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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

mitteeman of each election district and the committeeman

shall be elected at each primary election for each of the elec-

tion districts of Montgomery County, and each candidate for

committeeman shall pay one dollar to the Supervisors of

Elections.

Form of ballot

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the form of the ballot,

with the names of the candidates for the several offices to

be filled or delegates to be voted for, shall be furnished by

the governing bodies of said political parties to the said Super-

visors of Elections at least fifteen days before the day upon

which said primary is held, and shall be published at least one

time in two or more papers printed in said county.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Supervisors of Elections

Ballots to be
used.

shall furnish to the judges all the ballots to be used in said

primaries, and also the blanks upon which their returns are

to be made. The said Supervisors shall have said ballots

printed in accordance with the provisions of the preceding

section; each of said ballots shall be signed by, or stamped,

with a fac-simile of the signature of the president of the

Board of Supervisors of Elections; the said ballots shall then

be put up in sealed packages, one package for each political

parties, in each of the election precincts of said county; each

of such packages shall contain three ballots for each voter

of said party in the precinct for which such package is in-

tended. The number of ballots shall be determined at the

first election held hereunder by a certificate to be furnished

by the governing body of each of said parties, and thereafter

by the poll-book of the last preceding primary election. The

packages of ballots for each precinct, prepared as aforesaid,

together with the ballot boxes, registry books and necessary

Delivery of
election para-

blanks for each precinct, shall be delivered to the return

phernalia.

judge of each precinct at least two days before the date of said

primary election.

SEC. 5 1/2. And be it enacted, That the return judge for each

Duties of re-
turn judge.

election precinct shall deliver the returns of the said primary

election in said precinct to the Board of Supervisors of Elec-

tions at Rockville on the Tuesday succeeding the date of said

primaries. The Elections Supervisors shall on that day tabu-

late the vote and certify the result to the governing bodies of

the political parties.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That to prevent voters belong-

Different
colors of

ing to or acting with one political party from inadvertently

paper to be

used.

or intentionally casting their ballots for candidates for nomi-

nation or election as delegates to any nominating convention