1028 LAWS OB^ MARYLAND. [CH. 425

(c). Each candidate for nomination of public office at a
primary election shall pay the sum of Twenty-five Dollars
• ($25) for each county or legislative district of Baltimore
City in which his name appears upon the ballot, provided
that in any county where the salary of the office for which
nomination is sought is Three Hundred Dollars ($300) or
less such payment shall be Ten Dollars ($10), upon filing
his respective certificate with the Board of Supervisors of
Elections; but candidates for Governor, Attorney General,
or Comptroller shall file their said certificate of nomination
with the Secretary of State at Annapolis, 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, Comp-
troller, and Attorney General, upon filing their respective
certificates with the Secretary of State as aforesaid shall
each pay to him the sum of Two Hundred and Seventy Dol-
lars ($270), which in turn shall be transmitted by him in
the sums of Ten Dollars ($10) each to the Supervisors of
Elections of each county of the State, and the sum of Forty
Dollars ($40) thereof to the Supervisors of Elections of
Baltimore City.

(d). 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, respectively; and all the expense of each said
primary election 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, respective-
ly, shall be paid by the County Commissioners of each coun-
ty, 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 110% 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 re-
spective 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 Sup-
ervisors of Elections or by an official designated by them
who shall deliver said surplus ballots to any judge of elec-
tion who shall make requisition therefore in writing, stat-
ing that their first supply of ballots has been exhausted
or that for any cause additional ballots are needed and in