HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1435

Election of said County. The keys to the machines shall like-
wise be delivered to the Board of Supervisors of Election of
said County. In primary elections in said County the ballot
labels used in the voting machines in said County shall be
printed on material of such different colors for each political
party as may be determined by the Board of Supervisors of
Election of said County. The Board of Supervisors of
Election may appoint such custodian or custodians for the
voting machines as the said Board shall deem necessary, whose
duty it shall be to prepare the machines for election purposes.
The voting machines and the keys thereof, when not in use,
shall be stored at such place or places, in such manner and
on such terms as the Board of Supervisors of Election may
determine. On or before the thirtieth day preceding an elec-
tion, the Board of Supervisors of Election shall mail to the
chairman of the County Committee of each political party,
which shall be entitled under existing law to participate in
primary elections within the County, a written notice, stating
the times when and the place or places where the machines for
use in the several polling places in the County will be pre-
pared for use. At such times and places, one representative
of each of such political parties, certified by the respective
chairman of the County Committees of such parties, shall be
entitled to be present, and to see that the machines are prop-
erly prepared and placed in proper condition and order for use.

224AC. Except as changed, modified or otherwise provided
by the terms of Sections 224AA to 224AE, inclusive, and in so
far as the sections of law hereinafter enumerated in this section
are applicable, the use of voting machines in any county, and
the duties of the Board of Supervisors of Election of said
County, and the duties of the Judges of Election of said
County in connection therewith, and penalties for the viola-
tion of the provisions of this Act, shall be regulated and
governed by the same laws as are applicable to the use of
voting machines in Baltimore City under the terms and pro-
visions of Sections 224A, 224E, 224F, 224G, 224H, 224-I, 224J,
224K, 224L, 224M, 224N, 224-O, 224P, 224Q, 224R, 224S, 224T,
and 224U of Chapter 94 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland, regular session of 1937.

224AD. Wherever possible, the provisions of Sections
224AA to 224AE, inclusive, shall be construed in harmony
with existing laws. If any of the provisions of said sections
shall be judicially declared to be invalid or unconstitutional,
the remaining provisions hereof shall not be thereby affected,
but shall remain in full force and effect.