466 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 169

(D) All voting at municipal elections shall be upon official
ballots printed on plain white paper, and of uniform size
prepared and furnished by the Council to the judges of elec-
tions, and to no other person. On such ballots shall appear
the name of each office to be filled at the said election, plainly
printed in black ink, and under which shall appear the names
alphabetically arranged of those candidates who have been
nominated therefor in accordance with Paragraph B of this
section. Immediately following the name of each office, and
preceding the names of the candidates, shall be plainly printed
in black ink a direction to the voter, "Vote for one, vote for
two or three (as the case may be), by making a cross (X)
mark in that square which is opposite the name of the candi-
date to be voted for, " A light black line shall be printed
immediately under the name of each candidate, extending to
a square or parallelogram opposite the name of the candidate,
and near the border of the paper.

(E) An intending voter shall present himself at the bar
of the voting booth or place of election to vote, and on being
admitted, if qualified and registered, the Clerk of Election
shall hand to said voter one of the official ballots above de-
scribed, with the said Clerk's initials written on the back
thereof, and without any other written sign or mark thereon.
The Council shall provide a convenient and suitable place
within said booth or voting place where the said voter may
fill out or mark said ballot privately by placing a cross (X)
mark opposite the name of the candidate for whom he desires
to vote, but in so doing said voter shall make or place no
other mark, writing or device than such as is authorized by
this section. No voter shall occupy more than five minutes
in marking his ballot, at the end of which time at the demand
of the Clerk of Election, the voter shall immediately surrender
his said ballot to the Judge of Election designated for that
purpose. Before being surrendered to the Judge of Election
the said ballot shall be properly folded so as to show the
initials of the Clerk of Election, and if said initials shall
properly appear thereon, the said ballot shall be received and
placed in the ballot box. If on opening of any of said ballots
it shall appear that the voter has placed thereon any unau-
thorized marks, writing or device, the ballot on which such
unauthorized marks appear shall not be counted by the Judges
of Election.