ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

every part thereof, so that they may be satisfied
as to the structure thereof and that said boxes
are empty. The boxes shall then be locked and
the key delivered to one of the judges, and shall
not be again opened until the closing of the polls ;
and until such closing each box shall be kept
constantly in sight of all persons entitled to be
present, and shall be so placed that the voter
offering his ballot and the judges and clerks
and all persons entitled to be present may con-
veniently see every ballot deposited therein.
15. Every voter shall deliver to the judges of

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elections in the district or precinct in which he
offers to vote, a ballot on which shall be written
or printed the name or names of the person or
persons voted for, and the purpose for which the
vote is given, plainly designated ; and the ballot
so delivered in and received by the judges of
election shall be deposited in the ballot box until
the polls be closed. One accredited representative
of each and every political party whose candi-
dates are voted for at each election, to be desig-
nated in writing by such candidates, and in case
of his necessary absence a substitute, similarly

Ballots— how
prepared.

selected, shall be entitled to be admitted into and
remain in the polling room from the opening
until the close of the election, and a refusal to
admit any such representative shall be a misde-
meanor punishable by a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceed-
ing six months, or by both fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the court.
16. If at any election hereafter held in Balti-
more city, or in any county, any person shall

Who entitled
to be admit-
ted.

falsely personate any voter, and vote or attempt
or offer to vote, in or upon the name of such
voter, or shall vote or attempt to vote in or
upon the name of any other person, whether
living or dead, or in or upon any false, assumed
or fictitious name, or in or upon any name not
his own ; or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraud-
ulently vote more than once for any candidate
for the same office, except as authorized by

False person-
ation.

law ; or shall vote, or attempt or offer to vote in
any election precinct or district without being
registered as a legal voter therein ; or shall vote
more than once, or vote in more than one elec-

Must be regis-
tered.