HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1561

under the control of the Board of Public Works and the Com-
mission and said Boards are authorized to arrange with
County Commissioners of any county and with the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore for the making of payments
for such postage in the first instance and said County Commis-
sioners and Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall there-
after be reimbursed by the Board of Public Works for said
expenditure.

(e) The Commission is also authorized, in its discretion, to
permit the several Boards to designate the precinct and elec-
tion district or ward of the Absentee Resident on the Ballot
Envelope and to add to, alter, change or modify the content or
form of the instructions to voters provided for in Section 129
of this sub-title, if it deems such action would further effectu-
ate or aid the purposes of this sub-title.

(f) The Commission is further authorized and empowered to
cooperate with all Federal authorities in facilitating and ex-
pediting voting by all Absentee Residents and to cooperate
with the election officials of the State of Maryland or of any
county thereof, or of Baltimore City, in all matters relating
to voting by such Absentee Residents in any elections covered
by this sub-title and in all matters relating to the registration
of Absentee Residents.

All rules and regulations of the Commission shall be bind-
ing upon and shall be followed by all Boards.

139. If any Act or Acts of Congress, now or hereafter
in effect, providing for voting by mail of all or any of the
persons who are Absentee Residents, as defined in this sub-
title, requires the execution of an oath on the Ballot Envelope,
or otherwise, or requires other printing on any of said bal-
lot material, which is different from that required on the
State Ballot Envelope or other ballot material as provided
in this sub-title, the War Ballot Commission shall be author-
ized, in its discretion, to change the oath on the State Ballot
Envelope and to change any of the other State ballot ma-
terial in order to conform to the provisions of any such Act
or Acts, and said Commission is also authorized to add perti-
nent matter to the oath or any other ballot material that
may be prescribed by any such Act or. Acts, provided,
however, that said Commission shall not take any action which
would conflict with any provision of the Constitution of this
State and shall not provide or prescribe any oath which
would not furnish the information needed to enable any
Board to register the affiant as a qualified voter under the
Constitution of this State.

140. Each Board shall also act as a Board of Registry,
as Judges of Election, and as a Board of Canvassers, as the