SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                       891

(e)    The judges shall promptly deliver the keys of the voting
machine, or of each voting machine, as the case may be, 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 certi-
fication of the election officers, stating the number of the machine,
the precinct where it has been used, the number on the seal, the
number on the protective counter or device at the close of the polls
and a statement that the certificate is correct in all respects.

(f)    The judges of the several precincts shall, immediately upon
completion of the tabulation of the vote, report the unofficial result
to the board and also the time when the tabulation of the vote was
completed.

(g)    Immediately after the vote has been ascertained, the state-
ment thereof may be posted on the door of the polling place.

(h) As soon as possible after the completion of the count, the
board shall have the voting machine properly boxed or securely
covered and removed to a place of storage to be designated by the
board.

16-17. Delivery of return sheets and registration records.

After the proceedings set forth in Section 16-16 of this article, two
of the judges, each representing a different political party, shall take
into their possession the registers, or the binder containing the
registration cards for the precinct and each of the other judges
shall take charge of one of the statements of the votes cast, sealed up
in its envelope as aforesaid, and the meeting of the said judges shall
then be dissolved. Thereupon, the judges shall forthwith, or at the
discretion of the board, not later than twelve o'clock noon on the
day following the election deliver the said registers or the said
binder (containing said cards) to the board, 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.

BOARD OF CANVASSERS

17-1. Custody of return sheets.

It shall be the duty of the county commissioners, county councils,
clerks of court, mayor and boards, respectively, to keep safely, under
lock and key, the original return sheets or statements of votes cast and
general return or tally sheets. The officers to whom the statements
are so delivered shall securely keep the same with the seals unbroken.
When the board of canvassers shall have assembled and organized
according to law, as hereinafter provided, the clerks of court, county
commissioners, county councils, mayor and boards shall immediately
deliver or transmit to such board of canvassers the said return sheets
or statements of votes cast and general return or tally sheets in the
sealed envelopes.

17-2. Organization of local board of canvassers.

(a) Each board shall constitute a board of canvassers for its
county or city, as the case may be. On the second day following
every election between the hours of ten o'clock a.m. and one o'clock