Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-05-20
Many Important Acts Passed at the January
Session of the Maryland General Assembly.
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1910.

pared for use in Baltimore city, a col
umn, headed Voted at Primary Elec-
uon,' shall be used; in each column
such word Voted" or letter W. shall
be hereafter entered at the primary
election at which such registry shall
be used, and opposite the name Of
each person voting. In the several
counties, until new books of registry
shall be required to be prepared, &C
cording to the existing law, the pres
ent books OF registry shall be used,
and the judges shall therein make a
column headed Voted at. Primary
Election OF .........., and enter IN
like manner therein the words Voted"
or letter "" Persons arriving at the
age OF twenty-one years after the
closing of the next preceding registra-
ton and entitled to be registered as
qualified voters, shall be entitled to
vote at the primary election, upon
proving under oath, to the satisfaction
OF majority OF the judges of election,
their right TO registration in the pre-
clnct at which they shall claim the
right TO vote.
l6OG-Oflicial ballots shall be pre-
pared for such primary elections in
baltimore city and in the several
counties, respectively, by the said sew
eral Boards of Supervisors of Elec.
tions for said city and said several
counties. respectively, as is now pro-
Vided by said Article 80 of the Code
OF Pubic General Laws, except as
herein otherwise provided Tor, and
said several Boards of Supervisors of
elections shall print or cause to be
printed on said official ballots the
names of all candidates for office to
be voted for, and for delegates to any
convention, or tor party executive or
pNnpmtiNaG m har In, Of
executive committee or managing
body OF any political party, who shall
become duly qualified by the payment
OF the amount herein named when any
payment is herein required, and shall
nave filed a certificate in writing with
the Board of Supervisors of Elections
In Baltimore city or in any OF the
counties, as the case may be, contain.
ing the name of the person seeking a
nomination Tor office or to be dele
gate TO a convention, or an executive
or member of an executive committC,
or managing body OF political party
his residence, place where he Is a
registered voter, mis- address, the OF
flee or position for which he seeks tC
be nominated or selected, and the
party to which he belongs, and duly
acknowledged by the person films
such certificate for such nomination
or selection before an officer duly au
thorized to take acknowledgements
who shall append a certificate of such
acknowledgment. The certificate to
be filed by a candidate seeking to be
elected as a delegate to a convention
shall moreover, specify the conven
ton to which he seeks to be elected
All such certificates must be filed and
payments made not less than fifteen
days before the day of said primary
election. he names of the several
agpJfIafng, rpp In Of laIS
gates, executive or member of an eX.
ecutive committee, or managing body
of political party aforesaid, shall be
published seven days before the said
election in the mode prescribed in
Section A Of said Article 80, as far as
may be practicable. 1t shall not be
necessary to print sample ballots or
cards of instructions for such cleo
tiOns, but either or both shall be print.
ed by the Board of Supervisors of
Elections of the city OF Baltimore,
when requested by any candidate in
said primary election, said request
to be accompanied by a sum of money
necessary to cover the cost of print
ing Each candidate for nomination
for public office at a primary election
shall pay the sum of twenty-five dol
lars $3.50 for each county or legisla-
tive district of Baltimore city In which
his name appears upon the ballot; pro-
vided, that In any county where the
salary of the office for which nomina-
ton is sought is three hundred dollars
t$3O0) or less, such payment shall be
ten dollars $40; and If candidate
for Governor, Attorney General. Comp
troller, or Clerk of the Court OF Ap-
peals Of the State. then he shall pay
the sum of ten dollars $50 for each
county or legislative district OF Bal
timore city, upon filing his respective
ffar 1T he 80
Ors OF Elections; and the Board OF
Supervisors of Elections for Baltimore
city shall pay over the amount so re-
ceived to the Mayor and City Council
OF Baltimore and the Board of Super
visOrs OF Elections for each county
shall pay over the amount so received
to the County Commissioners OF each
county, respectively: and all the eX-
penses OF each OF said primary cleo
tions in Baltimore city shall be paid
be paid by the Mayor and City COun.
ell Of Baltimore; and all the expenses
OF holding said primary elections in
each county respectively, shall be
paid by the County Commissioners Of
each county. rosDectivply, precisely as
the expenses Of the State. city and
county elections are now paid under
existing laws; provided, that the bal
lots 10 be used at all primary elections
10 be held In the several counties OF
The state SHAH be prepared and print
cd bv the Boards OF Supervisors Of
Elections in the respective counties IN
p similar manner to that provided by
ihig Article for general elections in
baltimore city and as provided IN
Section "a Of this Article for general
elections. except that there shan be
no detachable stub or coupon to said
ballot. and in number not less than
twice the number Of registered voters
Of the respective political parties par
ticlpating In such primary as nearly
as the same may be estimated and
snail be delivered by such Boards Of
SuperYls0rR OF Elections 10 fhn elec.