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STATE OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 137.

Form
of ballot.

law for the State and county elections, except there shall be
no party name or designation on said ballot. Said ballots shall
be of uniform size and printed upon plain white opaque
paper, in black ink, in clear, legible and uniform type. The
Board of Supervisors shall at least four days prior to the
day of election cause an accurate sample copy of the official

Sample ballot
to be posted.

ballot to be posted in four or more public places in said city,
said sample copies to be printed on card board, and at least
one of said sample copies shall be placed on the exterior of
the building in which the election is to be held. And the
said Board of Supervisors shall publish an accurate copy of
the official ballot in two newspapers of said city, if so many be
published therein, by at least one insertion in said paper or
papers before the day of election. The said board shall
furnish for said city a number of ballots equal to twice the
number of registered voters in said city.
141 M. The said Board of Supervisors shall provide all ballot

Ballot boxes,
etc. to be
provided.

boxes, voting booths or compartments, indelible pencils, and
other necessary furniture and equipment for city elections of
the same number, kind, character and description as are now
or may hereafter be by law required for State and county
elections.
141 N. At all city elections held under this Act the polls

Opening and
closing of
polls.

shall be opened at nine o'clock in the morning and closed at
seven o'clock in the evening; the method of casting and mark-
ing the ballots, the powers and duties of the voters in relation
thereto, and the rendering of assistance to physically disabled
voters skall be the same as is now or may hereafter be pro-
vided by law for county and State elections, except where
herein otherwise especially provided for.
141 C. As soon as the polls shall have been closed the judges

Votes to be
canvassed.

shall immediately proceed to canvass the votes cast, and in
making said canvass their procedure shall conform to that
provided by law for the canvass of votes at State and county
elections. Upon the completion of the canvass, the judge
shall make out and sign two duplicate copies of a statement or
return of the result of the canvass on blank forms to be
furnished by the Board of Supervisors of Election. Which
statement they shall place in sealed envelopes. On the morn-
ing next succeeding the day of election the judges shall deliver
one copy of said statement or return to the president of the
Board of Election Supervisors and at the same time they
shall deliver the other copy of said statement or return to the
city clerk. Before separating and after the completion of the
canvass herein provided for, the said judges shall place in the
ballot-box all the ballots cast, together with the defective,: