1070 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

to supply the judges of election and other officers requiring
the same. The expenses of printing shall be paid from the
treasury of the State and the sum of one thousand dollars per
annum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby
appropriated out of any funds in the treasury for such print-
ing and for the employment of any necessary clerical help in
preparing and attending to election business by this article
assigned to the office of the attorney-general and that of the
secretary of State. A price shall be fixed by the secretary of
State at which copies may be furnished to purchasers.

1896, ch 202, sec. 114 A 1901, ch. 2. 1904. ch. 339.
121. At least thirty days before every State election the
attorney-general shall prepare full instructions for the guidance
of the voters at such election as to obtaining ballots, as to the
manner of marking them, and as to obtaining new ballots in
place of those accidentally destroyed, with such other instruc-
tions as shall in his opinion be necessary and proper. Said
instructions shall be furnished by the secretary of State to the
several boards of supervisors of elections, who shall respectively
cause the same, together with copies of sections 66, 67 and 68
of this article to be printed in large, clear type, on separate
cards, to be called "Cards of Instruction, " and said boards of
supervisors shall furnish twelve of the same with ballots for
use in each election precinct. They shall also cause to be
printed on light cardboard, or heavy-sized paper, ten or more
copies of the form of the ballot provided for each voting place
at each election therein, of a considerably magnified size, which
shall be called "Specimen Ballots, " and the same shall be fur-
nished with the other ballots prepared for each voting place.
On the morning of said election the said supervisors of elec-
tions shall cause to be conspicuously posted in each polling
place said cards of instruction and largely magnified specimen
ballots, and one of said cards of instruction shall be fixed in
each booth or voting compartment, and the said specimen
ballots shall be conspicuously displayed in said polling room
and on the outside of the building wherein said voting shall
take place. Not less than three of said cards and three of said
specimen ballots shall be posted outside of the guard-rails, and
not less than three of each of same shall be. securely and con-
spicuously posted on the outside of the building in which the
polls are held, before the balloting begins, in such position that
the same may be easily examined by the public. This section
shall apply to Baltimore city, Baltimore, Dorchester, Queen