1254                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 739

each of the judges of election. If any judge shall decline to
sign such return, he shall state his reason therefor in writing,
and a copy thereof, signed by himself, shall be enclosed with such
return. Each of the return sheets shall be enclosed in an envelope,
which shall then be sealed with sealing wax, or other sealing material,
and each of the judges shall write his name across the fold of the
envelope. One of the triplicate return sheets shall be directed to
the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county or of the Superior Court of
Baltimore City, as the case may be, one to the County Commissioners
or County Council of the county or to the Mayor and OF THE City of
Baltimore, as the case may be, and one to the Register of Wills of the
county or city, as the case may be, and the general return sheet and
statement shall be directed to the Board of Supervisors of Elections of
the county or city, as the case may be. The judges of election shall
promptly deliver the keys of the voting machine, enclosed in a
sealed envelope, to the official authorized by law to receive the same,
if the construction of the voting machine shall permit their separate
return. Said envelope shall have endorsed thereon a certificate of
the election officers, stating the number of the machine, the precinct
where it has been used, the number on the seal, and the number on
the protective counter or device at the close of the polls.

(d)  Report. The judges of the several precincts shall, immediately
upon completion of the tabulation of the vote, report the unofficial
result to the Supervisors of Elections of their respective counties and
also the time when the tabulation of the vote was completed.

(e)  Removal of Voting Machines. As soon as possible after the
completion of the count, the Board of Supervisors of Elections shall
have the voting machine properly boxed or securely covered and
removed to a place of storage to be designated by said Board.

132. Delivering Return Sheets, Binders and Registers, (a) Re-
turns Posted. The general return sheet, triplicate return sheet and
statement shall be printed to conform with the type of voting ma-
chine used. The designating number and letter, if any, on the
counter for each candidate shall be printed thereon opposite the
candidate's name. Immediately after the vote has been ascertained,
the statement thereof shall be posted on the door of the polling-place.

(b)  Baltimore City. In those precincts of Baltimore City in which
voting machines shall be used, two of the judges, each representing
a different political party, shall take into their possession the regis-
ters, or the binder containing the registration cards for the precinct
and each of the other judges shall take charge of one of the state-
ments of the votes cast, sealed up in its envelope as aforesaid, and
the meeting of said judges shall then be dissolved. Thereupon the
said judges shall forthwith deliver the said registers or the said
binder (containing said cards) to the Board of Supervisors of Elec-
tions, and the said statements to the respective officers to whom they
are addressed as aforesaid, and shall take receipts therefor. No judge
shall receive pay for his services unless he produces the receipt herein
provided for. The officers to whom the statements are so delivered
shall securely keep the same with the seals unbroken.

(c)  Counties. In those precincts of the counties in which voting
machines shall be used, after the proceedings set forth in Section 131
in each precinct, the judges who are also officers of registration, who