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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tallies shall also be signed by the election clerks and the judges
of election, and each shall be enclosed in an envelope securely
signed and sealed as aforesaid, one which shall be addressed to
the Board of Supervisors of Elections, and the other to the
Mayor of said city. On the outside of every envelope shall
be endorsed the statement that it contains the votes cast on the
tallies, and for what precinct of said city.
270 K K K. The "spoiled" and "not voted'' ballots, as

Spoiled, not
voted,
rejected
and defec-
tive ballots.

defined in Section 270 EEE shall be enclosed in a package to
themselves and endorsed "spoiled and not voted;" the
" rejected " and "defective ballots," as defined in said section
and in Section 270 H H H shall be enclosed in a package to
themselves, and endorsed "rejected and defective." The poll
books and the ballots cast and counted, as well as the two be-
fore mentioned packages of "spoiled," " not voted," "rejected "
and "defective ballots, shall be placed in the ballot box, and
the ballot box shall then be locked and the key removed,
whereupon the judges of election shall all write their names
upon a strip of paper of sufficient length for the following
purposes. Said strip of paper shall then be pasted over the
keyhole of said ballot box and over the slit in the lid, in such

How ballot
box to be
sealed.

manner that the signature shall extend across the place of the
opening of the lid, and so that when the box is opened it will
tear the paper and destroy the signatures, and so that when the
key is inserted in the keyhole it will tear the paper so pasted
over the keyhole. Such paper shall be securely fastened
to the box with sealing wax or some other adhesive material.

270 L L L. Thereupon, after the proceedings set forth in the
preceding section in each precinct, one of the judges, who is

How ballot
box, key,
etc., to be
taken
charge of.

also an officer of registration, who shall be designated before-
hand by the Supervisors of Elections, shall take charge of the
ballot box and its contents so enclosed, and the. other judge,
who is also an officer of registration, shall receive and hold the
key thereof, and the package of unused ballots sealed up by
said judges. Each of said two judges shall take into his pos-
session one of the registers, and also one of the statements of
the votes cast, sealed up in its envelope, as aforesaid, and

Delivery of
ballot
boxes, keys,
etc., to
supervisors.

also one of the tally-sheets, sealed up in an envelope, as afore-
said, and the meeting of the judges and clerks shall then be
dissolved. Before twelve o'clock noon of the second day after
said election, the two judges so having custody thereof shall
deliver said ballot boxes, keys, packages of unused ballots, regis-
ters, statements of votes cast and tally sheets to the proper
officers, as hereinbefore prescribed, and shall take receipts for