ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  671

least prior to the day of any election in said town, cause to be
conspicuously and securely posted in one or more public places,
accurate sample copies of the ballots to be used in the then
approaching election; such sample copies shall be printed on
light cardboard or heavy sized paper of dimensions and type
of the same size as that used in printing the official ballots, and
one of them at least shall be placed upon the exterior of the
building in which the polls will be held, so that the same can
be readily seen and examined by persons passing on the street
or road.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 145, 147,
148 and 149 of Article 21 of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Talbot County, " sub-title
"Easton, " be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments, to read as follows:

145. The voting place shall be in the engine house until
otherwise ordered by the Mayor and Council and the polls shall
be kept open from nine o'clock A. M. to seven o'clock P. M.

147.      The person presenting himself to vote shall give his
name to the judges, who shall, if his name be found upon the
registry, admit him to the polling place and give to him an
official ballot, on the back of which shall be written the initials
or name of some one of the three judges, the voter shall then
go into one of the booths and mark the official ballot fur-
nished him; not more than one voter shall be permitted to
occupy any one booth or compartment at one time, and no voter
shall remain in or occupy a booth longer than may be necessary
to prepare his ballot, and in no event longer than three min-
utes, in case all such booths or compartments are in use and
other voters are waiting to occupy the same; he shall then re-
turn said ballot to one of the judges designated to receive the
ballots, and the judge shall deposit the same in the ballot box,
if no part of said ballot be exposed so as to show any of the
marks thereon.

148.     Ballots other than those printed by the Town Clerk,
according to the provisions of this Article, shall not be cast or
counted in any election. Any voter may take with him into the
polling place any written or printed memorandum or paper
to assist him in marking or preparing his ballot, except a fac-
simile of the ballot to be voted. Ballots shall be printed and in