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examination of the same, in their presence, or in the pres-
ence of their deputies, and not otherwise; and they shall not
alter, mutilate or deface, or suffer others to alter, mutilate
or deface the said lists of voters, or books of registration;
and said Clerks, when notified by the Sheriff that any one
or more of the lists of voters committed to his custody are
missing shall proceed without delay, to make, or cause to be
made, a fair and accurate copy or copies of said list or lists,
and deliver the same to said Sheriff, at least twelve hours
before the opening of the polls at the election next ensuing.

Sec. 18. And be it enacted. That the Sheriff of Baltimore
city, and the Sheriff of the several counties respectively,
shall receive and safely keep said copies of lists of qualified
voters delivered to them by the said Officers of Registration;
and each Sheriff shall, on the second day prior to each and
every election ascertain whether he 1ms in his possession all
the copies of said lists committed to his custody, and if it
shall appear that one or more of said lists are not in his pos-
session, he shall, without delay, serve a written notification,
accurately describing the missing list, on the Clerk of the said
Court, that said list or lists are not in the possession of the
Sheriff, and said Sheriff shall receive a copy of said missing
list or lists, when tendered to him by said Clerk, and said
Sheriff shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, on the day of
each and every election, at the polls, at or before the time of
opening said polls, to the Judges of Election thereat, the copy
of the list of qualified voters pertaining to the election pre-
cinct or district over which said Judges are to preside.

Sec. 19. And be it enacted, That the Judges of Election
shall receive from the Sheriff the lists of qualified voters per-
taining to their respective precincts or districts, and preserve
the same without alteration, mutilation or defacement, whilst
in their possession, and shall, within one day after the close
of the polls, return to said Sheriff the said list of qualified
voters, and the said Judges of Election shall not receive or
deposit in the ballot-box the ballot of any person offering to
vote, until they shall have found his name in the list of
qualified voters, and shall be satisfied the person so offering
to vote is the person named in said list, and have checked it
thereon, and they shall receive and deposit in the ballot-box
the ballot of every person offering to vote, whose name
appears in said lists of qualified voters.

Sec. 20. And be it enacted, That the Officers of Registra-
tion for the several wards of Baltimore city, shall receive a
salary of two hundred dollars for the year eighteen hundred
and seventy-six, and an annual salary of $150 thereafter,

and those for the several counties shall each receive $4 per