972 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 436

680 of the Acts of 1916, be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, to read as follows:

291. The form and arrangement of the official ballot shall
be the same as is now, or may hereafter be provided by law
for State and County Eections, except there shall be no
party name or designation on said ballot, Said ballots
shall be of uniform size and printed upon plain white
opaque paper, in black ink, in clear, legible and uniform
type. The Board of Supervisors shall at least four days prior
to the day of election cause an accurate sample copy of the
official ballot to be posted in four or more public places in
said City, said sample copies to be printed on cardboard, and
at least one of said sample copies shall be placed on the exterior
of the building in which the election is to be held. And the
said Board of Supervisors shall publish an accurate copy of
the official ballot in two newspapers of said City if so many
be published therein by at least one insertion in said paper or
papers before the day of election. The said Board shall fur-
nish for said City a number of ballots equal to twice the num-
ber of registered voters in said City, upon a petition of
twenty percent of the registered and qualified voters of the
City of Havre de Grace, the Mayor and City Council and
the Board of Election Supervisors shall place upon the ballot
to be voted or in the next election in said city, the following,
with appropriate boxes: "For Party Eletions" "Against
Party Elections", and if a majority vote for party elections,
then thereafter the Mayor and City Council by ordinance shall
provide for party registrations, Primaries and General Elec-
tions by said voters in lieu of the existing provisions of said
city charter.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, This Act is an emer-
gency Act and is necessary for the immediate safety and pre-
servation of the people, and three-fifths of the members of
both houses of the Legislature having concurred therein shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 436.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 15 I
of Article 30A of Bagby's Annotated Code of Public Gen-