192 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 95

it will tear the paper so pasted over the keyhole. Such paper
shall be securely fastened in the box with sealing wax or some
other adhesive material.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to those pre-
cincts in which voting machines shall be used.

85. Thereupon, in those precincts of Baltimore City in
which paper ballots shall be used, one of the judges shall take
charge of the ballot-box and its contents so enclosed, and an-
other judge representing the opposite political party, shall
receive and hold the key thereof, and the package of unused
ballots sealed up by said judges, as required by Section 78;
the two judges who do not have charge of the ballot-
box or key, shall take into their possession the registers
or the binder containing the registration cards for the
precinct and each of said judges shall take one of the
statements of the votes cast (elsewhere in this Article
called return sheets), sealed up in its envelope as aforesaid,
and each of the clerks shall take one of the tally-sheets sealed
up in an envelope as aforesaid, and the meeting of said judges
and clerks shall then be dissolved. Before 12 o'clock noon of
the day after such election in such precincts, the judge
having possession of the ballot-box shall deliver the same,
with the contents aforesaid, to the Board of Supervisors
of Elections with the seal unbroken, and shall take a receipt
therefor, and within the same period of time the judges hav-
ing possession of the key, the package of unused ballots and
of the registers or the binder containing the registration cards
for the precinct shall deliver the same to the said board of
supervisors and take a receipt therefor; and the two judges
and clerks of elections in the city of Baltimore having posses-
sion of the statements and tallies shall within the same time
deliver them to the respective officers to whom they are
addressed, as aforesaid, and when so delivered, each of said
judges and clerks shall take a receipt therefor. No judge or
clerk shall receive pay for his services unless he produces the
receipt herein provided for. The officers to whom the state-
ments and tallies are so delivered shall securely keep the same
with the seals unbroken.

In those precincts of the counties in which paper ballots shall
be used, after the proceedings set forth in the preceding sec-
tion in each precinct, one of the judges, who is also an officer
of registration, who shall be designated beforehand by the
supervisors of election, shall take charge of the ballot-box and
its contents so enclosed, and the other judge, who is also an
officer of registration, shall receive and hold the key thereof,
and the package of unused ballots sealed up by said judges;
each of said two judges shall take into his possession one of