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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

have a good Yale lock; there shall be a slit in the lid just large
enough to admit a single folded ballot at one time, and the
sides and bottom of the box shall be of clear plate glass, not
less than one-eighth of an inch in thickness. Each such box,
when not in actual use at a polling place, shall be kept in a
wooden case, for the protection of the same and its contents in
the transportation and storage thereof.

Ballots, how
to be
printed.

49. It shall be the duty of the Board of_s Supervisors of
Elections of each county and of the city of Baltimore to pro-
vide ballots for every election for public officers held under
this article in which any voters within the county or said city
shall participate, and to cause to be printed on the ballot the
name of every candidate whose name has been certified to or
filed with the proper officers in the manner herein provided
for; but the said supervisors shall not be required to print any
name upon a ballot if the same shall not have been certified to
them at least six days before election day. Each ballot shall
also contain a statement of every constitutional amendment or
other question to be submitted to the vote of the people at any
election. Ballots other than those printed by the respective
Boards of Supervisors of Elections, according to the provisions
of this article, shall not be cast or counted in any election,
except as hereinafter provided. Nothing in this article con-
tained shall prevent any voter from writing on his ballot and
marking in the proper place the name of any person other than
those already printed for whom he may desire to vote for any
office, and such votes shall be counted the same as if the name
of such person had been printed upon the ballot and marked
by the voter. Any voter may take with him into the polling
place any printed or written memorandum or paper to assist
him in marking or preparing his ballot, except a fac-simile of
the ballet to' be voted. Ballots shall be printed and in posses-
sion of the supervisors of elections at least four days before
election day, and shall be subject to the inspection of the can-
didates and their agents. If any mistake be discovered, it
shall be the duty of said supervisors to correct the same with-
out delay; and if said supervisors shall decline or refuse to
make correction, then, upon the sworn petition of any qualified
voter who would have the right to vote for such candidate at
the approaching election, the Circuit Court for the county or
one of the judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore city
may, by order, require said supervisors of elections to correct
such error, or to show cause why such error should not be
corrected.