116 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

no power to select or appoint committees or governing bodies
of any character for Baltimore City nor for any division thereof
nor for the counties of the State.

160B. Said primary elections by the political parties afore-
said shall be annually held throughout the State, including
Baltimore city, on a day to be fixed by any agreement between
the governing bodies of said parties for the State not later than
the first Monday of September in each year. All such political
parties as aforesaid, shall hold their several primaries upon the
same day. In case such governing bodies for the State shall
fail to agree on an earlier date for holding such primary elec-
tion, said primary elections shall be held on the first Monday
of September in each year. Notice shall be given of the times
and places of holding said primary elections by the several
Boards of Supervisors of Elections in the city of Baltimore and
of the counties of this State, respectively, in the same way pre-
cisely as notice is required to be given for municipal and county
elections held under the provisions of Article 33 of the Code of
Public General Laws.

160c. There shall be at every primary election in the city
of Baltimore and in each county a voting place in each election
precinct of each ward and of each election district, or in each
election district which may not be divided into election pre-
cincts ; and each of said voting places shall be selected by the
Board of Supervisors of Elections in Baltimore city and in the
counties, as provided in section 11 of this Article, with respect
to general, municipal and county elections, and furnished in
the same manner as at a general election.

160D. All such primary elections shall be conducted under
the control of the several Boards of Supervisors of Elections in
Baltimore city and the counties, respectively, by the judges and
clerks of elections appointed by them under the provisions of
said Article 33, for the conduct of elections held thereunder in
Baltimore city and in the several counties of the State, and in
the same manner as far as may be applicable as general elec-
tions are conducted under said Article 33, except as may be
hereinafter otherwise provided.

160E. As many different sets of official ballots shall be
printed and supplied by the Board of Supervisors of Elections
at each polling place, and as many ballot boxes shall be used
at each polling place, as there are separate party nominations,
delegates, executives, or managing or executive bodies, to be
voted for; and to prevent voters belonging to or acting with
one political party from inadvertantly or intentionally casting
their ballot for the candidate for nomination for office, or elec-
tion as delegate to any convention, or as executive or members