878 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

residence, including the members of the congressional district in which
they reside, shall follow in numerical order. The surname of the candi-
dates of each political party for the office of president and vice-president
with the party name at the right of the surname, shall be placed above
the group of candidates for electors of such party. There shall be left
at the right of the surname of the candidates for president and vice-presi-
dent, so formed as to include both names, and to the right of the name of
each elector a sufficient clear 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 letter of the given or
Christian 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 Balti-
more, Garrett, Frederick, Wicomico, Carroll, Washington, Allegany
Cecil, Montgomery, Howard, Caroline and Harford counties.

This section referred to in discussing the question of whether a bill pro-
posing an amendment to the constitution, contained distinct legislation requir-
ing the signature of the governor. Warfield v. Vandiver, 101 Md. 124. (See
also, dissenting opinion, p. 130).

Cited but not construed in Duvall v. Miller, 94 Md. 709; Sterling v. Jones,
87 Md. 144; Wells v. Munroe, 86 Md. 447.

See notes to sections 54 and 73.

1904, art. 33, sec. 55. 1904, ch. 339. 1908, ch. 737, sec. 55.
56. The form and arrangement of ballot shall be as follows: All
ballots shall contain the name of every candidate whose nomination for
any office specified in the ballots has been certified and filed accord-
ing to the provisions of this article, and not withdrawn in accordance
therewith. The names of candidates for every office shall, except in case
of candidates for presidential electors, be arranged under the designation
of the office 'above the group of names of the candidates for each office,
and upon a separate line immediately 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," or "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. Ballots shall be so printed as to give
each voter a clear opportunity to designate by a cross (x) in a square