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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That each political party in said

Time and

county which, at the said general election of November, 1903,

place of
primary.

polled ten per cent, of the entire vote cast in said county, shall

give at least fifteen clear days' notice of the time and place

of holding said primary in said county or in any election dis-

trict or voting precinct thereof, and the call for said primary

shall be published for at least two weeks in two newspapers

published in Anne Arundel County.

Primaries of

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the primaries of two different

two different

political parties shall not be held on the same day in any year

parties cannot
be held on

and the party first inserting its call in two newspapers shall

same day.

have the preference of the day selected for its primary over

any other party; within seven days from the day of the issu-

ance of any call by a political party in said county which,

at the said general election of November, 1903, polled ten

per cent, of the total vote cast in said county, the Supervisors

of Elections for said county shall appoint for each voting place

where a primary is to be held three judges of election and two

clerks to conduct such primary, and the manner of appointing

shall be as follows : Each of the two contesting factions of any

party shall, within five days from the call of said primary

being first published, file with the Supervisors of Elections of

said county the names of two persons for judges and two

persons for clerk in each election district or precinct where the

primary is to be held, which said persons whose names are so

filed shall have been duly registered voters of the election

district or precinct where they are to act as judge or clerk

for at least three years previous to the day of their appoint-

ment, and from the names so filed the said Supervisors of Elec-

tions of Anne Arundel County shall elect one judge and clerk

from the list submitted by each faction and shall, in addition

thereto, select from among the registered voters of said elec-

tion district or precinct one person as the third judge of said

primary, and the three judges so appointed and the two clerks

shall conduct the primary election for said district or precinct.

The judges so appointed upon the recommendation of any

faction shall be appointed from the leading factions actually

running candidates and delegates to the county convention

at said primary, and upon the neglect, failure or refusal of any

faction to file the name for said judges and clerks, then it shall

Duty of Super-
visors of

be the duty of the said Supervisors of Elections to make all

Elections.

the appointments from the list of registered voters of the dis-

trict from which no such list has been received or filed.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all ballots to be used at any

Ballots.

primary election shall be printed on plain white paper and shall