12 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 2]

he appears at the first primary election at which he votes sub-
sequent to the passage of this act shall, before he is permitted
to vote at said primary, state to which party he is inclined
and to which party he desires to have himself recorded as affil-
iated, and the Board of Registers, then sitting as Judges of
Election, shall thereupon at once enter in the column pro-
vided' for party affiliations the name of the political party to
which the voter is inclined and with which he desires to affiliate
and in said primary and all primary elections thereafter held
any person so registered as affiliated with a given political party
shall have the right to vote the official ballot of that party and
of no other.

There shall be annually a sitting of the registration officers
in and throughout Baltimore City and all the several counties
of the State on the day which shall be the fifth day before the
day of the primary election (excluding the day of the primary
election in the computation of said fifth day prior thereto),
on which day all of said registration officers shall sit from
eight o'clock, A. M., until eight o'clock P. M. in the counties-
and from 12 o'clock noon until ten o'clock P. M. in Baltimore
City, for the purpose of revising the registration lists by adding
new voters, making transfers, etc., so that fair and full oppor-
tunity may be afforded to all voters, duly qualified, to take part
in the primary elections.

No person or voter after having had his affiliation registered
shall be permitted to make any change in his party affiliation
unless the same shall be made at least six months prior to the
day of the primary election.

160F. The books of registry shall be furnished to the judges
at each polling place by the respective Boards of Supervisors
of Elections, and shall be used at such elections in the same
way as they are now used at municipal, county, judicial, con-
gressional, or general elections held under the provisions of
said Article 33. In the books of registry now in use, or which
may be hereafter prepared for use in Baltimore City, or which
may be prepared for use in the several counties a column headed
"Voted at Primary Election", shall be used; in each column
such word "Voted" or letter "V" shall be hereafter entered
at the primary election at which such registry shall be used,
and opposite the name of each person voting.

160G. Official ballots shall be prepared for such primary
elections in Baltimore City and in the several counties, respec-
tively, by the said several Boards of Supervisors of Elections
for said city and said several counties, respectively, as is now
provided by said Article 33 of the Code of Public General