LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

ballots, shall be placed in the ballot-box, and the ballot-box
shall then be locked and the key removed, whereupon the
judges of elections shall all write their names upon a strip of

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paper of sufficient length for the following purposes. Said
strip of paper shall then be pasted over the key hole of said
ballot-box and over the slit in the lid, in such manner that the
signature shall extend across the place of the opening of the
lid, and so that when the box is opened it will tear the paper
and destroy the signatures, and so that when the key is inserted
in the key hole it will tear the paper so pasted over the key
hole. Such paper shall be securely fastened to the box with
sealing-wax or some other adhesive material.

70. Thereupon, in Baltimore city, one of the judges shall
take charge of the ballot-box and its contents so inclosed, and

How ballot-
box to be

sealed.

another judge, representing the opposite political party, shall
receive and hold the key thereof, and the package of unused
ballots sealed up by said judges, as required by section sixty-
four; each of the two judges who do not have charge of
the ballot-box or key, shall take into his possession one of
the registers and also, one of the statements of the votes
cast, sealed up in its envelope as aforesaid, and each of the
clerks shall take one of the tally sheets sealed up in an
envelope as aforesaid, and the meeting of said judges and
clerks shall then be dissolved. Before twelve o'clock, noon,
of the day after such election in Baltimore city, the judge
having possession of the ballot-box shall deliver the same, with

How ballot-
box, key,
etc., to be
taken
charge of.

the contents aforesaid, to the Board of Supervisors of Elections, :
with the seal unbroken, and shall take a receipt therefor, and
within the same period of time, the judges having possession
of the key, the package of unusea ballots and of the registers
shall deliver the same to the said board of supervisors and take
a receipt therefor; and the two judges and clerks of elections
in the city of Baltimore having possession of the statements
and tallies shall within the same time, deliver them to the
respective officers to whom they are addressed as aforesaid,
and when so delivered, each of said judges and clerks shall
take a receipt therefor. No judge or clerk shall receive pay
for his services, unless he produces the receipt herein provided
for. The officers to whom the statements and tallies are so de-
livered shall securely keep the same with the seals unbroken.
In the counties, after the proceedings set forth in the preced-
ing section in each precinct, one of the judges, who is also an
officer of registration, who shall be designated beforehand by
the supervisor of election, shall take charge of the ballot-box

Delivery of
ballot-
boxes, keys,
etc., to sup-
ervisors.