The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

| mat du a legal voter IN Cne.
precinct of the =. ward of the city
| tor. -. district of. county, in
he said State, that l will support
The Constitution of the United states,
md that | will be faithful and bear
rue allegiance to the State of Mary
land and support the Constitution
and laws thereof, and that / will
aithfully and honestly discharge the
iutles of an officer of registration
= and judge of election Cor clerk OF
electlon) for the. -. precinct of the
49,. ward of the city Cor district)
| OF. county, in the State of
Maryland, according to the best of
my ability, and l do further swear
| Tor affirm that l will not attempt
! 20 ascertain, save in cases and in the
! manner on which | am authorized
by law so to do, for what candidate
or candidates any person shall vote
or has voted on any question which
may be or may have been submitted
to the vote of the people, and if such
knowledge shall be acquired by me,
| | will not, directly or indirectly, by
word or act, divulge or reveal the
same or aid in doing so, save when
may be required to do so by
law in some legal proceeding.
IA. Said Board of Supervisors
shall give ten days notice of the
| time and place of registration, and
of revision thereof, and of elections
in each precinct of such county or
city. by handbills set up in the most
| public places in such precinct, and
also in the counties, by advertise
ment in two newspapers Zone of
which newspapers, if possible. shall
be of opposite political faith from
that of the majority of said Super
visors) of general circulation there
| in, except in Howard county, where
the Supervisors of Election may pub
| fish in one newspaper the notice
| above required, and in the City of
Baltimore, by advertisement in all
the daily newspapers which will pub
fish the same at their current rate
of advertising. And the Sheriff of
| Baltimore city and of each county
shall no longer publish such notices
of election. Said board shall make
all necessary. rules and regulations
not inconsistent with this Article,
with reference to the registration
of voters and the conduct of cleo
tons, and they shall have charge of
and make provision for all elections,
general, special, local, municipal,
State and county, for all others of
every description, to be held in such
city or county, or any part thereof,
at any time; all questions shall be
decided by majority of the board,
unless otherwise expressly provided
in this Article; provided, however,
that in any incorporated city or town
in this State (other that the city of
Baltimore) in which the municipal
or charter elections thereof are now
regulated by the Public Local Laws
of the State, the conduct of such mu-
niciple or charter elections shall con-
tinue to be SO regulated as hereto
fore, and such Public Local Laws
shall continue in force therein.
Section As. At least eight days
before an election to fill any public
office the Supervisors of Election of
each county and in the city of Bal
timore shall cause to be published
in two or more newspapers within
such county, except in Howard coun-
! ty, where the Supervisors of Election
may publish in one newspaper. and
in all the daily papers published in
said city which will publish the same
at the current rate for advertising
| the nominations to Office which have
been filed with or certified to them
under the provisions of this Article,
| if in any county there be but one
oh IN.
such one newspaper shall be suffi-
cient; they shall make not less than
two such publications in each of such
newspapers before the day of cleo
ton, and one of such publications in
each newspaper shall be upon the last
day upon which said newspaper is
issued before the day of election.
Such publication shall be made in
newspapers devoted to the dissent
nation of general news; and the two
newspapers selected shall, if possible,
represent the political parties which
at the last preceding election cast the
largest and next largest number of
votes. The list of nominations pub
lished by the Supervisors of Elections
shall be arranged, so far as practi
CdDlc, III Tue OIu0f anu lOIu III WHICH
they are to be printed upon the bal
Lots.
Section 2. Section As as enacted
in this Act shall not apply to Anne
Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Dorchester
Kent, Prince Georges, Queen Anne's,
st. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot and
Worcester counties.
The aforegoing provisions of this
Section shall apply to Baltimore city,
Baltimore, Wicomico, Carroll, Wash
ington, Allegany, Cecil, Montgomery,
Howard, Caroline, Hartford, Freder-
lex and Garrett counties, and the fol-
lowing provisions of this Section shall
apply only to the following counties:
Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles. Dor
chester, Kent, Prince Georges, Queen
Anne's, st. Marys, Somerset, Talbot
and Worcester.
At least eight days before an cleo
ton to fill any public Office, the Su-
pervisors of Elections of each coun-
ty and of the City of Baltimore.
shall cause to be published in two
or more newspapers within such
county and in all the daily papers
published in said city, which will
publish the same at the current rate
for advertising, the nominations to