each of the election clerks must write his name in ink in each of the poll-books immediately under the name of the last voter. (Art. 33, sec. 70.) DUTIES OF CLERKS DURING COUNT. The duties of the clerks during the count shall be to tally the votes for each candidate, and on each side of each proposition voted on as the same shall be called out by the judges who are counting the ballots. When all the ballots have been called off the clerks compare their fallies together, and when they agree upon the number of votes received by each candidate, one of them shall announce the number of votes received by, each candidate in a loud tone of voice. (Art. 33, sec. 71.) DUTIES OF THE CLERKS WITH REFERENCE TO THE RETURNS. The clerks shall sign the duplicate returns. Like the judges, if these returns are on more than one sheet they must sign their names on each sheet. Like the judges, if either clerk declines to sign the returns, he must make out a written statement of the reason why he declines to sign, and must enclose this statement with the returns, and have it returned along with them. Like the judges, each clerk must sign his name across the fold of the envelope in which the returns and the tallies are sealed up, and like the judges, he must sign each set of tallies. When this has been done, and the meeting of the judges and clerks has been dissolved, the clerks in the counties will have no further duties. In Baltimore City the clerks must take charge of and return the envelopes containing the tallies to the officials to whom they are respectively directed before twelve o'clock noon of the day after the election, and must take receipt therefor; that is to say, one of the clerks will have to deliver his envelope to the Board of Supervisors of Election and the other clerk to the Register of Wills. The clerks must be particular to get receipts for these envelopes, for the law expressly provides that they shall not be paid unless they produce such receipts. (Art. 33, secs. 73, 75.) FORMS OF BLANKS Which Supervisors are to Have Printed in Sufficient Quantities to Supply Each Registration and Polling Room. Prepared by the Attorney General of Maryland. In Accordance With the Provisions of Section 120 of Article 33 of the Code of Public General Laws. REGISTRATION FORMS. SUMMONS. To the Sheriff or to any Constable of..... . County, Greeting: ...... who resides .., to appear before us, the Board of Registry, of . district of said county, to at..... .190. at ..M., in the matter of pending before us as such Board of Registry. ... In Testimony Whereof, witness our hands and seals this........day of..... 190.... Board of Registry for the. said county. To. of... ATTACHMENT. . Esq., Sheriff of..... ... County, or to any Constable . County, Greeting: We, the Board of Registry for the...... election precinct of the...... district in said county, hereby command you take the body of..... who resides at............, in...... and him or her immediately have before us, as such officers of registration, to answer a contempt of our authority, as such officers of registration, in not being present at our office (...... ......) on the........day of..... Here insert place of said office. 190.., and in not answering to his name when called to testify in the matter of registering (or erasing) the name of............... .upon the registers of this precinct, after having been legally summoned to testify then and there and therein. In Testimony Whereof, witness our hands and seals as such Board of Registry, this........day of...... .190.... Board of Registry for the......election precinct of the......district COMMITMENT BY BOARD OF REGISTRY. State of Maryland, ......County, to wit: To the Sheriff of............County, Greeting: You are hereby commanded to receive the body of.... is committed for trial before the Circuit Court of..... for the offense of..... who . County, (Here set forth as nearly as you can in the language of the law the exact offence for which you have committed him.) at or around the place of registration of the names of qualified voters of the.......election precinct of the....... district of said county, and him, the said.... ....., safely keep in your custody in jail, until he shall be thence discharged according to law; thereof fail not at your peril. In Testimony Whereof, witness our hands and seals this........ day of............190..., as the Board of Registry for the.. .election (Seal.) (Seal.) Board of Registry for the......election precinct of the......district of.. ...county. SUBSTITUTE OFFICER OF REGISTRATION. I, of... .in the State of Maryland, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a legal voter in the......precinct of the......district of the county of..... in said State; that I will support the Constitution of the United States and that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the State of Maryland and support the Constitution and laws thereof, and that I will faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of an officer of registration and of judge of election for the........precinct of the...... district of the county of...................., in the State of Maryland, according to the best of my ability; and I do further swear (or affirm) that I will not attempt to ascertain, save in cases and in the manner in which I am authorized by law so to do, for what candidate or candidates any person shall vote or has voted, on any question, which may be or may have been submitted to the vote of the people, and if such knowledge shall be acquired by me, I will not directly or indirectly, by word or act, divulge or reveal the same or aid in doing so, save when I may be required to do so by law in some legal proceeding. Signature of Substitute Register. Sworn and subscribed before me, an officer of registration and judge of election of said precinct, this......day of... .190... SUBSTITUTE OFFICER OF REGISTRATION. .190..., at the was appointed by me, a member of the Board of Registry, to take the place of.... a regular officer of registration, who was then compelled to absent himself for the following reason (........................... ) and I do hereby further certify Here insert Reason. that before acting as such officer of registration, the said substitute officer of registration took and subscribed the oath below set forth, and the said substitute officer of registration served until the.... ...day of..... .190..., at the hour of... . . In the presence of Almighty God, you do solemnly promise (or affirm) that you will fully and truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you, touching your place of residence, name, place of birth, your qualifications as a voter and your right as such to register and vote under the laws of this State. I, ....9 in the presence of Almighty God, do solemnly declare that I did on... . . make application to the Board of Registry of the........election precinct of the........ district of the .county, and that said Board of Registry refused to register me as a qaulified voter in said precinct, and that I am a duly qualified voter, entitled to vote at the next election. Here voter signs his name. Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in and for the county aforesaid, this........ day of... .190... OATH. J. P. a voter of. Of Person Who Asked That a Name be Erased From the Registry. "I, of Almighty God, do solemnly declare that I believe.. .....county, in the presence .....who professes to reside at......... is not a qualified voter in the...... precinct of the. (here state grounds).. district of the... .county, on the ground" Subscribed and sworn to before us, the Board of Registry of said precinct, this........day of...... ..190... NOTICE. To..... To Persons Whose Names Are on Suspected List. Dear Sir:-You are hereby notified to appear before the Board of Registry for the....... ..election precinct of the.......... district of .....county, on Tuesday next, the......day of October, 190..., between the hours of 8 a. m. and 8 p. m. on said day, and then and there show cause, if any you have, why your name should not be erased from the registry of said precinct. By order Board of Registry of the......precinct, of the......district of the.... .county. Clerk of Board of Registry. AFFIDAVIT. By Clerk of Board of Registry, Showing Services of Notices by Him. State of Maryland, County of..... ''I, to-wit: Clerk of the Board of Registry of the....... ...county, do election precinct of the........ district of the..... hereby, in the presence of Almighty God, solemnly declare (or affirm) that I have, in accordance with law, mailed notices to the following persons, addressed to the residences below set forth, opposite the name of each of said persons, requiring such persons and each of them to appear before the Board of Registry of said precinct on Tuesday, October..... between the hours of 8 a. m. and 8 p. m. to show cause, if any they have, why their names should not be erased from the registry." Name: Address to which notice was mailed: ...... And I do further, in the presence of Almighty God, declare (or affirm) that upon the following persons I served a duplicate of said notice personally, namely, .... ..., and that upon the following persons I served said notice by leaving the same at their registered addresses, which addresses are below set forth opposite the name of each of said persons: Name. Address. Clerk to the Board of Registry of.. ...... Precinct. Sworn and subscribed before me, a judge of election and officer of |