1520 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 934

76. The "spoiled" and "not voted" ballots, as denned in Sec-
tion 70, shall be enclosed in a package to themselves and en-
dorsed "spoiled and not voted; " the "rejected" and "defective"
ballots, as denned in said section and Section 73, shall be en-
closed in a package to themselves and endorsed "rejected and
defective. " The poll-books and the ballots cast and counted,
as well as the two before-mentioned packages of "spoiled, " "not
voted, " "rejected" and "defective" ballots shall be placed in
the ballot-box, and the ballot-box shall then be locked and the
key removed, whereupon the judges of election shall all write
their names upon a strip of paper of sufficient length for the
following purposes. Said strip of paper shall then be pasted
over the keyhole of said ballot-box and over the slit in the lid,
in such manner that the signatures shall extend across the
place of the opening of the lid, and so that when the box is
opened it will tear the paper and destroy the signatures, and
so that when the key is inserted in the keyhole it will tear
the paper so pasted over the keyhole. Such paper shall be
securely fastened in the box with sealing wax or some other
adhesive material.

77. The provisions of Sections 66 to 76 inclusive shall not
apply to elections held in those precincts in which voting
machines shall be used, except as specifically so provided
therein.

78. (a) Thereupon, in those precincts of Baltimore City in
which paper ballots shall be used, one of the judges shall take
charge of the ballot-box and its contents so enclosed, and an-
other judge representing the opposite political party, shall
receive and hold the key thereof, and the package of unused
ballots sealed up by said judges, as required by Section 71;
the two judges who do not have charge of the ballot-box or
key, shall take into their possession the registers or the binder
containing the registration cards for the precinct and each of
said judges shall take one of the statements of the votes cast
(elsewhere in this Article called return sheets), sealed up in
its envelope as aforesaid, and each of the clerks shall take one
of the tally-sheets sealed up in an envelope as aforesaid, and
the meeting of said judges and clerks shall then be dissolved.
Before 12 o'clock noon of the day after such election in such
precincts, the judge having possession of the ballot-box shall
deliver the same, with the contents aforesaid, to the Board of
Supervisors of Elections with the seal unbroken, and shall take
a receipt therefor, and within the same period of time the
judges having possession of the key, the package of unused
ballots and of the registers or the binder containing the regis-
tration cards for the precinct shall deliver the same to the said