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enclosed in an envelope which shall then be securely sealed
with sealing wax or other adhesive material, and each of the
judges and clerks shall write his name across the fold of
the envelope. One of the envelopes shall be directed to the
clerk of the circuit court of the county, or the superior
court of Baltimore city, as the case may be, and one to the
county commissioners or to the mayor of the city of Baltimore,
as the case may be. Each set of tallies shall also be signed
by the election clerks and the judges of election, and each shall
be enclosed in an envelope securely signed and sealed as afore-
said, one of which shall be addressed to the board of super-
visors of elections and the other to the register of wills. If
any judge or clerk shall decline to sign said set of tallies, or
either of them, he shall state his reason therefor in writing,
and a copy thereof, signed by himself, shall be enclosed with
each tally sheet. On the outside of every envelope shall be
endorsed the statement that it contains the votes cast or the
tallies, and for what precinct, ward, city or county.

1906, ch. 544.

76. The board of supervisors of elections, upon receiving a
ballot-box and the key thereof, shall note the condition of the
seal or stamp on each box, and make an entry of the facts
touching the same in a book to be kept by them, together with
the name of the officer who delivered the box. They shall
deliver all the ballot-boxes so sealed as aforesaid to the clerks
of the circuit court for their respective counties, or to the board
of police commissioners of Baltimore city, as the case may be,
who shall put them in a secure place to which the public shall
in no case have access, and shall safely keep them for the space
of six months from the day of such delivery, at which time,
unless previously notified to produce the same to be used in
evidence in some contested election or judicial or legislative
investigation then pending, said board of supervisors shall
destroy or cause to be destroyed said ballots and poll-books,
also all of the said tallies and statements or returns, and shall
record in the same book a certificate of the fact.

Canvassing Boards.
1906, ch. 544.

77. It shall be the duty of the said county commissioners,
clerks of court, mayor, register of wills and supervisors of