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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

day of election, designate the location of said
polling places, which shall not be in any house
where spirituous or fermented liquors or lager
beer are sold, and he shall also appoint three
judges and two clerks of election for each poll-
ing place, who shall be residents of and voters
in the portion of Baltimore county described in
the first section of this act ; at least one of
which said judges and one of said clerks shall
be persons known to be in favor of " City exten-
sion," and at least one of which said judges and
the other of said clerks shall be persons known
to be against the " City extension ;" the polls at
said election shall be kept open from six o'clock

Ballots— how
prepared.

in the morning until seven o'clock in the even-
ing; the ballots to be cast at the said election
shall have written or printed on them " For the
city extension" or "Against the city exten-
sion;" at the close of said polls the judges of
election shall count the ballots which have
been cast, and shall ascertain the number of
votes cast "For the city extension" and the
number cast "Against the city extension," and
shall make out under their hands, attested by
the clerks, or one of them, three distinct state-
ments or certificates of the number of votes
cast " For the city extension " and "Against the
city extension," one of which certificates shall
be entered on each of the poll books used at the
said election, and the other one of said certifi-
cates shall be by said judges sent forthwith to
the governor of the state, who shall ascertain

Governor to
declare by
proclamation.

the result of the votes cast at the several voting
places, and make known the same by his procla-
mation ; and if the governor shall, by his proc-
lamation, declare that a majority of all the votes
cast at the said election were cast for the city
extension, then from and after the first day of
June, 1888, all that portion of Baltimore county
described in the first section of this act shall be-
come and be a part of Baltimore city. Each of
the said judges and clerks of election shall, be-
fore entering upon their duties, make oath or
affirmation before the clerk of the circuit court
for Baltimore-county (of which oath or affirma-
tion a record shall be kept by said clerk), that
he will faithfully conduct said election and pro-