LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 456

office for a term of two years or until his successor is duly
elected and qualified. There shall also be selected on the first
Monday in August in the year Nineteen Hundred and Sixteen
by the qualified voters of each of the three wards of the town
of Brunswick one councilman from each of said wards who
shall have certain qualifications as hereinafter prescribed, and
who shall hold office for a term of two years, or until his suc-
cessor is duly elected and qualified; and on the first Monday
in August in the year Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen and
on the first Monday in August in each and every year there-
after there shall be selected by the qualified voters of each of
the three wards of the town of Brunswick one councilman from
each ward, who shall hold office for a term of two years, or
until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The Mayor
and Council shall provide the official ballots, which shall in-
clude distinct ballots for each ward in said town, fer such
election or elections, the form and arrangement of such ballot
to be as they shall by order prescribe except that all candidates
for the same office shall be grouped together and the names
shall be arranged alphabetically on said ballot. The Mayor
and Council shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, at each
polling place or at one general polling place on the day of said
election to the judges of election before the opening hour, the
said registries of voters and a sufficient number of the said
official ballots, not less, however, than twice the number of
registered voters at each polling place or ward, and one of such
ballots shall be handed by the judges of election to the voters
as they shall apply for them for the purpose of voting and shall
be accepted by the judges and when properly marked counted
in canvassing the vote provided that nothing herein shall be
deemed, to prevent candidates for the various offices to have
sample ballots, to be provided at their own expense, for in-
structing the voters. After each name on said ballot, or after
any proposition or question submitted to the decision of the
voters, and to the right thereof, shall be a square upon which
the voter shall make a cross-mark to indicate the candidate of
his choice, or whether he shall be in favor of or opposed to the
question or proposition voted upon. If any voter cannot read
or write, or is disabled by reason of any physical infirmity,
he may ask one of the judges of election to mark his ballot as
he desires. When a voter offers to vote the judges shall ascer-
tain by reference if his name is on the registry of voters, and
the Clerks shall enter in poll books the names and residences
of the voters for the respective wards as the ballots are deliv-