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statement that the persons signing the same intend to vote
for the person named therein for the office named therein. A
candidate for a public office in the government of the City of
Salisbury shall be deemed to have been nominated by primary
election when he, or someone in his behalf, shall file, at least
ten days prior to the time for holding the election at which
he desires to be voted on, with the Clerk of Salisbury a cer-
tificate signed by the judges or a majority of the judges of
the primary election, containing the name of the candidate, a
statement of his political affiliation and a statement of the
office which he seeks, and that he has been duly elected a can-
didate for said office.

(d) Each political party which shall have polled ten per
centum of the entire vote cast in the State at the next preced-
ing General Election may hold annually in the City of Salis-
bury on the second Tuesday in April, at a place or places to
be selected by the City Committee of such party, a primary
election at which any qualified and registered voter of the
City of Salisbury and of the party holding such primary elec-
tion shall be entitled to vote. The said City Committee shall
give at least six weeks' notice by publication in some news-
paper printed in the City of Salisbury, of the time and place
or places of holding such primary election, and shall appoint
at least one week prior to the time for holding such election
six persons for each voting place to act as judges of such
election, which judges shall be subject to the same provi-
sions of law as are judges of City Elections. The polls shall
be open from 7 o'clock A. M. to 7 o'clock P. M. Ballots of the
same form and arrangement as those used in City Elections
shall be furnished by the Mayor and Council of Salisbury for
each primary election and shall contain the name of each per-
son who shall file with the Clerk of the Mayor and Council of
Salisbury at least thirty days prior to the time for holding the
primary election by which he seeks nomination, notice in writ-
ing of his desire to be voted on at such election of the office for
which he wishes to become a candidate and the party with
which he is affiliated.

(e) Every candidate for the office of Mayor at the time of
filing his notice or petition as above set forth shall pay to the
Clerk of Salisbury the sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25. 00).
Every candidate for the office as Councilman at the time of
filing his notice or petition, as above set forth, shall pay to the
Clerk of Salisbury the sum of Fifteen Dollars ($15. 00) and
every candidate for the office of Clerk to the Council, Collec-
tor of City Taxes and Treasurer at the time of filing his
notice or petition, as above set forth, shall pay to the Clerk of
Salisbury the sum of Twenty-Five Dollars, as filing fee.