HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1091

nominated otherwise than by a convention or primary elec-
tion in the manner following: A certificate of nomination con-
taining the names of a candidate for office to be filled with
such information as is required to be given in certificate pro-
vided for in Section 84 of this Article, with the additional
statement that the persons signing the same intend to vote for
the person nominated thereby shall be signed by voters in
numbers as follows residing in the political division in and for
which the officer is to be elected—that is to say: The number
of signatures so required shall not be less than two thousand
when the nomination is for an office to be filled by an election
participated in by the voters of the entire State, and not less
than fifteen hundred when the nomination is for an office to be
filled by an election to be participated in by the voters of an
entire Congressional district or of the City of Baltimore, and
not less than seven hundred and fifty when the nomination is
for an office to be filled by an election to be participated in by
the voters of the entire cities of Annapolis, Frederick, Cumber-
land, or Hagerstown, and not less than five hundred for nomi-
nations for all other elections; and provided also, that the
said signatures need not all be appended to one paper, but if
the signatures be appended to more than one paper, all such
papers must be fastened together and filed as one certificate.
Each signer shall append to his signature his residence, occu-
pation, the precinct or district where he is registered as a
voter, and his place of business, and immediately below the
signature of any such signer there shall be either printed or
typed, the name of such signer. Every such paper shall be
accompanied by an affidavit or affidavits made before a justice
of the peace, notary public or other officer authorized to take
oaths under the laws of this State, by one or more persons
known personally to the justice, notary public or other officer,
and so certified by him and signed by the affiant or affiants
to the effect that the signers are known to such affiant or
affiants to be registered voters of the district or precinct as
set forth in said petition, and that the said affiant or affiants
personally saw the signers, in regard to whom he or they make
oaths, sign such paper; and any wilfully false statement in
such affidavit or affidavits or affirmation shall be deemed a mis-
demeanor and shall subject the person making the game to the
fines and penalties prescribed by the law of this State for the
crime of perjury. No person who has been a candidate for
nomination by a political party at the primary elections pre-
ceding a general election shall be nominated for an office to Be
filled at such general election in the manner prescribed by this
section.

90. Except in cases provided for by Section 94 and cases of
special election to fill vacancies in office caused by death, resig-