The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-05-03
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

ballots without assistance, no distinction
or discrimination in the matter of assist
ance in marking ballots shall be made
for or against any duly registered voter
for any other cause whatever.
Sec. 6. And be it futher enacted,
That Section TO of said Article s., title
ELECTIONS, subtitle Count of Ballots,
be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, so to read
as follows:
90. The judges shall then open the
ballot-box and count and announce the
whole number of ballots in the box
They shall reject any ballots which are
deceitfully folded together. and any
ballots which do not have endorsed
thereon the name or initials of the Judge
who held the ballots If the voter has
marked more names than there are per
sons to be elected to an office, or if there
shall be any mark on the ballot other
than the cross mark in a square opposite
to the name of a candidate, or other
than the name or names of any candi-
date written by the voter on the ballot
as provided in Section 10, his ballot
shall not be counted. Ballots not
counted for such defects shall be marked
defective on the back thereof. and
shall be wrapped in a separate package
and returned to the ballot-boX as herein
after directed. No vote shall be counted
for any candidate opposite whose name
no cross mark shall be placed. They
shall open the ballots, and all of them
shall be canvassed separately by one OF
the Judges sitting between Two other
Judges, which Judge shall call out each
name and the Office for which it IS
designated, and the other Judges looking
at the ballot at the same time, and the
clerks making tally OF the same. When
all the ballots have been canvassed in
this manner, the election clerks shall
compare their tallies together and ascer-
tam the total number OF votes received
by each candidate, and when they agree
upon the numbers, one OF them shall
snail announce IN loud voice to the
Judges the aggregate number OF votes
received by each candidate. II re-
quested by any watcher or challenger
present at any canvass, 1t shall be the
duty OF the Judges and each OF them to
exhibit to such watcher or challenger
any Doliot cast, fuIIy opened or IN such
conQltlon and manner that he may iully
read and examine the same, but the
Judges snail not allow any ballot to be
taken from their hands. AS the ballots
are counted they shall be strung upon
strong tWine.
sec I. Ana De II furthef enacted
nat section ~ y OF SAID Article 49,,
ute 'Eiecuoh9' subtitle 'All9celIa-
neou9 PROVISIONS DC ana the same IS
heTeOy repeated ana fe-ehactea so as
10 read as follows:
ia a. AT least thirty days before
every state cIec'Ion the Attorney-Gen-
erdi sIlaII prepare nun instructions Tor
inc guidance OF Ihe voters OF such eIec-
''oli d9 % obtaining Oalio's' as 10 'he
i'''l.iei oi ii,drkIllS 'leih' ana as 10 Cd
'"iHIiS new DdIIots ID the place OF nose
INSTRUCTIONS as siaIl IN ms opinion be
necessary ana proper sald instructions
s, ll"iI DC lurIl9hea by me secretary OF
o!d'e 70 me il several Boards OF super
liso'9 ol r-IeCuohs' VINO snail, resPec-
lNeiy cause the same together with
eoPieS Oh oecuonS o. % ana % OF TINS
A'ucle' 70 DC printed IN large clear type,
on separate cafds 70 be called cards
o. instruction, ana sald Board OF au-
PeINlsol .,, Shall lGfnlsh twelve OF the
same same WIN oaIlots Tor use IN each cleo
p tlon PIecilio'' ney snalI also cause to
De 2Iin.eu on IlShl cara board or heavy
SIIeu paper zen or more copies OF the
Io'ln % me oallot provided Tor each
Young place at each election therein OF
-" I -, imagined SIZE which
sI'"l DC o"l.ed specimen ballots and