The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-06-02
PUBLIC GENERAL
LAWS.
CHAPTER 100.

Io5 aud 1913 Of Article 80 of the An
notated Code of MARYLAND. title 'Eiec-
tons, sub title ''Primary Elections,
and to Te-cnact said sections with
amendments. SO as to abolish what IS
known as the Envelope System OF vo-
ting Ill Primary Elections; and also to
add a new section to said Article 50 OF
said Code, to follow immediately
after Section IoS thereof and to be
known as Section IoSa, providing that
oHenses committed under the sad
sections repealed and re enacted by
this Act before this Act takes effect,
shall be prosecuted and punished as
if this Act had never been passed.
Section I. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That Sec
tons 1874, 49,, los and 19S of Article 80
of the Annotated Code OF Maryland, IT,
tie "Electons, subtitle primary
Elections" be and the same hereby are
respectively repealed and respectively
re-ena cted with amendments so as to
read as follows
1874. Official ballots shall be prepared
and printed for such primary elections
in Baltimore City and in the several
counties, respectively. by the said sew
eral Board of Supervisors OF Elections
for said city and said several counties.
respectively, as is now provided by this
Article for general elections, except as
othe rwise provided for in this subtitle,
and except that on the back and out
side of ali such official ballots shall be
printed ONLY the words Official Ballot
For. followed by the designation OF
the county or legislative district OF Bal
timore City, as the case may be, tor
which it is prepared and said several
Board of Supervisors OF Elections shall
print or cause to be printed on said OIL
cial ballot the names OF all candidates
for office to be voted for, and tor deie-
gates to any convention. or tor party
executive or executives, or tor member
ship of any executive committee or
managed body of any political party.
who shall become duly qualified by the
payment of the amount herein named,
when any payment is herein required,
and shall have filed certificate IN writ
ing with the Board OF Supervisors OF
Elections in Baltimore CITY or in any OF
the counties, as the case may be, con-
tanning the name of the person seeking
a nomination for office or to be dele
gate to a convention, or an executive or
member Of an executive committee or
managing body of a political party, his
residence, place where he is registered
voter, his address, the Office or position
for which he seeks to be nominated or
selected, and the party to which he be-
longs, and duly acknowledged by the
person filing such certificate tor such
nomination or selection before an oft1-
Ger duly authorized 10 take acknowledge
ments, who shall append certificate OF
such acknowledgement. The certificate
to be filed by a candidate seeking to be
elected as a delegate to convention
shall, moreover, specify the convention
to which he seeks to be elected. All
such certificates must be filed and pay
ments made by the candidates for the
nomination O! Governor, Comptroller,
Attorney General and Clerk of the
Court of Appeals not less than thirty
DAYS before the day of said primary
election. and by all other candidates
not less than twenty days before said
primary election. The names of the
several candidates for nomination or
for delegates, executive or member OF
an executive committee, or managing
body of political party aforesaid, shall
be published seven days before the
said election in the mode prescribed IN
Section 4o of this article. as far as may
be practicable. 1t shall not be neces.
sary to PRINT sample ballots or cards OF
instructions for such election. but either
or both shall be printed by the Board
of Supervisors of Elections OF the City
of Baltimore, when requested by any
candidate in said primary election. said
request to be accompanied by sum OF
money necessary to cover the cost OF
printing. Each candidate for nomina-
ton for public office at primary cleo
ton shall pay the sum OF twenty hive
SIS .oo) dollars for each county or leg
islatiue district of Baltimore City In
which his name appears upon the bal
lot provided, that in any county where
the salary of the Office for which noml-
nation is sought is three hundred $500
dollars or less, such payment shall be
ten (SIo) dol ars; upon filing his respec-
tive certificate with the Board of Super
Governor, Attorney General, Comptrol
Ter or Clerk of the Court of Appeals of
the State shall file their said certificates
of nomination With the Secretary of
State at Annapolis, and the Secretary
of State, Immediately on receipts of the
same shall certify the fact of said filing
and the name and description OF each
person so filing said certificates as speci-
fed therein to the Supervisors of Elec-
tons of Baltimore City and of every
county IN the State. Said candidates
for Governor, Comptroller, Attorney
General and Clerk of Appeals, upon
filing their respective certificates with
the Secretary of State as aforesaid,
shall each pay to him the sum of two
hundred and seventy(S27o)d dollars, which
in turn shall be transmitted by him in
sums of ten (SIo) dollars each to the
Supervisors of Elections of each county
of the State, and the sum of forty (S4o)
dollars thereof to the Supervisors Of
Elections of Baltimore City; and the
Board of Supervisors of Elections of
Baltimore City shall pay over the
amount so received to the Mayor and
CITY Council of Baltimore, and the
Board of Supervisors of Elections for
each county shall pay over the amount
so received to the County Commissions
ers of each county. respectively; and all
the expenses of each of said primary
elections in Baltimore City shall be
paid by the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore; and all the expenses of
holding said primary elections in each
county, respectively, shall be paid bv
the County Commissioners OF each
county, respectively, precisely as the
expenses of the State, City and County
elections are now paid under existing
laws; and the said ballots shall be pre-
pared and printed i'll number not less
than twice the number of registered
voters of the respective political parties
participating in such primary, as near
ly as the same may be estimated, and
and shall be delivered by such Boards
of Supervisors of Elections to the cleo
ton officials as provided in this Article
for general elections.
185. The names of candidates for
nomination for each Office or for each
place or position aforesaid respectively.
Shall be ranged alphabetically upon
the ballots according to the surnames of
the candidates Ballots i'll al said
primary elections shall be cast, counted
and canvassed and the result of the
election announced and certified in
Baltimore City and in each of the coun-
ties of the State, as now provided by
| this Article for general elections; and
| the said primary elections shall be he'd