The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1910-05-20
IMPORTANT TO THE WHOLE STATE.
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1910.

fairs and interests of the party, in
Baltimore city or in any county OF
the State, saving and excepting only
the choice, selection, nomination or
such public office, delegates to such
conventions or party executives or
managing bodies or executive commit
tees, OF any sort whatever, in and for
Baltimore city and the several coun-
ties of the State.
such political parties for Governor,
Attorney General, Comptroller and
Clerk OF the Court of Appeals of the
State shall be nominated in the man
ner prescribed in this Article by State
Conventions, and such State COnven-
select, in such manner as they may
determine, delegates to National Con-
ventions and Presidential Electors
and the governing bodies of such po-
| litical parties for the State, but shall
have no power to select or appoint
character for Baltimore city nor for
any division thereof, nor for the coun-
| ties of the State.
16OB-Said primary elections by
the political parties aforesaid shall be
annually held throughout the State,
including Baltimore city, on day to
be fixed by any agreement between
the governing bodies of said parties
for the State not later than the first
Monday of September in each year.
All such political parties, as aforesaid,
shall hold their several primaries up
on the same day. In case such gov
erning bodies for the State shall fail
to agree on an earlier date for holding
such primary election, said primary
elections shall be held on the first
Monday of September in each year:
Notice shall be given of the times and
/ tr,ln Of r,r-iro ooYy
tions by the several Boards of Su.
pervisors of Elections in the city of
Baltimore and of the counties of this
State, respectively, in the same way
precisely as notice is required to be
given for municipal and county cleo
Article SO of the Code of Public Gen
eral Laws.
160C-There shall be at every pri-
mary election in the city of Baltimore
and in each county voting place in
each election precinct of each ward
and of each election district, or in each
election district which may not be
each of said voting places shall be
selected by the Board of Supervisors
of Elections in Baltimore city and in
the counties, as provided in Section
II of this Article, with respect to gen
eral, municipal and county elections,
ana FURNISHED Ill the SdlllS uudHu0l
as at general election.
16OD-All such primary elections
shall be conducted under the control
of the several Boards of Supervisors
of Elections in Baltimore city and the
counties, respectively, by the judges
and clerks of elections appointed by
them under the provisions of said Ar
held hereunder in Baltimore city and
in the several counties of the State.
and in the same manner as far as may
be applicable as general elections are
conducted under said Article 33, ex-
cept as may be hereinafter otherwise
provided.
l60E-As many different sets of Of
fetal ballots shall be printed and sup
piled by the Board of Supervisors of
Election at each polling place, and
as many ballot boxes shall be used at
each polling place, as there are sep
arate party nominations, delegates, ex-
ecutives, or managing or executive
bodies, to be voted for; and to pre-
vent voters belonging to or acting
with one political party from inadver-
tently or Intentionally casting their
ballot for the candidate for nomina-
ton for office, or election as delegate
to any convention, or as executive or
members of an executive or managing
committee. of any other party, and to
facilitate its being promptly detected
if so cast, the ballots of the several
parties shall be printed upon Opaque
paper of different collars, to be deter
mined by the several Boards of Super
yisors Of Elections; and until. after
the next general registration in the
counties, every person offering to vote
at a primary election shall be re-
required to state to which party he
belongs and which party's candidate
he intends to vote for at the State,
city or county election, and every
qualified person offering to vote in
the several counties in the State at a
primary election shall be permitted to
vote in the primary election of that
party to which he belongs and which
party candidates he intends to vote
for at the State or county election,
and in Baltimore city every qualified
person offering to vote at primary
election shall be permitted to vote in
the primary election of that party only
with which he shall appear to be aff1l-
lated.
16OF-The books of registry shall
be furnished to the judges at each
polling place by the respective Boards
of Supervisors of Elections. and shall
be used at such elections in the same
| way as they are now used at munich
pal. county or general elections held
under the provisions of said Article
33 In the books of registry now in
use, or which may be hereafter pre-