FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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161 AA. Should any person so nominated die before

election day, or decline the nomination, as in this article pro-

Vacancies

vided, the vacancy or vacancies thus occasioned may be

in Nomi-
nations—

filled in the manner required for original nominations ; if,

how filled

however the original nomination was made by a party con-

vention which had delegated to a committee the power to

fill vacancies, such committee may, upon the occuring of

such vacancies, proceed to fill the same ; the chairman and

secretary of such committee shall thereupon shall make and

file with the officers with whom the original certificates of

nomination were filed, a certificate setting forth the cause of

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

office to which he was nominated, the name of the person

for whom the 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 nomination 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 board of supervisors of election at any-

time before the ballots shall have been printed, and the

name of any person so nominated shall then be printed on

the ballots.

161 BB. All ballots for use at any election other than

primary elections, to be held in the city of Hagerstown,

Ballots-

shall be prepared, printed and furnished by the said board

how print-
ed — what

of supervisors of elections ; every ballot shall contain the

to con-

names of all candidates whose nominations for any offices

tain

specified in the ballot has been duly made and not with-

drawn, in accordance with the provisions of this article and

no other names ; the names of the candidates for each office

nominated as required by the provisions of this article shall

be grouped together under a heading designating for what

office said candidates have been nominated, and at the end

of the name of each of said candidates shall be printed the

name of the political party by which said candidate shall

have been nominated ; when a party name is given in any

nomination paper in connection with the name of any'nomi-

nee, it shall be stated in the ballot, but if there shall have

been a nomination by a party convention or lawful primary

election claiming the same party name for the same office,

duly certified as provided in this article, the word "Inde-

pendent " shall precede the party name of the person or per-

sons nominated by nomination papers, if the same party