448                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 345

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(j) Charles County: [$250] $600.

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(c) Wherever possible and practicable, it shall be the duty of each
board of election supervisors to use public buildings, such as school
houses and fire-engine houses, for registration and polling places; and
it shall be the duty of all public officials having charge of such build-
ings to place them at the disposal of said boards of supervisors and
to make available such space as needed therein for the proper conduct
of registrations and elections upon application for their use by said
boards of supervisors and to provide light and heat for the buildings,
and in all proper ways to facilitate them in the discharge of their
duties as supervisors. In Montgomery County it shall be mandatory
that the County Board of Education of Montgomery County make
available such space and custodial service as needed for the proper
conduct of registrations and elections upon application by the Board
of Supervisors of Elections for Montgomery County. In Charles
County the Board of Election Supervisors in their discretion, shall be
permitted to use private fire houses and private halls EXCLUDING
CHURCH HALLS for registration and polling places.

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The supervisors of elections shall constitute a board of canvassers
for their county or city, as the case may be. On the Thursday next
following every election between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 1
o'clock in the afternoon, the board of canvassers for each county shall
meet at the usual place for holding the circuit court for the county,
and the board of canvassers for Baltimore City and Montgomery
[County] and Charles Counties shall meet at the office of said su-
pervisors of elections. Each board shall elect a chairman and secretary
from their number. Each member of the board shall take an oath,
which shall be administered and recorded by the clerk of the said
court, to truly canvass, add up and declare the votes as required
by law. At their first meeting a majority of the whole board shall
be a quorum. If a majority shall not attend on the Thursday aforesaid,
the canvassers present shall adjourn to the next day, when they shall
meet again between the same hours. The canvassers then attending,
although less than a majority of the whole number, shall organize
themselves as a board, and shall perform the duties required by law;
and all questions arising in the course of their proceedings shall be
determined by a majority of the canvassers so attending. All the
sessions, deliberations and proceedings of the board shall be public,
and the candidates and their counsel shall have the right to attend
and to inspect the original statements and returns, and all other
documents and records.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved April 24, 1961.

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.