1512 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 934

said room for that purpose, but a majority of the judges may
limit the number of persons to be allowed in the polling-room
at any one time for such purpose, and all such persons shall
leave the polling-room as soon as the right to vote of the per-
son challenged by them shall have been decided.

65 (a) Each clerk of election in those precincts in which
paper ballots shall be used shall keep a poll-book containing 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 to whom a ballot is given shall
be entered on each of the poll-books by the clerk having charge
thereof in regular succession under the proper heading, the
number of such voter being placed opposite his name in the
column headed "Number", but if the vote of any person whose
name has thus been entered on the poll-books shall be after-
wards rejected by the judges, the clerks shall thereupon draw a
line through his name and number as hereinafter provided.

(b) In Baltimore City, a registered voter offering to vote
at any election shall, before being given a ballot or being ad-
mitted to the voting machine, identify himself by signing a
voting authority card in the presence of the judges. The judge
in charge of the precinct registration files shall compare the
signature upon such card with the signature upon the regis-
tration card, and, if the same are not identical, the applicant
shall not be permitted to vote unless the majority of the judges
are of the opinion that he is the same person whose name
appears upon the registration card. If the entry "Cannot
Write" appears upon the registration card, then the applicant,
if a male, shall state his age, which shall be compared with the
age stated upon the registration card, or the applicant shall
identify himself or herself by such other means as are referred
to upon the registration card. If, upon comparison of the sig-
nature or other identification, it is found that the applicant
is entitled to vote, then the judge having charge of the appli-
cation lists shall approve the voting authority card and write
his initials thereon. The number of voting authority cards
furnished to the judges shall exceed by ten per cent, the num-
ber of registered voters in the precinct, and each voting au-
thority card shall be numbered, and they shall be handed to
the applicant in numerical order, as such applicants shall
appear and offer to vote. There shall be noted by one of the
judges upon the precinct registration card of each voter who
shall vote at any election, the date of such election.

66. The Supervisors of Elections shall provide in each room
designated by them as polling places a sufficient number of