418 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the political association or party under whose authority the
election is called.

410. It shall be the duty of the executive committee of the
managing convention of the political association under whose
authority such election is called, to furnish to the Board of Po-
lice of said City, a ballot-box for each ward, containing a poll
book, a printed copy of this law, and of the resolutions and rules
adopted by said managing convention for the conduct of the
election, and a copy of the registration lists of the ward, duly
certified by the Clerk of the Superior Court; the said clerk
being required to furnish such certified copies to any such ex-
ecutive committee upon demand, and upon the payment of the
usual fees; and it shall be the duty of the said Board of Police
to cause the said ballot-boxes to be delivered immediately
before the opening of such election, to the judges, of election
of each ward, at the respective polling places; before any ballot
shall be received, the ballot-boxes shall be inspected by the
judges of election in the presence of any persons who may
choose to attend, and placed in a conspicuous position, in full
view of persons outside the polling place, and shall not be
moved nor unlocked until after the election is over and the
votes are to be counted.

411. The said judges of elections shall have power to ex-
amine under oath, to be administered by them, any person offer-
ing to vote at any such election, touching his qualifications and
right to vote; but before such examination it shall be their duty
to take from him the ballot which he shall tender, and in case
of the rejection of the said ballot they shall not put said ballot
in the ballot-box, but preserve it and all other rejected ballots,
and return them with the names and residences of the persons
offering them, endorsed on the back thereof, in a sealed pack-
age, to the president of the managing convention, to be kept
by him in the same manner as legal ballots are hereinafter re-
quired to be kept.

412. Every voter shall deliver to the judge or judges of
election of the Ward in which he offers to vote a ballot on which
shall be written or printed the name or names of the person or