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Session Laws, 1898 Session
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38

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Delivery of
ballots to
Judges of
election.

of one hundred voters shown by the last preceding registra-
tion in said precinct, and shall cause each package to be sealed
and clearly marked on the outside of its wrapper with the
name of precinct or polling place for which it is intended, and
the number of ballots enclosed. One of said two packages
shall be delivered to the judges of election with the ballot
boxes, poll books, blanks and stationery, as provided in sec-
tion 270 V V of this Article, and the other package of tickets,
one for every precinct, shall be retained in their possession by
said Board of Supervisors of Elections, and it shall be the
duty of the said Supervisors of Elections to have them on the
day of election within said polling places, respectively, in their
charge, or that of an officer designated by them, and to supply
to any judges of election, who shall then make requisition
therefor in writing, stating their first supply of ballots has
been exhausted, or that for any cause the second set is needed.
Said Supervisors of Elections shall keep a record of all such
second sets of ballots so delivered by them to the judges of
election, and they shall cause all packages sent so delivered to
the judges of election to be destroyed within ten days there-
after, unless the destruction thereof be stayed by order of
Court pending a contest. The Board of Supervisors shall
keep a record of the number of all ballots printed for each
polling place in said city, and shall preserve the same for at
least six months after the election for which it was made.
ELECTIONS.
270 V V. The Supervisors of Elections of Frederick City
shall, not more than three days and not less than one day prior

Mode of
delivery of
ballots,
ballot
boxes, etc.,
at polling
places.

to every election, make up into sealed packages for each pre-
cinct the two registers for said precinct, together with the
cards of instruction and the key of the ballot box for such pre-
cinct having first placed in the ballot box one of the sealed pack-
ages of ballots for said precincts, the specimen ballots, the two
poll books and all blanks, indelible pencils and stationery
required for such elections, and shall deliver the said packages
and ballot boxes, properly addressed, to the judges of election
of the respective precincts at or before the opening of the
polls on the day of election. The several boards of Supervi-
sors of Elections shall keep a record of the time when such
deliveries are made by them and of the particulars thereof.

Judges of
election to
keep the
peace.

270 W W. The judges of election, and each of them, shall
have authority to keep the peace, and to cause any person to
be arrested for any breach of the peace, or fur any breach of
the election laws, or any interference with the progress of an



 
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