. 274 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 160

body of a political party, his residence, place where he is a
registered voter, his address, the office or position for which he
seeks to be nominated or selected, and the party to which he
belongs, and duly acknowledged by the person filing such certifi-
cate for such nomination or selection before an officer duly
authorized to take acknowledgments, who shall append a certifi-
cate of such acknowledgment. The certificate to be filed by a
candidate seeking to be elected as a delegate to a convention
shall, moreover, specify the convention to which he seeks to
be elected. All such certificates, must be filed and payments
made by candidates for the nomination of Governor, Comp-
troller, Attorney General and Clerk of the Court of Appeals
not less than thirty days before the day of said primary elec-
tion, and by all other candidates not less than twenty days be-
fore said primary election. The names of the several candi-
dates for nomination or for delegates, executive or member of
an executive committee, or managing body of a political party
aforesaid, shall be published seven days before the said
election in the mode prescribed in Section 49 of this Arti-
cle, as far as may be practicable. It shall not be neces-
sary to print sample ballots or cards of instructions for
such elections, but either or both shall be printed by the
Board of Supervisors of Elections of the City of Balti-
more, when requested by any candidate in said primary elec-
tion, said request to be accompanied by a sum of money neces-
sary to cover the cost of printing. Each candidate for nom-
ination for public office at a primary election shall pay the sum
of Twenty-five ($25. 00) Dollars for each county or legislative
district of Baltimore City in which his name appears upon the
ballot; provided, that in any county where the salary of the
office for which nomination is sought is three hundred
($300. 00) dollars or less, such payment shall be Ten ($10. 00)
Dollars; upon filing his respective certificate with the Board
of Supervisors of Elections; but candidates for Governor, At-
torney General, Comptroller or Clerk of the Court of Appeals
of the State shall file their said certificates of nomination with
the Secretary of State at Annapolis, and the Secretary of
State, immediately on receipt of the same shall certify the
fact of said filing and the name and description of each person
so filing said certificate as specified therein to the Supervisors
of Elections of Baltimore City and of every county in the
State. Said candidates for Governor, Comptroller, Attorney
General and Clerk of the Court of Appeals, upon filing their
respective certificates with the Secretary of State as aforesaid.