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Delivery of
ballots to
judges of
election.
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53. The supervisors of election shall provide for each elec-
tion precinct in the several counties and in the city of Balti-
more, two packages, each containing one hundred ballots for
every one hundred or fraction of one hundred voters shown
by the last preceding registration in said precinct, and shall
cause each package to be sealed and clearly marked on the
outside of its wrapper with the name of the precinct or poll-
ing place for which it is intended and the number of ballots
enclosed. One of said two packages shall be delivered to the
judges of elections with the ballot-boxes, poll-books, blanks
and stationery, as provided in section 54 of this article, and
the other package of tickets, one for every precinct, shall be
delivered by said Board of Supervisors of Elections, a suffi-
cient time before the election, to the sheriffs of their respective
counties or to the Board of Police Commissioners of Baltimore
city, as the case may be, and it shall be the duty of the said
sheriffs and Board of Police Commissioners to have them on
the day of election within said polling places, respectively, in
their charge, or that of an officer designated by them, and to
supply them to any judges of election, who shall then make
requisition therefor in writing, stating their first supply of
ballots has been exhausted or that for any cause the second set
is needed. Said sheriffs and Board of Police Commissioners
shall receipt for the same, and keep a record of all such second
sets of ballots so delivered by them to the judges of election,
and they shall, on the day after the election, return all pack-
ages not so delivered to their respective Boards of Supervisors
of Elections, who shall cause them to be destroyed within ten
days thereafter, unless the destruction thereof be stayed by
order of court pending a contest. The several boards of super-
visors shall keep a record of the number of all ballots printed
for each polling place in their respective counties or city, and
shall preserve the same for at least six months after the elec-
tion for which it was made.
ELECTIONS.
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Mode of
delivery of
ballots,
ballot-
boxes, etc.,
at polling
places.
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54. The supervisors of elections of Baltimore city shall, not
more than three days and not less than one day preceding the
election, deliver to the Board of Police Commissioners of the
city of Baltimore, the two registers of every precinct of said
city, together with the cards of instruction and ballot box
therefor, the latter being locked, with the key in the lock, and
containing one of the sealed packages of ballots for said pre-
cinct, the specimen ballots, the two poll books and all blanks,
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