HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1557

Absentee Resident, as is set forth in the other provisions of
this sub-title for ballot envelopes and ballots cast by other
Absentee Residents.

134. Immediately after the completion of the canvass of
the votes cast at the regular voting places in this State at
any election, the several Boards shall meet at the usual
place for holding the Circuit Court for the County or in
Baltimore City at the offices of the Supervisors of Elections
and shall there first register all Absentee Residents entitled
thereto and not previously registered, and such registration
shall be deemed to have been made on the day of said elec-
tion and prior to the casting of their votes by such Absentee
Residents. Immediately after completing such registration,
said several Boards shall proceed to count, certify and can-
vass the ballots contained in the Ballot Envelopes, received by
them from the Secretary of State as hereinbefore provided, at
any time prior to the closing of the polls on election day.
Whenever any Board shall determine from proof or investi-
gation that any person who has marked and transmitted an
Absentee Ballot, whether under Act of Congress or the pro-
visions of this sub-title, has died before election day, said
Board shall not count the ballot of said deceased voter, but
it shall be preserved by said Board for six months and may
then be destroyed, unless prior to that time the Board be
ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction to keep the same
for any longer period. Unless at or prior to the time of such
counting and canvassing the Board shall have determined that
the Absentee Resident who marked a ballot had died before
election day, said ballot shall be counted, and the fact that
said Absentee Resident may later be shown to have been
actually dead on election day shall not invalidate said ballot
or said election. If said Board determines that said Absentee
Resident voted in person at said election, his Absentee Ballot
shall not be counted.

If said Boards determine that the provisions for filling
out and signing the oath on the outside of the Ballot En-
velope have been substantially complied with and that the
person signing the voter's oath is entitled to vote under this
sub-title in any precinct or election district or ward of their
respective County or City, as the case may be, and has not al-
ready voted therein on election day, they shall open the Ballot
Envelope and remove the ballot therefrom and place it in a
ballot box or ballot boxes prepared for that purpose. The
Board shall not open or unfold any Absentee Ballot at any
time prior to counting the same. When any Ballot Envelope
is opened, the Board shall enter in the appropriate register
the fact that the voter whose name appears thereon has