522 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 225

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1st, 1922.

Approved April 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 225.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with Amendments, Section
66 of Article 33 of Bagby's Annotated Code of Maryland,
title "Elections. "

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 66 of Article 33 of Bagby's Annotated Code
of Maryland, title "Elections" be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as
follows:

66. The Supervisors of Elections shall provide in each room
designated by them as polling places a sufficient number of
voting booths or compartments, in which voters may con-
veniently mark their ballots. Said booths or compartments
shall be constructed of plank not less than one inch in thickness
or of substantial metallic or other material and shall be of such
width, depth and height that the voter in marking his ballot
therein, shall be screened from the observations of others,
and for this purpose a short curtain shall be hung across the
front of each compartment at a convenient height, and so as
to extend a little below the shelf hereinafter mentioned. Each
compartment shall have a shelf within the same, and shall be
provided with proper supplies and conveniences for marking
the ballots, and a guard-rail shall be constructed in said poll-
ing place so as to divide the space occupied by the judges of
election and other officials and persons permitted by law to
be within the same from the public; said guard-rail shall have
an entrance and exit therein and shall also be so constructed
and placed that only persons who are inside said rail can
approach within five feet of the ballot boxes. The arrange-
ments of such polling places shall be such that neither the
ballot boxes nor the voting booths or compartments shall be
hidden from view of those just outside of said guard-rail.
The number of such compartments shall not be less than one
for every one hundred voters qualified to vote at such polling
place, and not less than five in any city, and not less than
three in any polling place in any county. No person other