338 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 163

insert in writing, the name of a candidate, if he so desires, which
is not printed on the ballot.

After and below the name of any of the offices and of all the
candidates therefor and of the said light black line for a candi-
date not printed on said ballot, shall be plainly printed a heavy
black line to separate and distinguish said office and candidates
from any other or to show the end of the ballot as the case
may be.

An intending voter shall present himself at the bar of the
voting booth or place of election to vote and on being admitted,
if qualified and registered, the Clerk of Election shall hand to
said voter, one of the official ballots above described, with the said
Clerk's initials, written on the back thereof, and without any
other written sign or mark thereon, and it shall be the duty of
the Mayor and Council to provide a reasonably convenient and
suitable place, within said booth or voting place, where the said
voter may fill out or mark said ballot privately, by writing in the
proper blank space the name of a candidate and by placing a
cross (X) mark opposite the name of the candidate he desires to
vote for, but in so doing said voter shall place no other mark,
writing or device than such as is authorized or allowed by this
section, and no voter shall occupy more than, five minutes of the
time in making out his ballot, at the end of which time and at
the demand of the Clerk of election, every voter shall immedi-
ately surrender his said ballot to the Judge of Election, desig-
nated for that purpose, properly folded, so as to show the initials
of the Clerk of Election, and if said initials shall properly ap-
pear thereon, the said ballot shall be received and placed in the
ballot box. If on opening of any of said ballots, it shall appear
that any unauthorized marks, writing or device has been made
or place thereon, by the voter, then said ballot shall not be
counted by the Judges of Election, in determining the result.
If the initials of the Clerk of Election shall not appear on the
back of said ballot it shall not be placed in the ballot box, but
shall be rejected and kept by the Judges and Clerk of Election in
a separate place. If any ballot be spoiled by a voter he may
surrender same and receive from said Clerk a second ballot to
be voted.

All such rejected ballots shall not be counted by the Judges of
Election but shall be preserved by the said Judges and Clerk of
Election and handed at the close of the election to the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Somerset County. No person can vote at