1496 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 934

napolis, and the Secretary of State immediately on receipt
of the same shall certify the fact of said filing and the name
and description of each person so filing said certificate as
specified therein to the Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore
City and of every county in the State. Said candidates for
Governor, Comptroller, and Attorney General, upon filing
their respective certificates with the Secretary of State as afore-
said shall each pay to him the sum of two hundred and seventy
($270) dollars, which in turn shall be transmitted by him
in the sums of ten ($10) dollars each to the Supervisors of
Elections of each county of the State, and the sum of forty
($40) dollars thereof to the Supervisors of Elections of Balti-
more City; and the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Balti-
more 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 Commissioners of each county, respec-
tively; and all the expense 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 by the
County Commissioners of each county, respectively, precisely
as expenses of the State, city and county elections are now
paid under existing laws; the said ballots shall be printed
in number equal to 125% of the number of registered voters
of the respective political parties and the said ballots shall
be distributed as follows: Ballots at least equal to the number
of voters of the respective political parties shall be sent to the
judges and clerks of election for use on primary election day,
and the surplus ballots in the counties shall be retained by
the Supervisors of Elections or by an official designated by
them who shall deliver said surplus ballots to any judge of
election who shall make requisition therefor in writing, stat-
ing that their first supply of ballots has been exhausted or
that for any cause additional ballots are needed and in Balti-
more City the said surplus ballots shall be delivered by the
Supervisors of Elections to the Police Commissioner, and they
shall be retained in his charge or that of an officer designated
by him who shall supply them to any judge of election for use
on election day as above provided,

49. No certificate of candidacy for nomination filed or
offered for filing by any person seeking a nomination for
office to be a delegate to a convention, or any executive or
member of an executive committee or managing body of a
political party shall be accepted or acted upon by any
Board of Supervisors of Elections, or by the Secretary
of State, as the case may be, unless such person is
affiliated on the registration records of his county or the