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offices certificates of nomination shall be filed with the supervisors of
election of the respective counties or of Baltimore city, as the case may
be, wherein the offices are to be filled by the voters.
Cited but not construed in Wells v. Munroe, 86 Md. 447.
1904, art 33, sec. 44. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 40.
45. No certificate of nomination shall contain the name of more
than one nominee for each office to be filled. No person shall join in
nominating more than one nominee for each office to be filled and no
person shall accept a nomination to more than one office.
Cited but not construed in Thom v. Cook, 113 Md. 87.
Ibid. sec. 45. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 41.
46. The secretary of state and the several boards of supervisors of
elections shall cause to be preserved in their respective offices for two
years all certificates of nomination filed with them under the provisions
of this article. All such certificates shall be opened to public inspection.
Ibid. sec. 46. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 42. 1000, ch. 366. 1902, ch. 133.
47. Except in cases provided for by section 51 and cases of special
election to fill vacancies in office caused by death, resignation or other-
wise, such certificates of nomination shall be filed respectively with the
secretary of state not less than twenty-five days, and with the board of
supervisors of elections not less than fifteen days before the day of
election.
This section does not require nomination certificates for municipal offices
to be filed with election supervisors nor with any other official; where such
practice exists, such certificate need not be filed within fifteen days before a
city election. Injunction refused. Annapolis v. Gadd, 97 Md. 735.
Cited but not construed in Duvall v. Swann, 94 Md. 616.
Ibid. sec. 47. 189C, ch. 202, sec. 43.
48. Not less than eighteen days before an election to fill any public
office, the secretary of state shall certify to the supervisors of elections
of each county within which any of the voters may, by law, vote for
candidates for such office, the name and description of each person
nominated for such office, as specified in the certificates of nomination
filed with the secretary of state, and shall certify the same to the super-
visors of elections of Baltimore city, if any of the voters of said city
may by law vote for candidates for such office.
Cited but not construed in Wells v. Munroe, 86 Md. 447.
Ibid. sec. 48. 1890, ch. 202, sec. 44. 1908, ch. 614. 1910, ch. 456 (p. 103).
49. At least eight days before an election to fill any public office the
supervisors of election of each county and in the city of Baltimore shall
cause to be published in two or more newspapers within such county,
except in Howard county, where the supervisors of election may publish
in one newspaper, and in all the daily papers published in said city
which will publish the same at the current rate for advertising the
nominations to office which have been filed with or certified to them
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