10 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1

unless the Board determines to its satisfaction that the appli-
cant is not an Absentee Eesident, it shall, as soon as possible
after receipt of the application, mail each Absentee Resident a
State Absentee Ballot, Ballot Envelope, Eeturn Envelope and
the Instructions. Beginning September 1, 1944, each Board
shall meet not less than once each week, up to and including
the week of October 15, 1944, and at least three times during
the week beginning October 22, 1944, including Saturday,
October 28, 1944, for the aforesaid purposes. Prior to Septem-
ber 1, 1944, each Board shall mail, postage prepaid, if postage
is required, an Absentee Ballot, Ballot Envelope, Eeturn En-
velope and the Instructions to each Absentee Eesident from
whom a proper application for such Ballot has been received,
within 15 days after receipt thereof. After September 1, 1944,
said Ballots and other balloting material shall be mailed, post-
age prepaid, if postage is required, at least once each week, up
to the week beginning October 22, 1944, during which week
said Ballots and other balloting material shall be mailed at
least three times, including Saturday, October 28, 1944.

Not more than one State Absentee Ballot shall be mailed
to any one applicant unless the Board has reasonable grounds
to believe that the Absentee Ballot previously mailed has been
lost, destroyed or spoiled.

310. STATE ABSENTEE BALLOTS. The several Boards shall
cause to be printed an adequate number of State Absentee
Ballots, of the three kinds of envelopes hereinafter described
and of instructions. The words "Absentee Ballot" shall be
printed in large letters in a clear space at the top of each of
said ballots. The designation of the polling place shall be
left blank on the back and outside of said ballots and shall
be filled in by the appropriate Board before being sent to any
registered Absentee Eesident, and, if the Absentee Eesident
is not registered, said blanks shall be filled in by said Board
when said Absentee Eesident is registered, as in this sub-title
provided. One envelope shall be known as the "Eeturn En-
velope" and shall be sufficiently larger than the other envelope,
which shall be known as the "Ballot Envelope" and which is
hereinafter described, to conveniently enclose and contain the
Ballot Envelope. There shall be printed or written across the
left-hand face of the "Eeturn Envelope" the words "Eeturn
Envelope for the Election of ............ ,..............",

the blank space being filled in with the date of said election,
after which there shall be added the words, "Supervisors of
Elections of Baltimore City", or "Supervisors of Elections of
........................ County", as the case may be, and

the address of their office, and below this last phrase shall be