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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 255

2-11.

(b) Wherever possible and practicable, it shall be the duty
of each board to use public buildings, such as schoolhouses and
fire-engine houses, for polling places. It is the duty of all
public officials having charge of such buildings to place them at
the disposal of the boards without charge. Such space as needed
therein for the proper conduct of elections shall be provided
upon application for their use by the boards and light, heat and
custodial and janitorial services for the buildings shall be
provided without charge. Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to mean that volunteer fire companies or rescue squads
shall not be paid for the use of their facilities.

(1)   In Montgomery County, it shall be mandatory that
the county board of education make available such space and
custodial service as needed for the proper conduct of
registrations and elections upon application by the board for the
county.

(2)   In Charles County, the [board] BOARD, in its
discretion, shall be permitted to use private firehouses, private
halls and other buildings for polling places.

2-12.

(d) (1) Each [board] BOARD, at the time precinct lines are
created or changed under the authority of any provision of law,
shall have a reasonable number of maps prepared showing the new
precinct lines and shall adopt a resolution describing the
precinct lines. One copy of each of the resolutions and of the
maps shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the
county and the State Administrative Board of Election Laws.

(5) Any board may charge reasonable fees for such
maps, descriptions, and directories. However, these fees cannot
be in excess of the proportionate cost for production of each
map, description, and directory. No board shall prepare any
unduly expensive maps, [description] DESCRIPTIONS, and
directories.

3-2.

(a) Each board shall be open for registration on such days
and during such [hours,] HOURS as each board may prescribe
provided that: any board where there are less than twenty
thousand (20,000) registered voters in the [county,] COUNTY shall
be open not less than two days per week; any board where there
are more than twenty thousand (20,000) but not more than fifty
thousand (50,000) registered voters in the [county,] COUNTY shall
be open not less than three days per week; any board where there
are more than fifty thousand (50,000) registered voters in the
county shall be open five days per week, all which days
continuously during the regular business hours for the county