1670 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

............. on this.............. day of............ 19....

Signed ..................................................

and shall at the same time file therewith the petition of at
least fifty (50) qualified voters, requesting such candidacy;
provided no voter shall sign more than one petition for Mayor
or more than one petition for Councilman for the office of
Commissioner of Accounts or more than one petition for Council-
man for the office of Commissioner of Streets. Each petition
shall be verified by one or more persons signing the said petition.
The said petition shall be substantially in the following form.
Petition accompanying nomination statement:
The undersigned, duly qualified electors of the City of Hagers-
town and residing at the places set opposite our respective names
thereto do hereby request that the name of....................

..............................be placed on the ballot as a

candidate for nomination for...............................

at the primary election to be held in the said City on the
........................ day of....................19....

We further state that we know him to be a man of good moral
character and qualified, in our judgment, for the duties of such
office.

Names of qualified voters. Number, Street

immediately upon the expiration of the time for the filing of
the statements and petition for candidates, the said Board of
Supervisors of Election shall cause to be published for three
successive days in all the daily newspapers in said City, names
of the candidates whose petitions are in proper form as they are
to appear on the primary ballot and the said Board of Super-
visors of Elections of the City of Hagerstown shall thereupon
cause the primary ballots to be printed, authenticated with a fac-
simile of his signature, upon the said ballot; the names of the can-
didates for Mayor arranged alphabetically shall first be placed
with a square at the right of each name, and immediately above
the names the words "For Mayor, vote for one." Following
these names likewise arranged alphabetically, shall appear the
names of the candidates for Councilman for the office of Commis-
sioner of Accounts with a square at the right of each name, and
above the names of such candidates shall appear the words "For
Commissioner of Accounts, vote for one." Following these
names arranged alphabetically, shall appear the names of the
candidates for Councilman for the office of Commissioner of
Streets with a square at the right of each name, and above the