The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-05-16
Public General Laws.


the office to be filed, with such informa-
ton as is required to be given IN certih-
Gates provided for in Section 81 of this
article, with the additional statement
that the persons signing the same intend
to vote for the person to be nominated
numbers as follows, residing in the politi-
cal division in and for which the officer
is to be .elected-that is TO say; The mum
less than five hundred when the nomina-
ton is for an office to be filled by an cleo
ton participated in by the voters OF the
entire state, and not less than three hun
dred when the nomination is for an office !
to be filed by an election to be partici- |
pated in by the voters Of an entire CON
gressional district, or of the entire cities |
of baltimore, Annapolis, Frederick, Cum |
berland or Hagerstown, and not less than |
two hundred for nominations for all other |
elections; and provided, also, that the |
said signatures need not all be appended |
to one paper; but If the signatures are
appended to more than one paper, all
such papers must be fastened together, |
and filed as one certificate. Each stgner |
shall append to his signature, his residence,
occupation and place of business, and
every such paper shall be accompanied
by an affidavit or afIidavits, made before
sons known personally to the justice.
and so certified by him and signed by
the afiiant or atlantis, TO the effect that
the signerS are known TO such atfiant or
atlantis to be registered voters of the
district or precinct in which they re-
specuvely reside, and that the said aftiant
regard to whom he or they make oath
sign such paper, and any wilfully false
statement in such affidavit or affidavits
or affirmation shall be deemed a misde-
| meanor, and shall subject the person
making the same to the fines and penal
ties prescribed by the law of this state
| for the crime of perjury.
80. Certificates OF nomination shall be
filed with the Secretary of State for the
nomination of members of Congress or of
candidates for offices to be filed by voters
| of the entire state, or of any division of a
gerater extent than one county. For all
| other nominations to public offices, certih-
| Gates of nomination shall be filed with the
| supervisors of elections of the respective
counties or of Baltimore City, as the case
| may be, wherein the officers are to be
| filled by the voters.
40. No certificate of nomination shall
contain the name Of more than one nomi-
nee for each offie to be filled. No person
nominee for each office to be filled, and
no person shall accept nomination to
more than one office.
Al. The Secretary of State and the sew
eral boards of supervisors Of elections
shall cause to be preserved in their res
pectve offices, for two years, all certifi-
Gates of nomination filed with them under
the provisions of this article. All such
certificates shall be open to public in
| spection.
AZ, Except in cases provided for by
Section &c, and cases of special elections
to I'LL vacancies in office caused by death,
resignation or otherwise, such certificates
of nomination shall be filed, respectively,
with the Secretary of State not less than
twenty days, and with the boards of SUI
pervisors of elections not less than ten
days, before the day of election.
4S. Not less than eighteen days before
an election to fill any public office the
Secretary of State shall certify. to the
supervisors of elections Of each
county within which any of the
y ySdeIs. ma may, by law. vote for can
scrtption of each person nominated for
such office, as specified in the certificates
of State and shall certify the same to the
supervisors of elections of Baltimore City,
II any OF the voters of said city may, by
law, vote for candidates for such office
A. AT least eight days before an cleo
ton to fill any public office, the super
yisors Of elections of each county and Of
the City, of Baltimore shall cause to be
published in two or more newspapers
within such county, and in all the daily
papers published in said city, which will
publish the same at their current rates
for advertising, the nominations to office
which have then been filed with or certi-
fed 20 them under the provisions of this
one newspaper published, publication in
such one newspaper shall be sufficient.
They shall make not less than two such
publications in each of such newspapers
before the day OF election, and one OF
such publications in each newspaper
shall be upon the last day upon which said
newspaper is issued before the day of
election Such publication shall be made
in newspapers devoted to the dissemina-
ton of general news, and the two news
papers selected, shall If possible repre-
sent the political parties which at the
last preceding election cast the larges:
and next largest number of votes. The
list of nominations published by the SUI
pervisors of election shall be arranged.
so far as practicable. in the order and
form in which they are to be printed upon
the ballots.
public office as in this article provided
SHALL at least ten days before election,
in writing signed by him and acknowl-
edged before a justice OF the peace, or, II
he be out of the state at the time, before
notary public, notify the officer with
whom the certificate nominating him is
by this article required to be filed, that he
declines such nomination, such nomina-
ton shall be void, and the name of any
person. SO declining shall not be printed
upon the ballots.
46. Should any person so nominated die
before election day. or decline the nomi-
nation, as In this article provided, or
should any certificate of nomination be
or become insufficient or imperative from
any cause, the vacancy or vacancies thus
occasioned may be filled in the manner
required for original nominations. If the
original nomination was made by party
conven ton which had delegated to a
committee the power to fill vacancies,
such committee may, upon the occurring
of such vacancies, proceed to fill the same.
the chairman and secretary of such COM
mittee shall thereupon make and file with
the proper officer a certificate, setting
forth the cause of the vacancy, the name
of the person nominated, the office for
which he was nominated, the name OF
the person for whom the new nominee
is to be substituted, the fact that the
committee was authorized to fill vacan-
cies., and such further information as IS
required to be given in an original certif-
! cate of nomination. The certificate so
made shall be executed and acknowledged
in the manner prescribed for the original
certificate of nomination, and shall, ex-
cept in case of a nominee dying, be filed
at least eight days before the day of cleo
ton. and in cases of either resignation or
death, shall be filed within six days after
the vacancy shall have occurred, and
upon being SO filed, shall have the same
force and eject as an original certificate
shall be so filed with the Secretary OF
State, he shall, in certifying the nomina-
ton to the supervisors OF elections insert
the name of the person who has been
thus nominated to fill a vacancy in place
] of that of the original nominee; and in
case he has already sent forth his certih-
cate he shall forthwith certify to The
supervisors the name and description of
the person so nominated to fill vacancy,
the office for which he is nominated, the
party or political principle he represents,
and the name of the person for whom he
is substituted. In the case, however, of
any nominee dying within so short a time
before the day of election that the certih-
cate OF nomination of the new nominee
shall not have been filed with or certified
to the supervisors of election until after
six days before the day of election, thus
being too late for the name of the new
nominee to be printed on the ballots In
any county or the city of Baltimore, as
hereinafter provided, the board of super
Visors of such county or city shalt at
once cause to be printed a sufficient num-
Der of stickers bearing the name Of such
substituted nominee. and shall deliver the
same in due time to the judges of election
for all of those precincts in said county
or city wherein said nominee may be
voted for, and said judges shall affiax
such stickers in the proper place on each
ticket before It is given out to the voter.
If the resignation or disqualification or
death and consequent change of nominee
the first publication provided for in Sec
ton A, and before the second publication,
the board of supervisors shall, If possible
make the proper change in the second
publication.
A. Whenever a proposed Constitution
or Constitutional amendment, or other
question is submitted for popular APP
proval to the voters Of the state, the
less than thirty days before the election,
certify the same to the supervisors OF
elections in the counties and the City of
Baltimore, and thereupon the said SUI
publication provided for in Section "a of
this article. If questions of local con-
Germ are to be submitted for approval to
the vote of the people Of a county or a
municipality the same shall be certified
to said supervisors of elections within said
| period by the county commissioners or
the register Of the City Of Baltimore. as
the case may be, and shall be advertised
as herein provided in the case Of nomi-
'nees for county or city Offices.
| BALLOTS AND BALLoT-BoXEs.
As. All ballots cast In elections for pubic
officers within this state shall be printed
and distributed, as hereinafter provided.
The printing of ballots and cards of in
struction for the voters in each county
and the City of Raifimnra and the doiI,r