198 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 96

10. Candidates to be voted for at all general municipal
elections at which a Mayor and City Councilmen are to be
elected, under the provisions of this Act, shall be nominated by
a primary election, and no other name shall be placed on the
general ballot except those selected in the manner hereinafter
prescribed. The primary election for such nomination shall
be held on the second Tuesday preceding the general municipal
election. The judges appointed for the general municipal
election shall be the judges of the primary election, and the
polls shall be opened and closed at the same hours and with the
same clerks as are required for the general municipal election.
Any person desiring to become a candidate for Mayor or City
Council shall, at least ten days prior to said primary election,
file, or there shall be filed for him, with the City Clerk a state-
ment of such candidacy in substantially the following form:
Candidate for Nomination for............

State of Maryland, Allegany County:

I,............. being first duly sworn, say that I (or he)

reside at............ Street, City of Cumberland, County

of Allegany, State of Maryland; that I (or he) am (or is) a
qualified voter therein; that I (or he) am (or is) qualified
to hold; that I (or he) am (or is) a candidate for nomination
to the office of............... to be voted upon at the pri-
mary election to be held on the..................... day of

................... 19....... and I hereby request that

my (or his) name be printed upon the official primary ballot
for a nomination by such primary election for such office.

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

Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me.........

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

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

And shall at the same time file therewith the petition of at
least one hundred: (100) qualified voters, requesting such
candidacy, provided no voter shall sign more than one petition
for Mayor or for more than four (4) Councilmen. Each peti-
tion shall be verified by one or more persons as to the qualifi-
cations and residence of each of the persona so signing the
said petition. The said petition shall be substantially in the
following form:

Petition Accompanying Nominating Statement.

The undersigned, duly qualified electors of the City of Cum-
berland, and residing at the places set opposite our respective
names thereto, do hereby request that the name of... 1......

be placed on the ballot as a candidate for nomination for