JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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give notice of the time and place of „ the sitting of the City
Council for the review of the registration lists. The Mayor
and City Council may provide for an entire new registration
as often as every seven years. In the event of the sickness or
temporary absence of the clerk, the Mayor is hereby authorized
to appoint a deputy clerk to discharge the duties of said
officer.

CHAP. 127.

141 I. The city clerk shall be the custodian of the registry
books and shall keep the same in the safe provided by the
Mayor and City Council and shall deliver the same to the
judges of election when required for elections to be held in
said city. The said clerk shall furnish to any person applying
for the same an accurate copy of the list of registered voters
of said city at the price of one cent for each name thereon ;
except as herein otherwise provided, the said city clerk, or his
deputy, acting as officer of registration, shall have all the
powers and be subject to all the penalties which are or may
hereafter be by law provided for officers of registration under
the General Election Laws of Maryland.

Custodian of
the registry
books.

141 K. It shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors of
Election for said city to provide ballots for every election to
be held under this charter, and cause to be printed on the
ballot the name of every candidate whose name has been cer-
tified to or nominated in the manner hereinbefore provided.
Each ballot shall contain a statement of every question to be
submitted to the vote of the people at any election. Ballots
other than those printed and furnished by the Board of
Supervisors of Election according to the provisions" of this
charter shall not be cast nor counted in any election held in
said city under the provisions of this Act, and no name or
names except those nominated to said board and printed on
the official ballot shall be counted by the judges of election in
determining the result of any election held under this Act.
Any voter may take with him into the polling room any
written or printed memorandum or paper to assist him in
marking or preparing his ballot, except a fac-simile of the
ballot to be voted. Ballots shall be printed and in possession
of the supervisors at least four days before election day, and a
correct list of names of the candidates thereon, with the
designation of the offices for which the persons are candidates
shall be furnished by eaid supervisors to any qualified voter of
said city on demand. It shall be the duty of said supervisors
to correct any mistakes that may be discovered in said ballot
without delay.
141 L. The form and arrangement of the official ballot
shall be the same as is now or may hereafter be provided by

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Ballots to be
printed.