The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-05-10
NO. 80.
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.


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 II 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 OIL
the candidates for President and Vice
President so formed as to include both
names and to the right of the name
of each elector q sufficient clear
square in which each voter may desig- &
nate, by q 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 a vertical line. A con
stitutional amendment or any question
to be submitted to the popular vot,
shall be printed in the same column
with the names of the candidates
This section shall apply to Worcester
Somerset, Talbot Kent, Prime
Georges, Charles, st. Mary's, Calver
and Anne Arundel counties.
81 All said ballots in all election
in and throughout the State of Mar.
land including all the counties Their,
of, and Baltimore City, shall be prin
ed in the same uniform type upo
plain white printing paper or ordinar
book weight, in black ink, and th
names OF all candidates shall be prin
ed upon all ballots which may be use
in any and all elections in even
county OF the State and in the Gil
of Baltimore In the following type,
wit, In clear, plain, bold and legib
roman capitals, twelve-point, general
known as plea type, one-eighth Of
inch high, or In depth, and 1t shall
the duty of the Board of Supervise
OF Elections for Baltimore City al
of the Board Of Supervisors of Elt
lions for each county, to cause
ballots to be used by the voters
said city and of the several count,
to be printed In manner as aforesa
On the back and outside of all ballt
shall be printed the words "0fflc
Ballot for" followed by the design
ton Of the polling place for which
Is prepared, the date of the elect
and fac smile of the signature
the President of the Board of Sup
visors of Elections, by whom the /
lots have been prepared. Such /
lots shall be printed on the same
with detachable stub or coupon {
inch high and three inches wi
above the upper right-hand corner
the ballot and binding on the up,
by line running along the ent
width of said coupon; upon said C
pom shall be printed the words "N
er's Name" with line drawn tho
under for writing said name,
under the same line the words M
Der Of Voter" followed by biz
space for the insertion of numl
Before distribution said ballots 81
be so folded in marked creases
no part of the marks or print
thereon, excepting that upon the b
and outside, and that upon the
tachable stub or coupon, shall be '
BILE, and so that the folded ballot 81
be of uniform width and length
of proper width to be deposited
the ballot boxes; all ballots W
printed shall be folded as above
vided, and fastened together In
venient numbers in packages, DO
or blocks, so that each ballot
be detached and removed separated
The aforegoing provisions of
section shall apply only to Anne
undel, Calvert, Charles, Kent, PR
Georges, st. Mary's, Somerset, Tia
and Worcester counties, and the
lowing provisions of the section S
apply only to Baltimore City,
gany, Baltimore, Caroline, Car
Cecil, Dorchester, Frederick, Carr
Hartford. Howard. Montgomery, OF
Anne's, Washington and WicoI
counties.
All said ballots in all elections
and throughout the State of Maryl
including all the counties thereof
Baltimore City, shall be printed
the same uniform type upon p
white printing paper or ordinary |
weight in black ink, and the name
all candidates and their several D
designations shall be printed upol
ballots which may be used in any
all elections in every county of
State and in the City of Baltim
in the following type, to wit, in g
plain, bold and legible roman CAPT
twelve-point, generally known as
type, one-eighth of an inch higl
In depth, and the printing of
names of said candidates and of I
respective party designations {
also be uniform in style and apr
ance throughout the ballot; ans
shall be the duty of the Boart
Supervisors of Elections for Baltir
City and of the Board OF Superyl
Of Elections for each county to c;
all ballots to be used by the voter
said city and of the several coun
to be printed in manner and forr
aforesaid. On the back and out
of all ballots shall be printed
words "Official Ballot for" follc