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

be counted when found in an envelope
furnished for different political
party than that for which the ballot
was provided; and the intention so far
as the same may be ascertained from
each ballot ITSELF shall, in the absence
Oh any unlawful or fraudulent mark or
device thereon or enclosed Herewith
or on the envelope containing the
same, prevail; and in case any voter
putting his ballot in the envelope shall
mutilate the envelope, he may return
the, same and receive a new envelope
in lieu thereof under the same condi-
tlons and penalties as provided in this
Article tor new ballots at general cleo
tlonS; and in case lawful ballot con-
tanned in a proper envelope shall be
mutllated by any of the judges of elec-
tions in opening the envelope, the bal
reason; and if an envelope shall be
deposited in the ballot box inadver-
tently, without being properly sealed
and without being detected by the
judge receiving the same, or shall be-
come unsealed in the ballot box, a law
be thrown out for that reason; and if
the voter shall hand ballot in an
unsealed envelope to the Judge for de-
posting the same in the ballot box,
and the judge detects that the same
is unsealed, the envelope, with the
voter, who shall be directed to return
to the privacy OF a booth and there
seal the envelope before again, tender
ing it to the judge to be placed in
the ballot box. If more names are
marked for any Office than there are
persons to be voted for, such ballot
shall not be counted for sucn candi-
date or delegates, or other persons to
be voted for, as the case may be; but
the whole ballot shall not for that
reason be rejected for candidates for
other offices or positions, if any, and
ballot marked by any other than a
black pencil shall not be. counted. No
county for any person, after whose
name a cross-mark made with black
pencil does not appear on the ballot
when voted.
Nominations for Mayor, Comp
troller, President of the Second
the City Council of Baltimore shall
be made by direct vote of the re-
spective political parties at primary
elections to be held in all respects ac-
cording to the aforegoing provisions,
applicable to primary, elections in Bal
holding the same shall be the first
Tuesday of April of the year in which
the municipal elections in said city
of Baltimore are to be held on a diff
ferent day from the general election.
At every general registration held in
county of the State, subsequent to the
passage of this Act, there shall be pro-
vided in the registration books a dis
tinct column headed Party Affilia-
tions,'' and the board of registers shall
political party, if any, to which the
voter is inclined and with which the
voter desires to have himself record
ed as affiliated. 1t shall be the duty of
the board of registry to explain to
each voter that the statement of such
vote for the candidate of such party
at any given election; also that he
has the right to decline to state any
party affiliations; but that no one who
is not recorded upon the registry as
affiliated with particular political
party will be qualified. to vote at sub
litical party Whenever a voter de-
clines to state his party affiliation,
the word Declined" shall be written
opposite his name under such column,
so that there shall be written in such
column opposite the name of every
iations or the word Declined" And
in all primary elections thereafter held
any person so registered as affiliated
with given political party shall have
the right to vote the official ballot of
that party and of no other; and at any
intermediate registration subsequent
to the close, of the next general regis
tratlon, such voter may appear before
the board of registry and, upon his
identity being established to the sat
isfaction of the maiority of the board
of registry, to make, alter or strike
out any entry in the column headed
Party Affiliations" opposite his name
in the registry; it shall be the duty of
the board of registry to, enter in the
column headed Remarks the fact
that such entry was made, altered,
or stricken out, and the date thereof
160J-For the performance of the
duties imposed upon them by this,Act
the Supervisors of Elections of Balti-
more, City shall be entitled, to receive:
$1,000 90 allowed them by Section 2 OF
Article 33, the further annual salary
of one thousand dollars each; and the
Supervisors of Elections of the sew
eral counties, in addition to the annu-
allowed them by Section 2 of Article
3S. shall be entitled to receive an ad-
dltional compensation, to be paid by
the County Commissioners of the sev.
eral counties, amounting to twenty
five per cent of the salary now re-
ceived by them under said section in
IhC CouulICo, anu SuCu luCl SulA lOI
expenses incurred in the performance
of the duties imposed on them by this
Act as the said several boards of
County Commissioners shall allow.
The Supervisors of Elections of Balti-
more City, in addition to the sum al
lowed to them by Section of Article
49, as compensation for their clerk
and messenger and other temporary
assistance, such as is mentioned in
said Section of said Article 33, shall
be allowed the further sum of fif-
teen hnndred dollars; and the Super
visors of Elections of the several
counties shall be entitled to receive
for such additional clerical or other
assistance as they may need for the
performance of the duties imposed up
on them by this Act, sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-five per cent of the
present salary for that purpose in the
counties. All of said expenses shall
be paid by the Mayor and City Coun-
Gil of Baltimore and the County Com
missioners, respectively, in precisely
the same way as the salaries of the
said Supervisors of Elections of Balti-
more City and in the several counties.
and as other expenses of every kind
in said Sections 2 and of