Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-03-08
Proposed New Election Law.

The new ballot bill makes the following
changes In the present election law, which
are set forth In paper printed by the steer.
ing committee for the use of the Legislature ::
Section 10 is amended to omit the column
in the registration books headed Can read"
and Section IS is amended to conform with
this.
Section 25A. Subtitle, Registration. This
section is entirely new, being reproduction
OF the provision in the Registration act of
1880 relating to the affidavit required of PEG.
Pile who have left the State and taken up
permanent domicile out of the State, and
residents who shall hereafter leave the State
and take up domicile out OF the State
The purpose of this new section is to purge
the registration books of the names of nom
residents who ought not to be permitted to
come into the State and register and vote
when they are, to all intents and purposes,
non-residents.
Section 81. Subtitle, Nominations. This
section is repealed and re.enacted, emitting
provision in regard to the party emblem and
declaring that no party emblem shall &C.
company the certificate of nomination, and
II it should accompany such certificate that
the supervisors shall not print it upon the
ballot.
Section 40. Subtitle, Ballots and Ballot
Boxes. This section repeals and re enacts
the section bearing the same number in the
present law. One change IS made. For the
words "Ballots shall he subject TO the in
spection of the candidates and their agents."
the following provision is substituted: "And
correct list of the names Of the candidates
thereon and the designation of the offices for
which the persons named thereon are can
didates shall be furnished on demand by the
lied agents." The object of this change is 70
keep facsimiles Of the ballots from being OBJ
tanned, so as to prevent an improper use be-
ing made of such facsimiles.
Section 80. The changes in this section
are material. Briefly, it adopts the method
of printing the names on the ballots in such
uniform order as the supervisors shall pre-
scribe, with the designation after the name
OF each candidate of the party which he rep
resents. The official ballot is to contain the
names of all the candidates arranged under
the offices for which they are candidates,
but the names are TO be arranged in such
order as the supervisors shall direct.
Section 81. Subtitle, Ballots and Ballot
Boxes-This section is changed by omit
ting all those parts OF it which provide for
parallel columns, so as to make this section
conform to the provisions in section So
section So The change in this section con
sists in requiring the sample ballots to be of
a magnified size.
Section 81 Subtitle Elections. change
In this section is as follows: II is made the
duty of the Supervisors Of Elections in the
city OF Baltimore and in the counties to de-
liver, or cause to be delivered, themselves
the ballots and election paraphernalia to the
judges of election at the opening ofthe polls.
The present law imposes this duty upon the
Police Commissioners in the city and the
Sheriff in the counties In other words, the
Supervisors keep In their possession the bal
lots and other needed articles until the morn
ing of election day.
Section 81. Subtitle Elections. The change
made 10 this section is 10 requiring the cross
mark to be made after the name of each
candidate voted for, and TO put an end TO
the voting for an entire group by making
cross mark at the top of the column, oppo
site the party emblem.
Section 49, Subtitle Elections This sec
ton relates to the assistance to be given to
voters 10 the election booths. 1t repeats and
re enacts the section bearing the anne num-
Der, relating to the same subject, and, in
brief, it provides that no assistance shall be
given to any voters, except those who are
blind or physically disabled from marking
their ballots. To those excepted persons
the only assistance to be given is by the one
election clerk in the presence OF the other
clerk in marking the ballot according 10 the
direction of the voter, but without reading
the ballot to him, or without making any
suggestion OF prompting.
Section Sc. Subtitle, Count Of Ballots
The changes made in this section are that
no vote is to be counted for any candidate
opposite whose name no cross mark Is
placed, and that if the voter has marked
more names than there are persons TO be
elected to the Office or If there shall be any
mark on the ballot other than the cross
mark in the square opposite TO the name OF
the candidates or other than name or
names written by the voter on the ballot,
the ballots shall not be counted. The OBJ
ject OF this change is to put an end 10 all
marks of any description on the ballots
other than the cross mark opposite the name
of the candidate and to declare that no bal.
lot shall be counted which has any mark on
il other than the cross mark 10 the appro
pirate place.
Section 114A.- Subtitle, Miscellaneous
Provisions This section relates To the 10
structions to be prepared by the Attorney
General and 10 the preparation by the su
pervisors of cards of instruction and speoi
men ballots Of considerably magnihed
size. These specimen ballots are To be made
Of magnified size 10 order To prevent the
preparation Of spurious facsimile ballots.
Business In the Orphans Court
The following business was rans,cted in
the Orphans Court
Letters of administration were granted
to Magruder W. Ofutt upon the personal
estate Of Anna NJ. Ofutt, deceased. Bond,
$4,000
John X WoodAeld, administrator Of Ke-
zia Woodied, deceased, passed his first and
final account and made distribution.
George T. Greenfield, guardian TO Bessie
Il Talbot, passed his fifth account.
Henry Note, guardian TO Mary Nolte,
passed his first aud final account.