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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

to any nominating convention of any other party ; the ballots of

said party shall be printed upon paper of different colors, and

until after the next general registration every person offering

to vote shall be required to state to which party he belongs and

the candidates of which party he intends to vote for at the

State or county election, and he shall be supplied only with the

official ballot prepared for the candidates of such party.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the polls shall be open at

Hours of open
ins and clos

twelve o'clock M., and close at six o'clock P.M., on the day

ing of polls.

fixed for said primary ; the books of registry shall be furnished

to the judges at each polling place, and shall be used at said

primaries for the purpose of determining the right of the party

applying to vote, and no one shall be entitled to vote at said

primary elections who is not a registered voter in the precinct

in which he applies to vote; but the said judges of election are

not to make any marks or entries on said registration books,

but are to use the same for the purpose of determining the right

of the applicant to vote.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of said

Appointing a
place of voting

Board of Supervisors of Elections to appoint the place of voting

in each precinct, and to furnish two ballot boxes for each pre-

cinct, one to be used by each political party.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That before entering upon the

Form of oath tc
be taken.

discharge of their duties one of the clerks in each of the pre-

cincts in Harford County shall administer to the judges the

following oath : "You do make oath in the presence of Al-

mighty God that you will well and faithfully perform the

office of ............ in ............ election precinct to the

best of your ability, and in all things comply with the pro-

visions of the primary election law." and one of said judges

shall in turn administer the same oath to the clerks of election,

said oath to be in writing, and to be returned to the Super-

visors of Elections on the Tuesday following said primary

election by the return judges of said precinct.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the compensation of said

Compensation.

judges and clerks shall be two dollars, and the return judges

shall have an additional three dollars for the day upon which

they make their return to the Supervisors of Elections as above

stated, and the said Supervisors of Elections shall, in addition

to the compensation they now receive, receive the further sum

of one hundred dollars each for the year 1905, and biennially

thereafter, for the extra duties required of them under the

provisions of this Act.