The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03

each State office, and all candi- /
dates of any of said parties for
any such State Office shall file with /
the State Central Committee of
his party of each county a certi
ficate in writing containing his |
name, residence. etc, and the
Office for which he seeks to he
nominated, such certificate to be
filed 20 days before the primary,
and within 10 days thereafter the
candidate shall pay to the State
Central Committee of each county
such sum as such State Central
Committee for each county may
assess him for, all candidates for
the nomination for the same office
to be assessable only for the same
amount.
The President of the Board of
Supervisors of Election of Balti-
more City shall fix the day for
holding the primary elections for
nominations for State offices in
the several Legislative districts of
Baltimore City. And the candi-
dates must pay to the Supervisors
of Election i'll the city the sum
required 10y tue Baltimore Prim-
AIRY Law. The Baltimore primaries
are to be held under the terms of
that law.
THE OFF YEAR PRIMARY.
In any year in winch the only
State office to he filled by the vote
of he people is the Office of Comp
troller of tIe Treasury of the
State. if there be no contest in
any of the legislative districts of
Baltimore City for the nomination
OF any political party, the Board
of Supervisors of Elections of
Baltimore City shall have the
right aud power TO restrict and
limit the number of polling places
in each ward of Baltimore City
to three and to appoint the judges
aud clerks.
PENALTIES.
Six sections of the bill prescribe
the penalties for violation of the
law and Tor bribery and other
forms Of corruption mainly along
the line OF the general election
law. Among these sections is the
following:
Whoever shall electiOneer, con
duct a voter Except when physi
cal disability requires ass.stance)
or attempt to influence the vote OF
any voter within 100 feet of any
polling place of any primary cleo
ton in any county, or who shall
place a distinguishing mark upon
any ballot or envelope delivered
to for the use of any voter at such
pilnary election, or who shall
provide for or lnclUse III any en-
velOpe TO be used in voting such
ballot any Enclosure whereby to
] identify the ballot, or who shall
endeavor to induce any voter
within the polling place to show
how his ballot has been marked,
or who shall carry away from the
polls before closing thereof any
envelope or envelopes of the char
acter used, or who shall deliver to
any voter for use III casting his
ballot, or use any ballot or snvel-
ope different from those provided
for IN this act. or who shall show
the face of a marked uallot to any
Judge, clerk, officer or other per-
sou Inside of or within 100 feet Of
Tie polls close, or who shall ill.,
duce. request, directly or indirect.
~ agree With or encourage a voter
TO keep his ballot IN sight OF any
person or persons from the time
at which its contents are known
by any such person or persons or
his associate or associates until
delivered TO the judge for inclOs
urs III the envelope to be deposited
in the ballot box, shall upon con.
viction thereof be punished 10y u
fine of not less than $50 nor more
than 5000 or 10y Imprisonment in
jail for not less than 10 days nor
more than six months, or both
fine and Imprisonment, and one
half of such fine collected shall
be paid unto the lniOrmer and the
other half to the County Commits
siouers of the county for the use
of the public roads"
! APPLIES CORRUPT PRACTICES
ACT.
Nothing in this act shall be
construed to prevent the applica-
lion to the primary elections of
the provisions, prescribed in Chap
ter l22 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1908,
relating TO corrupt practices at
general and primary elections in
this State, and all the provisions,
prohibitions and penalties pre-
scribed in said act, so far az the
same relate to primary elections,
are declared to be applicable to