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


the nomination is by means or
primary election, the certificate shall
be signed and acknowledged by the
persons whose duty it may be, by
party usage, to declare the result OF
such election in the manner pre-
scribed for a nomination by con-
vention, but no party emblem or de-
vice of any kind shall be added to
said certificate; and If any such en-
blem or device should be added, 1t
shall not be printed upon the ballot
by the Secretary of State or any OF
the Boards of Supervisors of Elec-
lions.
4S. At least eight days before an
election to fill any public Office the
Supervisors of Elections of each
county and in the City of Baltimore
shall cause to be published in two
or more newspapers within such
county, except in Howard county,
where the Supervisors of Elections
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
newspaper published, publication in
such one newspaper shall be suffl-
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 news
ic hofnra the 64V OF
election. Such publication shall be
made in newspapers devoted to the
dissemination 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 published by the
Supervisors of Elections shall be ar
ranged so far as practicable in the
order and form in which they are
to be printed upon the ballots.
The aforegoing provisions of this
section shall apply to Baltimore
City, Baltimore, Wicomico, Car
roll, Washington, Dorchester, Queen
Anne's, Allegany, Cecil, Montgomery,
Howard, Caroline, Hartford, Fred
erick and Garrett counties, and the
following provisions of the section
shall apply only to the following
counties: Anne Arundel, Calvert,
Charles, Kent, Prince Georges, st.
Mary's, Somerset, Talbot and Wor-
ceSter.
At least eight days before an cleo
ton to fill any public office, the Super
visors of Elections of each county and
of the City of Baltimore shall cause
to be published in two or more news
papers 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 office which have been
filed with or certified to them under
the provisions of this article; If in
any county there be but one news
| paper published, publication in such
one newspaper shall be suff1c1ent;
they shall not make 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 dissemina-
ton 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. 1t shall be unlawful for
! any Board of Supervisors of Elections
or for any person, corporation, firm
or newspaper, or the proprietor or
publisher of any newspaper, to pub
| lish. advertise or circulate or cause
| to be published or advertised or cir
culated any sample or fac smile OF
the ballot or the form of ballot to be
used in any of the said last-mentloned
counties of the State, or for any per-
! son or voter to take into the polling
place or booth any sample or fac
| smile of the ballot or to use any
sample or fac smile Of the ballot when
! marking his ballot or take into the
polling place or use when marking
his ballot any stencil, ruler, measure
or \other mechanical device of any
material or form as a means OF aid,
guidance or assistance in marking his
ballot. Any violation of any of the
aforegoing provisions Of this section
shall be punished by fine of not
| less than five hundred nor more than
one thousand dollars or by imprison-
ment in Jail for not less than thirty
days nor more than one year, in the
| discretion of the Court.
"a The form and arrangement of
the ballots shall be as follows: All
ballots shall contain the name of
every candidate whose nomination
for any office specified in the ballot
has been certified to and filed accord
ing to the provisions of this article,
and not withdrawn in accordance
herewith. The names of candidates
for every office shall, except in the
case of candidates for Presidential
| Electors, be arranged alphabetically &C
! cording to their surnames, under the
designation of the office Above the
group of names of the candidates for
each office and upon separate line
Immediately underneath the designa-
ton of the office, there shall be print
ed in bold, plain roman capitals,
twelve-point (pica) type, an ~appro-
pirate direction or instruction to the
voter, informing him of the number
of persons for whom he may lawfully
vote for the particular office men,
toned Immediately above each such
direction, thus: Vote for One" or
vote for Two" or "Vote for Six" as
the case may be. To the right of
the name of each candidate upon the
official ballot, and properly separated
from said names, and Immediately to
the left of the square opposite the
name of the candidate, and in line
Herewith, shall be added the designa-
ton of the party or principle which
the candidate represents, as is duly
| contained in the certificate of nom
ination or nomination papers (said
designation of the party, however,
shall consist solely of the name of
the party to be expressed in one word