HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 947

(1939 Edition), title "Elections", sub-title "Miscellaneous
Provisions", authorizing the Boards of Supervisors of
Elections, in their discretion, to establish additional poll-
ing: places in any election precinct or district, under cer-
tain conditions.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 175 of Article 33 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Elections", sub-
title "Miscellaneous Provisions", be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as fol-
lows:

175. The Board of Supervisors of Elections of Balti-
more City and the Board of Supervisors of Elections of
the several counties shall have power to, and may in their
discretion, whenever more than 600 persons are registered
in any one election precinct or in any election district which
may not be divided into election precincts, provide
one additional polling place in each such election precinct
or district; and whenever the several Boards of Supervisors
of Elections shall designate an additional polling place in
any election precinct or in any election district not divided
into precincts they shall appoint judges and clerks of elec-
tion therefor, as in this Article provided, who shall have
all the powers, perform all the duties, be subject to all the
responsibilities, and be liable to all the penalties prescribed
in this Article for judges and clerks of election. Whenever
an additional polling place is provided for any such election
precinct or election district, it shall be the duty of the
Board of Supervisors of Election to cause an additional set
or sets of books to be prepared, containing the names of
registered voters transcribed from the original books. One
set of books shall contain the names of voters whose sur-
names begin with the letter "A" down to and including
those whose surnames begin with the letter "J". The other
set of books shall contain the names of registered voters
whose surnames begin with the letter "K", down to and
including those whose surnames begin with the letter "Z".
One set of books shall be used in each of the polling places
designated as provided for in this section. All the mem-
bers of the Boards of Supervisors of the counties or the
City of Baltimore, as the case may be, shall sign their
names to the books which contain the names copied from
the original books for such polling places in the hands of
said supervisors, and shall duly certify that such set of
books so copied contain all the names of the persons en-
titled to vote in such election precinct or district, such said
certificate shall appear on the blank line next following the