The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-05-23

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choice of candidates and his answers afore-
said, such as vote for lone" vote for "Three,"
"Yes." mo-" and the like and brief instruc-
| tons 90 to the method of voting the ballots
| shall be printed with black ink on clear white
| paper before being distributed the ballots
| shall be so folded in marked creases that the
width and length of the ballots when folded
shall be uniform, and of proper width to be
placed without difficulty in the ballot-boxes
now provided by law; on the back and out
side shall be printed the words "Oficiaf Bal
lot For" followed by the designation OF the
| polling -places for which 1t is prepared, the
date Of the election, and a fac-simile OF the
signature of the president or presiding officer
of the board of supervisors of election by
whom the ballot has been prepared.
1873. 1t shall be the duty of the secretary OF
State at least thirty days before the first cleo
ton. at which any of the ballots provided for
In the preceding section can be used, to cause
| to be prepared and transmitted to said re-
spective boards OF supervisors, sample printed
forms of ballots for their assistance in the
preparation of the ballots by them, and also
prepare and cause to be printed in clear. large
type on separate cards, to be called cards OF
instructions, at the expense of the State, and
transmit to said respective boards of super
visors, full instructions for the guidance OF
voters as to obtaining ballots. the manner of
marking them, the method of gaining assist
ance, and the manner of obtaining new ballots
In place of those accidentally spoiled, together
with copies of section one hundred and sixty
two TO one hundred and sixty-six, inclusive,
to the number of ten for each polling-p place.
139. Any person whose name has been
presented as candidate for any office may
cause his name to be Withdrawn from nom-
nation by request In writing signed by him
and acknowledged before an officer qualified
to take acknowledgements Of deeds, filed with
the secretary of State or clerk, as the case
may be, before he shall have transmitted the
names of the nominees, or thereafter with tue
officers by whom ballots for such office are to
be prepared at any time before the ballots
drawn shall be printed upon the ballots.
140. All ballots when printed shall be
folded as hereinbefore provided and fastened
together In convenient numbers in packages,
books or blocks, in such manner that each
ballot may be attached and removed separ
ately; record of the number of ballots
printed and furnished for each polling-place
shall be kept and preserved by the said boards
of supervisors of election respectively; said
record shall be retained in their respective
offices for six months after each election, with
reference to which it was made, and shall then
be destroyed, unless q contest shall have &C.
CURED with respect to some office embraced
therein, when the same shall be preserved
until said contest shall be ended.
141. There SHALL be provided for each voting
place, at which an election Is p be held, two
sets of such ballots, each Of not less than one
hundred for every fifty, or fraction of fifty i.
registered voters therein, and il shall be the
duty of the registers OF voters In each election
district or precinct Of each county, and each
election precinct of the city of Baltimore, in
xuhiof, onu nf he elooti0na haroiD hef0ra man.
toned is to be held. to certify to the boards
of supervisors of election respectively, i'm
mediately after the close of The last sitting of
the registers In each year, the number Of
registered voters in each voting district or
precinct ofthe several counties and of the city
OF Baltimore, as the case may be; the officers
hereinbefore charged with the duty of pre-
pairing the ballot shall respectively furnish the
ballots for use in each such election, and also
cause to be printed without the fac-simile en-.
dorsements, ten or more copies Of the form of
the ballot provided for each voting place at
each election therein, which shall be called
specimen ballots, and shall be furnished with
the other ballots provided for each such vot-
ing place.
143. 1t shall be the duty of the secretary
of State and of the said supervisors of election
respectively, to furnish any persons applying
therefor copies of any certificates of nomina-
tons, nomination papers or withdrawal
papers filed with them, for which they shall
be entitled to charge at the same rates as for
copies of other documents in their offices,
such costs to be paid by the mayor and city
council of Baltimore and county commits
sioners respectively.
IA The said boards OF supervisors of cleo
ton respectively. shall four days al least prior
to the day of any election in tue said cities and
their couniies respectively, cause to be con
spicuously posted in one or more public
places in each voting precinct of said cities
and in each voting district or precinct Of the
counties respectively. sample copies of the
ballots to be used 10 such district or precinct.
las. The board of supervisors of elections
shall the day preceding the elaction deliver to
the board of p1lice of the city of Baltimore,
all the ballots, specimen ballots and cards of
instruction, and the second day before the
election, the supervisors of elections of each
county shall deliver to the sheriff OF the
county, the ballots specimen ballots and cards
of instruction the said two sets of ballots,
shall be delivered In separate sealed packages,
with mark on the outside, clearly designating
the several polling places for which the re-
spective packages are intended, and the num-
Der of ballots of each kind enclosed, and the
said board of police and sheriffs shall give
their receipts therefor; record shall be kept
when such delivery was made, and of the
particulars thereof and the same with said
receipts shall be preserved for one year, I'm
less contest hath occurred with reference to
anv Office which was embraced in the ballots
and then until the contest is ended when they
shall be destroyed.
146. The board of police commissioners of
Baltimore city shall send together with the
ballot-boxes. and at the time and in the
method now provided for the delivery there
of, to the judges of the election and shall de-
liver with the ballot-box to the said judges of
each precinct In said city, one set of the said
ballots, together with The specimen ballots
and cards of instructions for the said pre-
cincts the other set of such ballots shall be
obtained in the possession Of the said board
of police commissioners upon the reQuisition
In writing Of the presiding or return judge,
or of any two judges of the election in any
precinct, that the second set of ballots are
needed for the use Of the voters therein, the
board of police commissioners shall deliver to
said judges though the hands Of one or more
of their officers the second Get of ballots TAX
ing receipt from said judges therefor.
lat. Tie said sheriffs OF the several coun-
ties shall send to the several voting placesin
their counties both sets of the said ballots,
together with the specimen ballots and cards
OF instruction, at the same time with and in
the same manner now provided by law for
delivering to them the ballot boxes. and one
set of ballots together with the specimen bal
lots and cards shall be delivered to the return
Judge. and the other set of ballots shall be de-
fivered to the judge who is of different
political party from the return judge, and
said judges shall respectively receipt to the
sheriff therefor.
148. At the opening of the polls In each
polling place in the city of Baltimore and the
several counties, the seals of the packages Of
the first set of ballots. and of the specimen
ballots and card of instruction shall be
publicly broken by the return Judge of cleo
ton. and the packages, books or blocks of
ballots shall be delivered into the custody of
the ballot clerks, hereinafter provided for the
cards of instruction shall be Immediately
posted in or at each voting shelf or compart-
! ment provided for marking the ballots, and
not less than three of the cards and not less
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