1326 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 548

for on the fourth Monday of April, 1937, and at all subse-
quent annual elections held under this Charter, and all per-
sons desiring to become a candidate for a Commissioner of
Ridgely shall, at least ten days prior to said election, tile with
the Clerk of Ridgely a written statement of such candidacy,
which written statement of candidacy shall be substantially
in the following form:

CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION FOR COMMISSIONER
OF RIDGELY.

State of Maryland, Caroline County, to wit:

I,....................... hereby certify that I am now and

have been for more than two years immediately preceding the
fourth Monday of April, 19, a resident of the town of
Ridgely, Caroline County, Maryland, and that I am qualified
to vote for Delegates to the General Assembly of Maryland
and that I have attained the age of twenty-five years, and that
I own property within the corporate limits of said town which
is assessed at a value of $500. 00 or more and is subject to
municipal taxation; that I am a candidate for the office of
Commissioner of Ridgely, to be voted upon on the fourth
Monday of April, 19, and I hereby request my name to be
printed upon the official ballot at said election as a candidate
for said office.

(Signed)..............................................

Subscribed and sworn to before me this............... day of

......................... 19.....

Notary Public.

And immediately upon the expiration of the time for filing

certificates of candidacy by the respective candidates the
'Clerk of Ridgely shall cause to be published in one or more
newspapers published in Caroline County, or posted in three

conspicuous places in the town of Ridgely, the names of all
candidates as they are to appear upon the official ballot, and
the said Clerk shall thereupon cause the official ballots to be
printed on plain white paper of uniform size to be delivered to
"the Judges of Election, and to no other person, and on such
ballots shall appear the name or names of all the candidates
for Commissioner or Commissioners of Ridgely arranged al-
phabetically and immediately following the words "For Com-
missioner of Ridgely", which shall be printed on said ballot,
and preceding the names of the candidates shall be plainly
printed in black ink a direction to the voters: "Vote for one

(or two or three as the case may be) by making a cross (X)
mark in that square which is opposite the name of the candi-
date to be voted for", and a black line shall be printed imme-