications, and before
they shall determine in regard thereto; and the said judges in
each precinct, in addition to the ballot-box or boxes to be used,
for the reception of votes which, they shall receive as legal, shall
provide another box, wherein all ballots which they shall reject
shall be separately deposited by the said judges, each in a sealed
or closed envelope, with the name of the party offering the same
endorsed thereon; which said box shall be sealed up immediately
after the said election, and deposited with the board of police
aforesaid, until the end of twelve months next ensuing, when,
if the said ballots shall not have been or shall not be required for
the purpose of any election contest or judicial investigation (in
which cases they shall be produced and opened if necessary), they
shall be destroyed by the said board without being opened.

Ibid. sec. 217.

264. It shall be unlawful to keep open in the said city on any
election day any drinking establishment or bar-room, or any grog-
shop whatsoever, or to furnish any spirituous or fermented liquor
therein or therefrom; and any person who shall be guilty of
violating this section, or of retailing or dispensing any spirituous,
or fermented liquors on any election day in said city, shall, on con-
viction thereof, forfeit his license, if he shall have taken ont any,
and be disqualified from taking out any other license for the sale
of such liquors for the space of five years thereafter, and shall.
moreover, be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars, to be re-