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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

for the several counties of this State, and the clerk

of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, and each

of the respective officers of registration appointed

under this act, and the Board of Police Commis-

sioners for the city of Baltimore, and the sheriff of

Books to be

each county in the State, shall carefully and safely

kept in cus-
tody.

keep all books or lists named or referred to in this

act which may come into his or their custody under

the provisions of this act during the times appointed

for his or their custody of such books or lists; he or

Permit exami-

they shall at all times permit examination of the

nation.

same in his or their presence, or in the presence

of one or more of his or their deputies specially

authorized for that purpose, and not otherwise;

he or they shall not, unless duly authorized by

the order of the proper judges or judge, alter,

mutilate or deface, or suffer any other person to

alter, mutilate or deface any of the said lists of

qualified and registered voters or registries of voters,

each of the said respective clerks, when notified by

the sheriff of his county, or, in the case of the clerk

of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, by the

Board of Police Commissioners for the city of Bal-

timore, that any one or more of the lists of voters

committed to the custody of such sheriff or of such

board, contained in any registry of voters in the

keeping of such clerk, is or are missing, shall pro-

ceed without delay to make, or cause to be made, a

Accurate copy

fair and accurate copy or copies, certified under his

to be made.

hand and the seal of his court, of said missing list or

lists, and deliver the same to said sheriff or to said

Board of Police Commissioners at least twelve hours

before the opening of the polls at the election next

ensuing.

SEC. 30. And be it enacted, That the sheriffs of

the respective counties and the Board of Police

Commissioners for the city of Baltimore shall, re-

spectively, on or before the third day prior to each

Who to ascer-

and every election, ascertain whether he has or they

tain.

have in his or their possession, all the copies of said

lists committed to his or their custody; and if it

shall appear that one or more of said lists are not

in his or their possession, he or they shall without

Serve written

delay serve a written notification, accurately de-

certification.

scribing the missing list, on the clerk of the court

having the custody of the registry of voters or reg-