256 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 124]

of the name of each elector, a sufficient dear square in which
each voter may designate by a cross (X) his choice for electors.
All candidates for office shall, as far as possible, be placed in
one column, but when the names to be printed upon the ticket
are over thirty-six, then another column shall be added in which
names shall be printed, and when two or more columns are used
the same number of names shall, as far as possible, be printed
in each column. And the initial letters of the given or Christ-
ian name of the several candidates in each column shall be
printed directly beneath each other in a vertical line, and the
initial letter of the respective party designations of said several
candidates shall be printed directly beneath each other in a
vertical line. A constitutional amendment, or any question to
be submitted to the popular vote shall be printed in a separate
column to follow immediately after the names of candidates.
This section shall apply to Baltimore City, and Baltimore, Gar-
rett, Dorchester, Queen Anne's, Frederick, Wicomico, Carroll,
Washington, Allegany, Cecil, Montgomery, Howard, Caroline
and Harford counties.

55. The form and arrangement of the ballot shall be as fol-
lows: All ballots shall contain the name of every candidate
whose nomination for any office specified in the ballots has been
certified and filed according to the provisions of this article, and
not withdrawn in accordance therewith. The names of can-
didates for every office shall, except in case of candidates for
Presidential Electors, be arranged alphabetically, according to
their surnames, and without any party name or designations,
under the designation of the office above the group of names of
the candidates for each office, and upon a separate line immedi-
ately beneath the designation of the office there shall be printed
in bold, plain roman capitals, twelve-point (pica) type, an
appropriate direction or instruction to the voter, informing
him of the number of persons for whom he may lawfully vote
for the particular office mentioned, immediately above each such
direction, thus: ''Vote for One," of "Vote for Two," or "Vote
for Six," as the case may be. To the name of each candidate
for State office or candidate for Congress shall be added the
name of the county or city in which the candidate resides. Bal-
lots shall be so printed as to give to each voter a clear opportu-
nity to designate by a cross (X) in a square at the right of the
name of each candidate, and at the right of each question, his
choice of candidates and his answer to. such question. Such
square shall be at least one-half of an inch in size, and the top
and bottom lines of such squares shall extend across the ballot
so as to include the name of the candidate or the question