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If any judge or clerk 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 each return. Each
of the statements shall be 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. In those precincts in
which no clerks shall have been appointed the above required
endorsement shall be made by the judges. 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 elec-
tion, and each shall be enclosed in an envelope securely signed
and sealed as aforesaid, one of which shall be addressed to
the board of supervisors 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 con-
tains the votes cast or the tallies, and for what precinct, ward,
city or county.

The provisions of this section as to the return of tallies shall
not apply to those precincts in which voting machines shall be
used, but one of the four return sheets for which provision is
made by Section 224-P of this Article shall be addressed to the
Board of Supervisors of Elections and one of said return sheets
to the Register of Wills.

84. The "spoiled" and "not voted" ballots, as defined in
Section 77, shall be enclosed in a package to themselves and
endorsed "spoiled and not voted"; the "rejected" and "defec-
tive" ballots, as defined in said section and Section 80, shall
be enclosed in a package to themselves and endorsed "re-
jected and defective. " The poll-books and the ballots cast and
counted, as well as the two before-mentioned packages of
"spoiled, " "not voted, " "rejected" and "defective" ballots shall
be placed in the ballot-box, and the ballot-box shall then be
locked and the key removed, whereupon the judges of election
shall all write their names upon a strip of paper of sufficient
length for the following purposes. Said strip of paper shall
then be pasted over the keyhole of said ballot-box and over
the slit in the lid, in such manner that the signatures shall
extend across the place of the opening of the lid, and so that
when the box is opened it will tear the paper and destroy the
signatures, and so that when the key is inserted in the keyhole