HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 365

provided hereinbefore in Section 224-O of this sub-title. If more
than one voting machine is used in any precinct, the vote
registered on each machine shall be ascertained in like manner,
and separately entered in appropriate spaces on the general
and triplicate return sheets and statement. The total vote cast
for each candidate, and for and against each question, shall
then be computed and entered on the general and triplicate
return sheets and statement. There shall also be entered on
the general return sheet and statement the number of voters
who have voted, as shown by the lists of voters, and the num-
ber who have voted on each machine, as shown by the public
counters, and also the number registered on the protective
counter or device on each machine immediately prior to the
opening of the polls and immediately after the closing thereof
and sealing of the machine. The number or other designation
of each machine used shall also be entered thereon. In the
case of primary elections, triplicate return sheets shall be
prepared for each party. The registering counters of the
voting machines shall remain exposed to view until the said
returns and all other reports have been fully completed. Dur-
ing such time, any candidate, or duly accredited watcher, who
may desire to be present, shall be admitted to the polling-place.
(c) The proclamation of the result of the votes cast shall be
announced distinctly and audibly by one of the judges of
election, who shall read the name of each candidate, the desig-
nation or designating numbers and letters of his counters and
the vote registered on each counter, also the vote cast for and
against each question submitted. During such proclamation
ample opportunity shall be given to any person lawfully pres-
ent to compare the results so announced with the counter dials
of the machine, and any necessary corrections shall then and
there be made by the judges, after which the doors or other
cover of the voting machine shall be closed and locked and the
return sheet shall be signed by each of the judges of election.
If any judge shall decline to sign such return, he shall state
his reason therefor in writing, and a copy thereof, signed by
himself, shall be enclosed with such return. Each of the
return sheets shall be enclosed in an envelope, which shall
then be secretly sealed with sealing wax, or other sealing
material, and each of the judges shall write his name across
the fold of the envelope. One of the triplicate return sheets
shall be directed to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Balti-
more City, one to the Mayor of the City of Baltimore, and
one to the Register of Wills of Baltimore City, and the gen-
eral return sheet and statement shall be directed to the Board
of Supervisors of Election of Baltimore City. The judges of
election shall promptly deliver the keys of the voting machine,
inclosed in a sealed envelope, to the officials authorized by law