14 . LAWS OF MARYLAND, [Ch. 2]

tions; but candidates for Governor, Attorney-General, Comp-
troller or Clerk of the Court of Appeals of the State shall file
their said certificates of nomination with the Secretary of State
at Annapolis, and the Secretary of State, immediately on receipt
of the same, shall certify the fact of said filing and the name
and description of each person so filing said certificate as speci-
fied therein to the Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City,
sad of every county in the State. Said candidates for Gov-
ernor, Comptroller, Attorney-General and Clerk of the Court of
Appeals, upon filing their respective certificates with the Secre-
tary of State as aforesaid, shall each pay to him the sum of
two hundred and seventy dollars, which in turn shall be trans-
mitted by him in sums of ($10.00) ten dollars each, to the
Supervisors of Elections of each county of the State and the
sum of forty dollars thereof to the Supervisors of Elections of
Baltimore City; and to the Board of Supervisors of Elections of
Baltimore City shall pay over the amount so received to the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and the Board of Super-
visors of Elections for each county shall pay over the amount
so received to the County Commissioners of each county, respec-
tively ; and all the expenses of each of said primary elections in
Baltimore City shall be paid by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore; and all the expenses of holding said primary elec-
tions in each county, respectively, shall be paid by the County
Commissioners of each county, respectively, precisely as the
expenses of the State, city and county elections are now paid
under existing laws; provided, that the ballots to be used at all
primary elections to be held in the several counties of the State
shall be prepared and printed by the Boards of Supervisors of
Elections in the respective counties in a similar manner to that
provided by this article for general elections in Baltimore City,
and as provided in section 54 of this article for general elec-
tions, except that there shall be no detachable stub or coupon
to said ballot, and in number not less than twice the number of
registered voters of the respective political parties participating
in such primary, as nearly as the same may be estimated, and
shall be delivered by such Boards of Supervisors of Elections
to the election officials as herein provided for Baltimore City
primary elections. The said Boards of Supervisors of Elec-
tions for the several counties shall at the same time print and
distribute, five days before such primary election, to any can-
didate ordering and paying the cost of the same, any number
of such official ballots such candidates may desire. Said super-
visors shall also cause to be furnished and delivered with such
official ballots to the proper election officials in each election