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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 508.

AN ACT to repeal Sections 105 to 113, inclusive, of Article

I of the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Allegany County,"

sub-title "Elections — Primary," and to repeal an addition

thereto designated as Section IO5A, as enacted by Act of

1900, Chapter 365, and to re-enact the same with amend-

ments, and to enact additional sections to be designated as

Sections 113A, 113B, 113C, and 113D.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That Sections 105 to 113, inclusive, of the Code of Pub-

Allegany

lic Local Laws, title "Allegany County," sub-title "Elections

County —

Elections.

— Primary," and an additional section thereto, 105A, as

enacted by Act of 1900, Chapter 365, be and the same are

hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, and four

sections added thereto, designated as Sections 113A, 113B,

113C and 113D, so as to read as follows:

Nomination

105. All candidates for election to office nominated by the

for office by

two parties having the highest number of votes cast for the

direct vote.

candidate for the highest State office at the last general

election in Allegany County, shall be nominated by the direct

vote of the members of said party, and not by the convention

or delegate system (except as may be hereinafter designated),

and the place for holding the primary election for the can-

didates of said parties shall be the same as designated by the

Board of Election Supervisors of said county for the regis-

tration of voters in each of the election districts and precincts

in Allegany County, and the party casting the highest number

of votes for the highest State officer at the last general elec-

tion shall hold its primary election on the first Saturday of

Providing elec
tion parapha-

September, and the party casting the next highest number
of votes shall hold its primary election on the first day of

nalia.

registration prescribed by law, from twelve o'clock noon to

eight o'clock. P.M. ; and the Board of Election Supervisors

of Allegany County shall provide for said primary elections

the voting booths, ballot boxes, stationery and such other

paraphernalia as is used for general elections, and deliver

and set up the same at said places of registration ready for

use.