The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-15
Public General Laws.

Gates provided for in Section 81 of this |
article, with the additional statsmeni
| that the persons signing the same intend |
thereby, shall be signed by voters in |
cal division in and for which the officer /
is to be elected-that is to say: The num- |
Der Of signatures SO required shall not be |
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 |
entlre state, and not less than three hum
TO be filled by an election to be partici- |
pated in by the voters of an entire con-
sressionai district. or of the entire cities |
OF baltimore, Annapolis. Frederick, Cum
oeriand or HagerstoWn. and not less than |
two hundred for nominations for all other |
said Sienatures heed not not ali is be APPENDIX
| to one paper; but if the signatures are
and filed as one. certificate. Each signer |
| shall append to his signature, his residence, |
every such paper shall be accompanied !
by an affidavit or affidavits, made before |
justice of the peace, by one or more per
ana SO certified by him and signed by |
the atfiant or atlantis, to the effect that |
9s SEner are ar to such aia "a or
district or precinct in which they re-
spectiyely reside, aed that the said aff1ant
regard TO whom he or they make oath
si1em such paper and any wilfully false
| slatemeht IN such affidavit or athdavits
| or afirrnation shall be deemed a INSIDE
! neanor, 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.
49, certificates of nomination shall be
hled 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
gerater extent than one county. For all
| other nominations to public Offices certif-
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
nee for each offie to be filled. No person
shall join in nominating more than one
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
eEai boards Of supervisors OF elections
pective offices, for two years, all certifi-
Gates of nomination filed with them under
the provisions Of this article. All such
spection.
Section 46, and cases Of special elections
resignation or otherwise. such certificates
of domination shall be filed, respectively,
with the Secretary of State not less than
pervisors Of elections not Tot less than ten
days before the day of election.
49, a Not less than 3n eighteen days before
Secretary of state Shall certify to the the
county within which any of the
didates for such office. the eo name and a de-
scription of each person nominated for
Of nomination tied With ' the 's seeretSry
of State and shall certify the same to the
supervisors Of elections Of Baltimore City.
vote os 81 o1 such ey by
a At least eight days before an cleo
ton to fll any public office. the super.
the City Of Baltimore shall cause to be
published in two or more newspapers
within such county. and in all the daily
publish the same at their current rates
for advertising, the nominations to Office
which have then been filed with or certi-
ned 20 them under the provisions Of this
article. If in any county there be but
one. newspaper published, publication in
hey make not ess than ns tMo sae
publications in each OF such newspapers
before the day of election, and one of
rhe last a Day sa
newspaper is issued before the day Of
election. Such publication shall be made
ton of general news, and the two news
papers selected. shall. II possible. repre-
sent the political parties which at the
|
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.
q. Whenever any person nominated for
in writing signed BY him and acknowI-
EDGED ed bet 6efors justice Of tn the peace o.
notary public. notify the officer with
by this article required to be filed. that he
declines such nomination such nominal
ton snail be void, and the name of any
person SO dy~,ining shall not be printed
| upon the ballots.
, 40. Should any person so nominated die
before election day. or decline the pomi-
nation, as in this article provided, or
should any certificate of nomination be
or become insufficient or imperative from
occasloned may be filled in the manner
original nomination was made by party
convention which had delegated to
committee the power to fill vacancies.
Of such vacancies. proceed to fill the same.
The chairman and secretary Of such COM
mittee shall thsreupon make and file with
forth the cause Of the vacancy. the name
of the person nominated, the office for
thu, hep person tor whom the new new nominee e
is to be substituted, the fact that the
committee was authorized to fill vacan-
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 nominee dying, be sled
at least eight days before the day Of cleo
DEATH shall be filed within six days after
the vacancy shall have occurred. and
upon being SO filed, shall have the same
l original ia
Shall be so filed with the Secretary Of
ton to the supervisors Of elections, insert
thus nominated to iii vacancy in place
case he has already. sent forth his certifi-
cate, he shall forthwith, certify to the
supervisors the name and description of
the office for which he is nominated. the
party or political principle he represents,
is substituted. In the case however, Of
any nominee dying within so short a time
before the day of election that the certif-
shall not have been filed with or certified
to the supervisors Of election until after
six days before the day of election. thus
amy County or the city Of Batimo ps a a
of scS he or std Of
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 1t Is given out to the voter.
If the resignation or disqualification or
death and consequent change Of nominee
| shall have occurred and been made after
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 Constitut ional amendment, or other
question is submitted for popular APP
Secretary of State shall duly, and not
less than thirty days before the election,
certify the same to the supervisors OF
elections in the counties and the City of
pervisors shall include the same in the
cublica ton 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.
4s. All ballots cast in elections for public
and distributed, as hereinafter provided.
The printing of ballots and cards of in
struction for the voters in each county
and the City of Baltimore, and the deliv-
as provided in this article, shall be at pub
lie expense, the payment of which shall