126 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 67

647. The Mayor and Commissioners shall cause a call
for a primary election to nominate candidates for municipal
officers to be issued each election year at least twenty days
before the last Monday in March, which primary shall be
held at least ten days before said election and shall receive
the return thereof as to the names of those nominated, who
shall by reason of such nomination be entitled to have their
names printed upon the official ballot as candidates for the
office for which they were nominated. The official ballot,
which only can be cast at the election, shall be printed and
supplied to the judges of election by the Mayor and Com-
missioners of Westernport, and shall be printed as nearly
as practicable in accordance with the following form. The
date and names to be changed, but the names of all the
candidates for their particular office to be arranged alpha-
betically under the proper designation of the office for
which they are candidates:

	OFFICIAL BALLOT.
	Town of Westernport, Allegany County,
	Maryland.
	Election, Monday, March........................
	Polls open from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M.
	FOR MAYOR.
	Vote for one only.
NAME
NAME
NAME

FOR COMMISSIONERS

Vote for four only.
(Same form as above. )

The Mayor and Commissioners of Westernport, in addi-
tion to the names of the persons nominated for office at the
primary, shall cause to be placed on said official ballot the
names of any registered voter in said town who shall pre-
sent and deliver to the Clerk of said town a petition asking
to be placed thereon, setting forth his name, residence, age,
whether he is a citizen of the United States and the amount
of the assessment of his property within the limits of the