Sec. 9-283. Secretary to transmit ballots.

      Sec. 9-283. Secretary to transmit ballots. The Secretary of the State shall transmit the ballots so printed and prepared, folded in the manner in which they are to be voted, to the town clerk of each town or, in the case of a city or borough election, to the city or borough clerk, as the case may be, so that they shall be received by such clerk at least two days, Sundays not included, before the opening of the polls. The clerk of such municipality shall, by himself or agent, upon request of the Secretary of the State, procure such ballots from the office of the Secretary of the State and receipt for the same.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1047; 1953, S. 759d.)