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ART. XXXIII] BALLOTS AND BALLOT BOXES. 259
shall prescribe in the City of Baltimore, and in the several counties,
respectively. If candidates for Presidential Electors are nominated at
large and for the several Congressional districts, the name and place of
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 resi-
dence, including the numbers of the Congressional district in which
they reside, shall follow in numerical order. The surname of the candi-
dates of each political party for the office of President and Vice-Presi-
dent, with the party name at the right of the surname, shall be placed
above the group of candidates for electors of such party. There shall
be left at the right of the surname of the candidate for President and
Vice-President, so formed as to include both names, and to the right of
the name of each elector, a sufficient clear square in which each voter
may designate by a cross (X) his choice for electors. All candidates
for office shall as far as possible be placed in one column, but when 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 columns are used the same number of names shall, as far as
possible, be printed in each column. And the initial letters of the
given or Christian name of the several candidates in each column shall
be printed directly beneath each other in a vertical line, and the initial
letter of the respective party designations of said several candidates, shall
be printed directly beneath each other in a vertical line. A constitu-
tional amendment, or any question to be submitted to the popular vote,
shall be printed in a separate column, to follow immediately after the
names of candidates.
See notes to section 52.
See notes to this section in volume 1 of the Annotated Code.
56. Repealed. (Act of 1918, ch. 51.)
See notes to this section in volume 1 of the Annotated Code.
57.
See notes to section 52.
1904, art. 33, sec. 57. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 52. 1901, ch. 2. 1902, ch. 133. 1908,
ch. 614, sec. 57. 1912, ch. 124. 1914, ch. 307, sec. 57.
1918. ch. 51, sec. 58
58. 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
of ordinary book weight in black ink, and the names of all candidates
and their several party designations 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
pica type, one-eighth of an inch high or in depth, and the printing of
said names of said candidates and of their respective party designa-
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