The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-06-08

This. however. must agree with his first decla-
ration which shall be noted by the poll clerks
when the official ballot is first obtained After
the ballot has been received and deposited in
the proper ballot box as aforesaid. the clerk
shall note the fact by marking the letter W.
after the said voters name. Voters shall be
entitled to additional tickets to the number of
two upon the surrender of the original; the
same to be given one at time, and only in
case the preceding one shows that 10 was not
Intentionally mutilated.
Section IT, And be it enacted. That where
groups of candidates are to be voted for, the
ticket shall plainly Indicate the number to be
chosen. In ease more than the required num-
Der is voted for it shall not Vitate the portions
Of the ticket which are correctly marked. In
case delegates are to be chosen, the ticket
shall clearly Indicate the number. No official
sample ballots shall be necessary. The voters
may obtain assistance either by the aid of un-
official sample ballots or in any other way or
manner that may elect.
Section Il And he it enacted. That as soon
as the polls are closed, the judges and clerks
Shall immediately proceed to canvass the votes
east. The work shall not be adjourned or
POSTPONED until it shall have been fully com
plctcd. In counting the ballots the intent of
the NOIGf snail always govern. provided the
same can be intelli%ently obtained. The Judges
shall complete the work of counting the bal
lots of one party first. then cast up the returns,
signing the same hereinafter provided, be-
fore the ballot box of the other political party
shall be opened. which shall then be completed
in a like manner. Two tally sheets of each po-
litical party shall be kept the same to be
thenticated by the signatures of the judges
ana clerks; one OF cach OF said tally sheets.
together with Il summary of returns. also au-
thenticated by the signatures of judges and
clerks of election shall be Immediately sent b.
registered mail to the Supervisors of Election,
at their office in Bel Air, Md. 1t shall be the
duty of the judges of opposite political faith to
that of the return Judge to see that the tallies
and statements are mailed as aforesaid. The
other tally fheet and duplicate statement of
returns authenticated as above provided for,
Snail be sealed in an enveloped provided for
that purpose. on the back of which the judges
and clerks shall write their names across the
seal. This envelope shall be directed to the
Supervisors OF Election and given to the return
judges, who shall deliver the same with the
seal unbrol:en. together with the ballot boxes,
which shall contain the voted tickets, (Strng-
ed. locked and sealed by strip of paper con-
tanning the signatures of the Judges and clerks
which shall cover the opening in the top and
keynote so that the same cannot be tempered
with in any manner. He shall also return the
reE1Stery books and other election parapher-
MALTA in the same manner. The Supervisors of
Election shall meet on the Tuesday following
the primary election and receive the returns
from the return judges. The Supervisors Shall
on that day form a return board similar to that
required By the general election laws of the
State, and shall proceed to cast up the returns
of the respective parties for the entire county
When this Is completed and the result an
nounced, the Supervisors shall certify to the
governing boards of said respective political
parties. the result of the said primary election.
Section II. And be it enacted That in all
cases II snail require an Affirmative vote OF the
judges of election to exclude any ballot which
Shall have complied with the requirements of
law.
Section 10. And be it enacted. That the pro-
visions Of the foregoing act shall not apply to
any primaries held by either of said political
parties for the selection of delegates to con-
greSSiOnal, judicial or state conventions, or
conventions called to nominate candidates for
any other Offices than those referred to in this
act.
Section 90 And he it enacted. That the
cost of conducting said primaries, including the
cost of advertising and printing tickets, shall
be pad III equal proportions by the candidates
OF the two political parties whose primaries are
conducted under the provisions of this act to
the Supervisors of Election at least twenty
days before the date of holding said primaries
and the Supervisors of Election shall not place
upon the Official ballot to be voted for at the
succeeding general election the names of any
party candidates who have failed to comply
with the provisions of this section providing for
the payment of their portion of the cost of
conducting the said primary election.
Section And be enacted that this Act
shall take effect from the date OF its passage.
Approved April /, 1905.
HON. EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor
HON. CARNILLE ID. BENSON,
Speaker of the O.Ise of Delegates.
HON. JOSEPH b. SETH,
President of the Senate.
Office o: the Chief Clerk of the House:
/ hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
true copy of an Act of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, passed at the January ses-
sion, 1910. w. y. PERCY,
ap20 Chief Clerk of the House.