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with the ballot-boxes, poll-books, blanks and stationery, as pro-
rided in section 54 of this article, and the other package of
tickets, one for every precinct, shall be delivered by said board
of supervisors. of elections, a sufficient time before the election,
to the sheriffs of their respective counties or to the board of
police commissioners of Baltimore city, as the case may be, and
it shall be the duty of the said sheriffs and board of police com-
missioners to have them on the day of election within said poll-
ing places, respectively, in their charge, or that of an officer
designated by them, and to supply them to any judges of elec-
tion, who shall then make requisition therefor in writing, stating
their first supply of ballots has been exhausted or that for any
cause the second set is needed. Said sheriffs and board of police
commissioners shall receipt for the same, and keep a record of
all such second sets of ballots so delivered by them to the judges
of election, and they shall, on the day after the election, return
all packages not so delivered to their respective boards of super-
visors of elections, who shall cause them to be destroyed within
ten days thereafter, unless the destruction thereof be stayed by
order of court pending a contest. The several boards of super-
visors shall keep a record of the number of all ballots printed
for each polling place in their respective counties or city, and
shall preserve the same for at least six months after the election
for which it was made.

Elections.

1896, ch. 202.

54. The supervisors of elections of Baltimore city shall, not
more than three days and not less than one day preceding the
election, deliver to the board of police commissioners of the
city of Baltimore, the two registers of every precinct of said
city, together with the cards of instruction and ballot box
therefor, the latter being locked, with the key in the lock, and
containing one of the sealed packages of ballots for said pre*
cinct, the specimen ballots, the two poll-books and all blanks,
indelible pencils and stationery required for such election; and
the supervisors of elections of the several counties shall, within
the same period prior to every election, make up into sealed
packages for each precinct the two registers for said precinct,