FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

ments of deeds, filed with the said board of supervisors, and
no name so withdrawn shall be printed upon the ballots.

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270 V. There shall be provided for each polling place, at
which an election is to be held, two sets of such ballots, each
of not less than one hundred for every fifty or fraction of
fifty registered voters therein.

Two sets of
ballots.

270 W. The said board of supervisors of election shall, three
days at least prior to the day of any election in the city of
Frederick, cause to be conspicuously posted in one or more
public places in each aldermanic district, sample copies of the
ballots to be used in such district or precinct.

Sample bal-
lots to be
posted.

270 X. The board of supervisors of election shall, before the
opening of the polls on the day of election in any aldermanic
district, send, together with the ballot-boxes, and deliver with
the ballot-box to the judge of election in each aldermanic
district, one set of said ballots, together with specimen ballots;
the other set of such ballots shall be retained in the possession
of the said board of supervisors of election; upon the requisi-
tion in writing of the president or return judge, or of any
two judges of the election in any aldermanic district, that the
second lot of ballots are needed for the use of the voters
therein, the board of supervisors shall deliver to the judges
through the hands of a policeman, the second set of ballots,
taking a receipt from said judges therefor.

Delivery of
ballots and
boxes.

270 Y. If it shall happen that some office or offices shall
become vacant after the time fixed for filing certificates of
nomination or nomination papers, or a candidate for any office
shall die after his name shall have been printed on the official
ballots, tickets for such office or offices alone, not exceeding
four inches in length, may be printed and may be prepared,
and may be carried into the polling room, and voted at the
same time and in the same ballot-box with the official ballot,
and shall be counted in the same manner as the official ballots ;
and in the cases mentioned in this section, the name of a
candidate for such vacant office shall not be placed or written
on the official ballot, or counted if found thereon.

Special
ballots.

270 Z. It shall be the duty of said board of supervisors of
elections, at the same time and in the same manner that they
make the appointment of judges of election, and from persons
having the same qualifications as those prescribed by law for
said judges, to appoint two ballot clerks for each aldermanic

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Ballot clerks.