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sign such paper, and any wilfully false statement in such affidavit
or affidavits or affirmation shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and
shall subject the person making the same to the fines and penal-
ties prescribed by the law of this State for the crime of perjury.

1896, ch. 202.

39. Certificates of nomination shall be filed with the Secre-
tary of State for the nomination of members of Congress or of
candidates for offices to be filled by voters of the entire State or
of any division of a greater extent than one county. For all
other nominations to public offices certificates of nomination
shall be filed with the supervisors of elections of the respective
counties or of Baltimore city, as the case may be, wherein the
offices are to be filled by the voters.

Ibid.

40. 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.

Ibid.

41. The Secretary of State and the several boards of super-
visors 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 open to public inspection.

Ibid.

42. Except in cases provided for by section 46, and cases of
special elections to fill vacancies in office caused by death, resig-
nation or otherwise, such certificates of nomination shall be
filed, respectively, with the Secretary of State not less than
twenty days, and with the boards of supervisors of elections not
less than ten days before the day of election.

Ibid.

43. Not less than eighteen days before an election to fill any
public office, the Secretary of State shall certify to the supervi-
sors of elections of each county, within which any of the voters