ELIHU B. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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in each election district or precinct of each county, and each elec-

tion precinct of the city of Baltimore, in which any of the elec-

tions hereinbefore mentioned is to be held, to certify to the boards

of supervisors of election respectively, immediately after the close

of the last sitting of the registers in each year, the number of

registered voters in each voting district or precinct of the several

Duty of
registers

counties and of the city of Baltimore, as the case may be; the

officers hereinbefore charged with the duty of preparing the bal-

lots shall respectively furnish the ballots for use in each such

election, and also cause to be printed without the fac-simile en-

Shall fur-

dorsements, ten or more copies of the form of the ballot provided

nish bal-

for each voting place at each election therein, which shall be

lots.

called specimen ballots, and shall be furnished with the other

ballots provided for each such voting place.

143. It shall be the duty of the secretary of State and of the

said supervisors of elections respectively, to furnish any persons

applying therefor copies of any certificates of nominations, nomi-

To furnish
copies.

nation papers or withdrawal papers filed with them for which

they shall be entitled to charge at the same rates as for copies of

other documents in their offices, such costs to be paid by the mayor

and city council of Baltimore and county commissioners respeo

tively.

144. The said boards of supervisors of election respectively, shall
four days at least prior to the day of any election in the said cities

and their counties respectively, cause to be conspicuously posted

Shall post.

in one or more public places in each voting precinct of said cities

and in each voting district or precinct of the counties respectively,

sample copies of the ballots to be used in such district or pre-

cinct.

145. The board of supervisors of elections shall the day pre-

ceding the election deliver to the board of police of the city of

Baltimore, all the ballots, specimen ballots and cards of instruc-

tion, and the second day before the election, the supervisors of

elections of each county shall deliver to the sheriff of the county,

the ballots, specimen ballots and cards of instruction; the said

two sets of ballots shall be delivered in separate sealed packages,

Specimen

with marks on the outside, clearly designating the several polling-
places for which the respective packages are intended, and the

ballots and
cards of In-
structions.

number of ballots of each kind enclosed, and the said board of

police and sheriffs shall give their receipts therefor; a record

shall be kept by said boards of supervisors, of the time when such

delivery was made, and of the particulars thereof, and the same

with said receipts shall be preserved for one year, unless a con-

test hath occurred with reference to any office which was embraced

in the ballots and then until the contest is ended when they shall

be destroyed.