1132 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 656

the said two Clerks of Election together with the Supervisors
of Election shall attend on the first Monday in May,
1943, and on the first Monday in May in each and every
biennium thereafter, and at such other times as special elec-
tions 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 they 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 glass ballot boxes
similar to those used in State elections of the State of Mary-
land, which shall be used at all elections held hereunder, and
they shall also provide booths at the ratio of one for each 400
registered voters, or fractional part thereof. Any person
offering to vote whose name shall appear upon the registra-
tion books and who shall establish his identity to the satis-
faction of the Judges, shall be furnished by one of the Judges
with an official ballot for the ward in which he lives, 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, and his
name shall be checked by the Judges on the registration
books or a card index 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
voter shall be allowed more than seven minutes within which
to vote. Each Clerk of Election shall keep a poll book contain-
ing a column headed "Number, " and another headed "Name of
Voter". All entries therein shall be made in ink and the num-
ber and name of each person found entitled to vote and given
a ballot shall be entered on each of the poll books by the
Clerks having charge thereof in regular succession under the
proper heading; but if the vote of any person whose name has
been entered on the poll books shall be afterwards rejected by