170 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 115

visors of Elections shall print or cause to be printed on said
official ballots the names of all candidates for office to be voted
for, and for delegates to any convention, or for party executive
or executives, or for membership of any executive committee or
managing body of any political party, who shall become duly
qualified by the payment of the amount herein named, when
any payment is herein required, and shall have filed a certifi-
cate in writing with the Board of Supervisors of Elections in
Baltimore City or in any of the counties as the case may be,
containing the name of the person seeking a nomination for
office or to be a delegate to a convention, or an executive or
member of an executive committee or managing body of a
political party, his residence, place where he is a registered
voter, his address, the office or position for which he seeks to
be nominated or selected, and the party to which he belongs,
and duly acknowledged by the person filing such certificate for
such nomination or selection before an officer duly authorized
to take acknowledgments, who shall append a certificate of
such acknowledgment. The certificate to be filed by a candi-
date seeking to be elected as a delegate to a convention shall,
moreover, specify the convention to which he seeks to be
elected. All such certificates must be filed and payments made
by all candidates for nomination on or before April first
in the years when there is an election for President of the
United States, on or before August first in the years when
there is an election for Governor, and on or before March first
in the years when there is an election for Mayor of Baltimore
City. If any of said days shall fall on a Sunday, then said
certificate may be filed on the Monday next succeeding. The
names of the several candidates for nomination or for dele-
gates, executive or member of an executive committee, or
managing body of a political party aforesaid, shall be pub-
lished seven days before the said election in the mode pre-
scribed in Section 41 of this Article, as far as may be prac-
ticable. It shall not be necessary to print sample ballots or
cards of instructions for such elections, but either or both
shall be printed by the Board of Supervisors of Elections of
the City of Baltimore, when requested by any candidate in said
primary election, said request to be accompanied by a sum of
money necessary to cover the cost of printing. Each candidate
for nomination for public office at a primary election shall
pay the sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25) for each county or
legislative district of Baltimore City in which his name ap-
pears upon the ballot, provided that in any county where the
salary of the office for which nomination is sought is Three
Hundred Dollars ($300) or less such payment shall be Ten
Dollars ($10), upon filing his respective certificate with the
Board of Supervisors of Elections; but candidates for Gover-