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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Chapter 112.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amend-
ments sections thirteen, fifteen, sixteen, seven-
teen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-five,
forty, forty-one and sixty-five of article thirty-
five of the Code of Public General Laws, title
"Elections."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That sections thirteen, fif-

Severally re-
pealed and re-
enacted.

teen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen,
twenty, twenty-five, forty, forty-one and sixty-
five of article thirty-five of the Code of Public
General Laws, title "Elections," be and the
same are hereby severally repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, so as to read respec-
tively as follows :
13. The sheriff, under the penalty of five hun-

What and who
to provide.

dred dollars, shall pro vide, or cause to be'provided
and delivered to the judges of elections in each
district and election precinct of the several
counties of this state, and the board of police
commissioners of Baltimore city shall, under a
like penalty, provide, or cause to be provided and
delivered to the judges of elections in each vot-
ing precinct in the city of Baltimore, previous to
or at the commencement of each election, a box
for receiving the ballots, and two separate books

Ballot-boxes
— how con-
structed.

for the purpose of entering the names of the
voters. All ballot boxes shall be constructed as
follows : Each box shall be one foot, outside
measure, as near as may be in width, depth and
length, strapped and secured on each edge and
corner with iron or brass, so as to prevent it from
being easily broken, and shall have a wooden lid
which shall be fastened with brass or iron hinges
and a good lock, and there shall be in the lid a
slit just large enough to admit a single folded
ballot at one time, and the sides of the box shall
be of clear plate glass not less than one-eighth
of an inch in thickness. As soon as the polls are
opened, and immediately before any ballots are

Permit exam-
ination.

received by the judges, they shall open every
ballot box, used or to be used, and permit all
persons present to examine such ballot box and