1526 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 934

todians as the said Board shall deem necessary, whose duty
it shall be to prepare the voting machines for election purposes
as hereinafter provided and to perform such other duties as
may be prescribed by the Board. Not less than five days or
more than twenty days before any election such custodians
shall, in the presence of at least two members of the Board
having opposite party affiliation, prepare the voting machines,
including such reserve number of machines as the Board may
deem necessary, by setting all registering counters, except the
protective counter, at zero (000), placing the proper ballot
labels on the machines, locking the machines and removing
the keys therefrom, and sealing each of said machines with
a numbered seal so placed that the operating lever of each
machine cannot be moved without destroying said seal.

(b) On or. before the thirtieth day preceding an election, the
said Board shall mail to the chairman of the City or County
Committee, as the case may be, of each political party entitled
under existing law to participate in primary elections within
such city or 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 city or county will be so prepared for use as
above provided. At such times and places, one representative of
each of such political parties, certified by the respective chair-
men of the city or 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.

(c) The custodian and deputy custodians shall make and
sign a certificate in writing, and request each party represen-
tative present at the preparation of the machine to attest the
same, which shall be filed with the Board of Supervisors of
Elections, stating (1) the identifying number or other desig-
nation of the voting machine; (2) that each registering counter
of the machine was set at zero (000); (3) the number appear-
ing on the exposed counter which registers every consecutive
operation of the machine; (4) the number on the seal with
which the machine has been sealed; (5) that the keys for each
machine have been sealed in separate envelopes identified by
the serial number of the voting machine; (6) the date and place
of the inspection and preparation of such machine and that
the proper ballot-labels have been installed thereon. Each
machine sealed as in this section provided shall remain locked
and sealed until the time of examination immediately pre-
ceding the opening of the polls, as hereinafter provided.

85. (a) The Board of Supervisors of Elections shall deliver
the proper voting machine or voting machines, properly furn-
ished with ballot-labels, to the polling places of the respective