WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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more of the judges so appointed shall fail to appear,

or appearing fail to qualify as provided in the next

section, the other judges or judge present and quali-

fied shall appoint some other person or persons of

good character and having the qualifications in this

Failure to ap-
pear.

sub-title stated, to act as judge or judges of such

election, so that there shall always be three judges

of such election; and if one or both of said clerks

shall fail to appear or qualify within the time afore-

said, the judges of the election shall elect one or

both clerks as the case may be, having the qualifi-

cations in this section stated, and qualify them to

act as such.

SEC..... Be it enacted, That each person named

as judge of the election in the notice required by

section one of this act, or any person in his absence

or refusal to serve, chosen to be such judge of the

election aforesaid, and each clerk of the election,

shall first be sworn or aflinned by some officer

authorized to administer oaths, that he is a legal

voter of the ward in which such election is to be

held; that he will correctly and faithfully conduct

such election, protect it against all frauds and un-

Judges and

fairness, carefully and truly canvass all votes cast

clerks to be

thereat, in such manner as may be required by the

authority appointing the election; any violation of

the provisions of tin's section shall be deemed a mis-

demeanor, and shall, on conviction, subject the

offender to punishment by fine, not less than fifty

nor more than two hundred dollars, or by imprison-

ment in the jail of the city of Baltimore or the

House of Correction, not loss than one nor more

than six months, or both such fine and imprison-

ment.

SEC......Be it enacted, That at all elections held

under this act, immediately before any ballot or

ballots are received by the judges of election, the

said judges shall open or unlock every ballot-box

used or to be used in such elections, and permit a'ny

Open ballot

candidate or candidates, or any person demanding

box.

it, to examine said ballot-box until he is satisfied of

the structure thereof, and that there is, at the com-

mencement of receiving ballots, no ballots therein ;

and that every candidate or candidates, or such per-

sons being voters in their respective polling places,

and not to exceed six in number at any one polling