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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 127.

Nomination
papers to be
received.

city, to receive nomination papers of candidates for the several
elective offices to be tilled at the next ensuing election, and
they shall give at least two weeks' previous notice of the time
and place of said sitting in two newspapers, if so many be
published in said city. The manner of nominating candidates
shall be as follows : Every candidate for the office of Mayor,
or some one in his behalf, shall on or before the time of the
sitting aforesaid present to the Board of Supervisors his nomi-
nation for said office in writing, signed by at least thirty of the
qualified voters of said city, and no signature shall be counted
if it shall appear on the nomination paper of more than one
candidate for Mayor, and if it appears more than once in the
same paper it shall be counted but once. And in like manner
every candidate for the office of City Councilman, or for any
other elective office now or hereafter to be created under this
charter, or some one in his or their behalf, shall on or before
the time of the sitting aforesaid present to the Board of
Supervisors in writing his or their nomination for said office,
signed by at least twenty of the qualified voters of said city,
and no name shall be counted if it shall be upon the nomina-
tion papers of more candidates than the number required to
fill the vacancies in the offices for which said candidates are
nominated.

141 B. The Board of Supervisors of Election shall provide

Ballot-boxes
ballots, etc.,
provided.

all ballot-boxes and ballots and all registry books, poll books,
tally sheets, blanks and stationery of every description, neces-
sary and proper for the registry of voters and for the conduct
of elections, and the expense thereof shall be paid by the
Mayor and City Council of Havre de Grace. It shall be the
duty of the said Mayor and City Council to allow the reason-
able use of the City Council Chamber for the said board, or
to provide other suitable and proper accommodations for said
board, and in all proper ways to facilitate said board in the
discharge of their duties as such supervisors.

141 C. On or before the third Monday in April in each

Judges and
clerks or
election
appointed.

year in which a municipal election is to be held, the Board of
Election Supervisors shall appoint three judges of election
and two clerks, all of whom shall be registered voters of said
city. It shall not be necessary to appoint new or special
judges or clerks of election for any election not held on the
first Monday in May, whether general or special, but the
judges and clerks appointed under this section for the pre-
ceding general or municipal election shall discharge the
duties of said judges and clerks of election, respectively.
Each judge and clerk shall be a man of good character, able
to read and write and speak the English language, and not