, 388 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 200

Conduct of Elections.

Section 13. And be it further enacted, That the Mayor and
Common Council of said town shall at the regular meeting
next before the first Monday in May in each and every year
appoint two qualified voters of said town to act as Clerks of
Election, and the said two Clerks of Election together with the
Supervisors of Election shall attend on the first Monday in
May, 1917, and on the first Monday in May in each and every
year thereafter, and at such other times as special elections
for any purpose may be called under this Act, or under any
other Act of Assembly, at the place where such elections are
to be held in accordance with the notice thereof published as
aforesaid, and after each taking an oath before some person
duly qualified to administer oaths, that the} will conduct their
duties in connection with said election fairly and impartially
and in accordance with law, they shall proceed between the
hours of 8 o'clock A. M. and 8 o'clock P. M. on such date to
receive the votes of those persons whose names shall be found
upon the registration books who shall then and there present
themselves for the purpose of voting.

The Election Supervisors shall provide four glass ballot
boxes numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4, similar to those used in State
elections of the State of Maryland, which shall be used at all
elections held hereunder, and they shall also provide booths at
the ratio of one for each 100 registered voters, or fractional
part thereof. Any person offering to vote whose name shall
appear upon the registration books and who shall establish
his identity to the satisfaction of the Judges, shall be furnished
by one of the Judges with an official ballot having the initials
of said Judge thereon, and he shall then repair to one of the
booths or compartments and therein mark his ballot with a
pencil making a cross (X) mark in the square opposite the
name of each candidate for whom he may desire to vote. He
shall then fold the ballot without displaying the marks thereon
and return it to one of the Judges of Election, who shall in
his presence deposit it in the ballot box, the number of which
corresponds with that of the ward from which the voter is reg-
istered, and his name shall be checked by the Judges on the
registration books in a space provided for that purpose. Any
voter who shall spoil a ballot so that he cannot vote it may
return said ballot to the Judge and receive another in its stead,
and he shall in the same way be entitled to a third ballot, but
no more; said spoiled ballots shall be immediately cancelled
by the Judges by endorsing thereon the word "Spoiled. " No