The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-11-02
CHAPTER SO.

AN ACT to add three new sections to
Article II of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland Q93O
Edition., title Garrett County"
subtitle "Oakland", said new SEE.
tons to be known as Sections
406A, 406B and 4O6C to follow i'm.
mediately after Section 4O6 of
said Article, providing for cleo.
tons in Oakland, Garrett County.
Maryland, and the arranging of an
official ballot for the same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
three new and additional sections be
and they are hereby added to Article
IL of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland 1880 Edition), title
Garrett County, subtitle Coax
land, said new sections to be known
as Sections 406A, 406B and 4O6C to
follow Immediately after Section 4O6
of said Article and to read as follows;
406A. The Mayor and Town Coun-
Gil of Oakland, in lieu of any primary
election, shall cause to be placed on
the official ballot of said town the
name of any registered voter of said
town who fulfills the qualifications for
the office for which he seeks and who
delivers to the Clerk of said town ten
days before the regular municipal
election before the hour of four o'clock
P. NJ, of that day, a petition asking to
be placed thereon, setting forth his
name, residence, age, whether he is a
citizen of the United States and tax
payer of said town of Oakland and the
length of time he has lived in said
town of Oakland and the office which
he seeks, after also paying the re-
quired fee for that particular office.
The filing fee for the candidates to the
various elective offices shall be as fol-
lows: Mayor, $500; Treasurer, $500,
and Councilman, $3.50.
406B. The official ballot, which only
can be cast at the election, shall be
printed and supplied to the judges of
election by the Mayor and Town Coun-
ell of Oakland, and shall contain the
names of all the candidates who have
properly qualified and paid the re-
quired filing fee, as set out in the pre-
ceding section, for their particular
office, arranged alphabetically under
the proper designation of the office
for which they are candidates. At said
election no ballots shall be accepted
or counted by the judges of election
except the official ballot, which ballot
shall contain a square opposite the
name of each candidate, which may be
voted by a cross mark in said square
opposite the name of the candidate
voted for, or the name Of the person
or persons voted for may be written
in the blank space provided with
square opposite in which a cross mark
must be placed to so vote.
406C. The three judges of election
and the two clerks to be appointed
under Section Alb of this Article shall
keep the polls open from nine o'clock
in the morning until siX. o'clock at
night and shall conduct the said cleo
ton in the same manner in which the
judges of election are now directed to
conduct elections for State and county
officials, as far as may be practicable,
after making oath before some JUS
tice of the Peace of Garrett County
that they will only permit those to
vote whose names appear upon the
registration lists as duly qualified vot-
ers, and the said judges shall make
their returns as to the votes cast and
persons elected at said election under
hands and seals to the Mayor and
Town Council of Oakland and to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Garrett
County, Maryland.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
l, 1889. Approved May 8, 1899.