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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

or nomination papers filed with him, and the offices for which

they are nominated, together with the party designations of the

candidates, and the party by which they are nominated, and any

party emblems or devices, if the same have been disclosed by such

certificates or nomination papers, and also the form in which any

question to be submitted to the voters of the whole State, shall

appear on the ballots, as may be designated by the respective po-

litical parties; for greater security, a like statement shall also be

transmitted by him by mail the day following.

136. Should any person so nominated die before election day.

or decline the nomination as in this article provided, the vacancy

or vacancies thus occasioned may be filled in the manner re-

quired for original nominations; if however, the original nomina-

tion was made by a party convention which had delegated to a

committee the power to fill vacancies, such committee may, upon

the occurring of such vacancies, proceed to fill the same; the

chairman and secretary of such committee shall thereupon make

and file with the officers with whom the original certificates of

nomination were filed, a certificate setting forth the cause of the

Vacancies
on tickets

vacancy, the name of the person now nominated, the office for

may be

which he was nominated, the name of the person for whom the

filled,

new nominee is to be substituted, the fact that the committee

was authorized to fill vacancies, and such further information as

is required to be given in an original certificate of nomination ;

the certificate so made shall be executed and acknowledged in

the manner prescribed for the original certificate of nomination,

and shall have the same force and effect; but if such new nomi-

nation shall be made after the time in this article provided for

the filing of certificates of nomination and nomination papers,

then such new certificate of nomination or nomination papers

may be filed with the boards of supervisors of election respec-

tively, at any time before the ballots shall have been printed, and

the name of any person so nominated shall then be printed on

the ballot.

137. All ballots for use at any election other than primary elec-

Ballots in

tion, to be held in the city of Baltimore, shall be prepared, printed

Balto, city

and furnished by the said respective boards of supervisors of elec-
tion; every ballot shall contain the names of all candidates whose

nominations for any offices specified in the ballot has been duly

made and not withdrawn, in accordance with the provisions of

this article and no other names; the names of candidates nomi-

nated by each political party shall be grouped together in parallel

Grouped
together,

columns on the ballot, and headed by the name of the political

party by which the candidates comprising said group were placed

in nomination as described in the certificates of nomination;

when a party emblem or device has been added to the certificate,

as stated in section one hundred and thirty, it shall be printed to