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nor, Attorney General, or Comptroller shall file their said cer-
tificate of nomination with the Secretary of State at Annapolis,
and the Secretary of State immediately on receipt of the same
shall certify the fact of said filing and the name and descrip-
tion of each person so filing said certificate as specified therein
to the Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City and of every
county in the State. Said candidates for Governor, Comp-
troller, and Attorney General, upon filing their respective
certificates with the Secretary of State as aforesaid shall each
pay to him the sum of Two Hundred and Seventy Dollars
($270), Which in turn shall be transmitted by him in the sums
of Ten Dollars ($10) each to the Supervisors of Elections of
each county of the State, and the sum of Forty Dollars ($40)
thereof to the Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City; and
the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City shall
pay over the amount so received to the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, and the Board of Supervisors of Elections for
each county shall pay over the amount so received to the
County Commissioners of each county, respectively; and all
the expense of each said primary election in Baltimore City
shall be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore;
and all the expenses of holding said primary elections in each,
county, respectively, shall be paid by the County Commis-
sioners of each county, respectively, precisely as expenses of
the State, city and county elections are now paid under ex-
isting laws; the said ballots shall be printed in number equal
to 125% of the number of registered voters of the respective
political parties and the said ballots shall be distributed as
follows: Ballots at least equal to the number of voters of the
respective political parties shall be sent to the judges and
clerks of election for use on primary election day, and the
surplus ballots in the counties shall be retained by the Super-
visors of Elections or by an official designated by them who
shall deliver said surplus ballots to any judge of election who
shall make requisition therefor in writing, stating that their
first supply of ballots has been exhausted or that for any cause
additional ballots are needed and in Baltimore City the said
surplus ballots shall be delivered by the Supervisors of Elec-
tions to the Police Commissioner, and they shall be retained
in his charge or that of an officer designated by him who shall
supply them to any judge of election for use on election day
as above provided.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1947.

Approved March 15,1947.