1042 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

after provided or by petition in conformity with the require-
ments herein.

(d) A candidate for a public office in the government of the-
City of Salisbury shall be deemed to have been nominated by
petition when he, or someone in his behalf, shall file, at least
ten days prior to the time for holding the election at which
he desires to be voted on, with the Clerk of Salisbury a certifi-
cate signed by at least two hundred qualified voters containing
the name of the candidate, a statement of his political affiliation,
a statement of the office which he seeks, and a statement that
the persons signing the same intend to vote for the person named
therein for the office named therein. A candidate for a public
office in the government of the City of Salisbury shall be deemed
to have been nominated by primary election when he, or some-
one in his behalf, shall file, at least ten days prior to the time
for holding the election at which he desires to be voted on, with
the Clerk of Salisbury a certificate signed by the judges or a
majority of the judges of the primary election, containing the
name of the candidate, a statement of his political affiliation and
a statement of the office which he seeks, and that he has been
duly elected a candidate for said office.

(e) Each political party which shall have polled ten per
centum of the entire vote cast in the State at the next preceding
General Election may hold annually in the City of Salisbury on
the second Tuesday in April, at a place to be selected by the
City Committee of such party, a primary election at which any
qualified and registered voter of the City of Salisbury and of the
party holding such primary election shall be entitled to vote.
The said City Committee shall give at least three weeks' notice
by publication in some newspaper printed in the City of Salis-
bury, of the time and place of holding such primary election,
and shall appoint, at least one week prior to the time for hold-
ing such election, three persons to act as judges of such elec-
tion, which judges shall be subject to the same provisions of
law as are judges of City Elections. Ballots of the same form
and arrangement as those used in City Elections shall be fur-
nished by the Mayor and Council of Salisbury for each primary
election and shall contain the name of each person who shall
file with the Clerk of the Mayor and Council of Salisbury at
least ten days prior to the time for holding the primary election
by which he seeks nomination, notice in writing of his desire to