The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-05-10
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.

several certificates of nomination
papers, and the several groups shall
be arranged In the alphabetical order
of the surnames of the candidates for
President in the City of Baltimore
and in the several counties, reSpec-
lively. If candidates for Presidential
Electors are nominated at large and
for the several Congressional districts,
the names and places of the residence
of the candidates at large shall be
put at the head of each group, and
the names of the other candidates,
with their places of residence, includ-
ing the number of the Congressional
districts in which they reside, shall
follow in numerical order. The sur
name of the candidates of each po-
litical party for the office of President
and Vice-President shall be placed
above the group of candidates for cleo
tors of such party. There shall be
left at the right of the surname Of
the candidates for President and Vice.
President so formed as to include both
names and to the right of the name
of each elector sufficient clear
square in which each voter may desig-
nate, by cross (X), his choice for
electors All candidates for Office shall
as far as possible be placed in one
column, but where the names to be
printed upon the ticket are over
thirty-siX, then another column shall
be added in which names shall be
printed, and when two or more COL
umns are used the same number OF
names shall, as far as possible, be
printed in each column, and the initial
letter of the given or Christian names
of the several candidates in each col
umn shall be printed directly beneath
each other in vertical line. A con-
stitutional amendment or any question
to be submitted to the popular vote
shall be printed in the same column
with the names Of the candidates.
This section shall apply to Worcester,
Somerset, Talbot, Kent, Prince
Georges, Charles, st. Mary's, Calvert
and Anne Arundel counties.
81 All said ballots in all elections
in and throughout the State of Mary
land, including all the counties there
of, and Baltimore City, shall be print
ed in the same uniform type upon
plain white printing paper or ordinary
book weight, in black ink, and the
names of all candidates shall be print
ed upon all ballots which may be used
in any and all elections in every
county of the State and in the City
of Baltimore in the following type, to
wit, in clear, plain, bold and legible
roman capitals, twelve-point, generally
known as plea type, one-eighth OF an
inch high, or in depth, and it shall be
the duty of the Board of Supervisors
of Elections for Baltimore City and
of the Board of Supervisors of Elec-
tions for each county, to cause all
ballots to be used by the voters of
said city and of the several counties,
to be printed in manner as aforesaid.
On the back and outside of all ballots
shall be printed the words Official
Ballot for" followed by the designa-
ton of the polling place for which it
is prepared, the date of the election
and fac smile of the signature of
the President of the Board of Super
visors of Elections, by whom the bal
lots have been prepared. Such bal
lots shall be printed on the same leaf
with detachable stub or coupon one
inch high and three inches wide,
above the upper right-hand corner OF
the ballot and binding on the upper
edge thereof, but separated therefrom
by line running along the entire
width of said coupon; upon said cou-
pom shall be printed the words "Vot-
er's Name" with a line drawn there
under for writing said name, and
under the same line the words Mum
Der of Voter" followed by blank
space for the insertion of number.
Before distribution said ballots shall
be so folded in marked creases that
no part of the marks or printing
thereon, excepting that upon the back
and outside, and that upon the de-
tachable stub or coupon, shall be visi-
BILE, and so that the folded ballot shall
be of uniform width and length and
of proper width to be deposited in
the ballot boxes; all ballots when
printed shall be folded as above pro-
vided, and fastened together in con-
venient numbers in packages, books
or blocks, so that each ballot may
be detached and removed separately.
The aforegoing' provisions of this
section shall apply only to Anne Ar
undel, Calvert, Charles, Kent, Prince
Georges, st. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot
and Worcester counties, and the fol-
lowing provisions of the section shall
apply only to Baltimore City, Allie
gany, Baltimore, Caroline, Carroll,
Cecil, Dorchester, Frederick, Garrett,
Hartford, Howard Montgomery, Queen
Anne's, Washington and Wicomico
counties.
All said ballots in all elections in
and throughout the State of Maryland,
including all the counties thereof and
Baltimore City, shall be printed in
the same uniform type upon plain
white printing paper or ordinary book
weight in black ink, and the names OF
all candidates and their several party
destinations shall be printed upon all
ballots which may be used in any and
all elections in every county of the
State and in the City of Baltimore.
in the following type, to wit in clear,
plain, bold and legible roman capitals,
twelve-point, generally known as plea,
type, one-eighth of an inch high, or
in depth, and the printing of said
names of said candidates and of their
respective party designations shall
also be uniform in style and appear
ance throughout the ballot; and 1t
shall be the duty of the Board OF
Supervisors of Elections for Baltimore
City and of the Board of Supervisors
of Elections for each county to cause
all ballots to be used by the voters of
said city and of the several counties,
to be printed in manner and form as
aforesaid. On the back and outside
of all ballots shall be printed the
words Official Ballot for" followed
by the designation of the polling place
for which it is prepared, the date OF
the election and fac smile of the
signature of the President of the
Board of Supervisors of Elections, by
whom the ballots have been prepared.
Said ballot shall be printed on the
same leaf with detachable stub or
coupon one inch high and three In
ches wide above the upper right-hand
corner of the ballot and binding on