JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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candidates for Presidential Electors are nominated at large and
for the several Congressional Districts, the name and place of
residence of the candidates at large shall be put at the head
of each group, and the names of the other candidates, with
their places of residence, including the numbers of the Con-
gressional District in which they reside, shall follow in
numerical order. The surname of the candidates of each
political party for the office of President and Vice-President,
with the party name at the right of the surname, shall be
placed above the group of candidates for electors of such
party. There shall be left at the right of the surname of the
candidates for President and Vice-President so formed as to
include both names and to the right of the name of each
elector a sufficient clear square in which each voter may desig-

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nate by a cross (X) his choice for electors. All candidates for
office shall, as far as possible, be placed in one column, but
when the names to be printed upon the ticket are over thirty-
six, then another column shall be added in which names shall
be printed, and when two or more columns are used the same
number of names shall, as far as possible, be printed in each
column and the initial letter of the given or Christian name of
the several candidates in each column shall be printed directly
beneath each other in a verticle line and the initial letter of
the respective party designations of said several candidates
shall be printed directly beneath each other in a verticle line.
A constitutional amendment, or any question to be submitted
to the popular vote, shall be printed in a separate column, to
follow immediately after the names of candidates.
52. All said ballots in all elections in and throughout the
State of Maryland, including all the counties thereof and

How names
of candidates
shall be
placed on
ticket.

Baltimore city, shall be printed in the same uniform type,
upon plain white printing paper of ordinary book weight, in
black ink, and the names of all candidates and their several
party designations shall be printed upon all ballots which may
be used in any and all elections in every county of the State
and in the city of Baltimore, in the following type, to wit:
In clear, plain, bold and legible Roman capitals, twelve point,
generally known as Pica type, one-eighth of an inch high or
in depth, and the printing of said names of said candidates,
and of their respective party designations, shall also be uniform
in style and appearance throughout the ballot; and it shall be
the duty of the Board of Supervisors of Elections for Balti-
more City and of the Board of Supervisors of Elections for
each county, to cause all ballots to be used by the voters of
said city and of the several counties to be printed in manner
and form as aforesaid. On the back and outside of all ballots
shall be printed the words "Official Ballot For," followed by

Ballots to be
printed in
uniform
type, etc.