The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-15
ELECTIONS.

ing the election, deliver to the Board OF
timore the two registers of every precinct
of said city, together with the cards OF
instruction and ballot-boX therefor, the
lock, and containing one. Of the sealed
packages of ballots for said precinct, the
spes5men ballots the two poli-books and
required for such election; and the super
visors of elections of the several counties
shall. within the same period prior t.
ages for each precinct the two registers
for said precinct, together with the cards
box for such precinct, having first placed
in the ballot-boX one of the sealed pack
ages of ballots for said precinct, the speci;
men ballots, the two poll-books and all
blanks. indelible pencils and stationery
required for such election, and shall de-
liver the said packages and ballot-boxes,
properly addressed, to the sheriff of the
county and the said Board of Police Com
missioners and sheriff shall, respectively,
cause the same to be delivered. to the
judges of election of the respective pre-
cincts at or before the. opening of the
polls on the day of election. The several
boards of supervisors shall keep a record
Of the time when such deliveries are made
by them and of the particulars thereof.
IS. The judges of election, and each of
them, shall have authority to keep the
peace and to cause any person to be ar
rested for any breach Of the peace or for
Interference with the progress OF an cleo
ton, or of the canvass of the ballots; and
1t shall be the duty of all officers of the
law present to obey the order of any judge
of election, and an officer making an ar
rest by the direction of any judge shall
be protected in SO doing fully as If a
warrant had been issued to him to make
such arrest.
Sc. The polling places shall be opened by
the ssy Of SIX in an 5ae at efh
o'clock in the morning in the counties,
and in said city shall be kept open until
G,-1 - ~ to- %yo lz.,r
O'Clock, in the afternoon Of the same day.
at which time the polls shall be closed.
If any judge or clerk shall not be present
the time FOR opening the polls, the judge
or judges present shall fill the place Of
such absent judge or clerk by appointing
cal party as the absentee. One Of the
judges shall administer to such substitute
Of fsel ud ae or
Of the polls no judge or clerk shall absent
himself therefrom until all the ballots
turns completed. If. in case of absolute
necessity. any Judge or clerk in attend
anoe shall be compelled to absent him.
the same political party with himself to
act in his stead VI II his return, having
finst administered 20 such substitute the
forms for the a. ointment Of substitute
judges and clarh-, and Of the oath afore-
sad bs a be bsn By the
be preserved and returned by the judges
70 the supervisors: The appointment and
the. reason therefor, and the time when
such substitutes began and ceased to
serve, shall be noted by the judges in the
tu!e shall cease to act whenever the
judge or clerk in whose stead he was APP
pointed shall be present
81. Each political party OF other body of
voters having candidate or candidates
duly nominated shall have the right to
designate snd keep a challenger and
election. who shall be assigned to such
position near the judges of election, in
side the registration or polling-room, as
offers to register or vote, and they shall
be protected in tia discharge of their duty
By The Judges Of election til and the Police
by the presiding officer of the chief man
aging committee of their party In the city
or county, shall be sufficient evidence Of
the right of such challenger and watcher
to be present In the registration or poll
ing-room. In case any challenger or
the judges Of election shall recognize
challenger or watcher vouched for by the
persons present belon ging to such, political
party. Such challenger and watcher shall
have the right to remain in the polling
room, outside the rail hereinafter men
toned, from the time the polls are opened
until they ere closed, and after thar time
he shall be permitted to remain within the
rail until the returns are completed. The
to remain shall DO mfsdemeanor, punish
able by q fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding
ment; but it shall be unlawful for any such
challenger to inquire or ascertain for
may intend to vote ' or has Voted, or to
confer in the polling-room with any voter
or to assist him in the preparation of his
ballot, and any challenger offering or at
femptinp 1aWfnllv eiactad
by the judges, and shall also be subject
to the punishment hereinafter provided.
at any time by the same person or com
mittee or by the chairman of the commit
tee which appointed him. Citizens, other
than accredited challengers or watchers,
who desire to challenge the vote Of any
person then inside the polling-room shall
be permitted to enter said room for that
purpose, but a majority of the judges may
limit the number Of persons to be allowed
in the polling-room at any one time for
leave the poIling-room as soon as the right
to vote Of the person challenged by thsm
N~shall have been decided.
3d. Each clerk of election shall keep a
poll-book containing column headed
Number and another headed Name Of
Voter" All entries therein shall be made
in ink, and the number and name ct each
entered ON each Of the poll-books by the
clerk having charge thereof in regular
succession under the proper heading. the
Number" but il the vote of any person
poli-books shall be afterwards rejected by
The judges, the clerks shall thereupon
draw a line through his name and num-
Der, as hereinafter provided.
50. The supervisors Of elections shall
provide in each room designated by them
as polling places a sufficient number Of
yerg av ov marI their ba
lots Said booths or compartments shall
be constructed of plank not less than one
inch in thickness, and shall be Of such
marking his ballot therein, shall be
screened from the observations Of others,
be hung across the front Of each com
partment at q convenient height ard SO
as to extend a little below the shelf here
shall have shelf within the Same and
shall be provided with proper supplies
and eonveniences for marking kd the bal IL
in said polling place SO as to divide the
space occupied by the Judges of election
by. law to be within the same from the
public. Said guard-rail shall have an en-
trance and exit therein, and shall also
be so constructed and placed that only
proach within five feet of the ballot-boxes.
The arrangement of such polling places
shall be such that neither the ballot-boXes
nor the voting booths or compartments
shall be hidden from view of those just
outside of said guard-rail. The number
of such compartments shall not be less
than one for every one hundred voters
qualified to vote at such polling place, and
not less than five in any city, and not less
than three in any polling place in any
county. No person other than voters en-
ggaged in preparing or degositing Their hs
permitted to be within said rail unless by
authority of the judges of election for the
purpose of keeping order and enforcing
the law. The ballot-box shall be within
said rail, and not more than six feet there
from. The expense Of providing such
booths or compartments and guard-rail
shall be a public charge, and the same,
after the election is over, shall be pre-
served by the supervisors of election for
subsequent use.
60. AS soon as the polls are opened, and
Immediately before any ballots are re-
ceived by the judges, they shall open every
ballot-box used or 10 be used, and, having
taken therefrom the poll-books, ballots
and all the blanks and stationery pro-
vided by the supervisors of elections, they
shall permit all persons rightfully present
to examine such ballot-box, and every
part thereof, SO that they may be satisfied
as to the structure thereof and that such
then be locked and the key delivered to
one of the judges, and shall not again be
opened until the closing Of the polls; and
until such closing each ballot-box shall
entitled to be present, and shall be SO
placed that the voter offering his ballot
and the judges and clerks, and an persons
entitled TO be present, may conveniently
sealed package of ballots shah not be
opened until after the ballot-box shall
have been so examined, closed and locked
by the judges.
81: At every election each qualified voter
shall be entitled to receive one official
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