1398 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 801

dollars ($1, 000. 00); that I am a candidate for the Office of
.............................. to be voted upon at the town

election to be held on the first Saturday of May, 19...., and

I hereby request my name be printed upon the official ballot
to be used at said election as a candidate for said office.
(Signed)..................................

Subscribed and sworn to before me this............ day of

................... 19.....

And each candidate shall at the same time deposit with the
Clerk of Hurlock the sum of Five Dollars ($5. 00), which sum
shall be paid to the Mayor and Council for the purpose of de-
fraying in whole or in part the expenses of said election. And
immediately upon the expiration of the time of filing of peti-
tions by the respective candidates the Clerk of Hurlock shall
cause to be published in one or more newspapers published in
Hurlock or posted in three conspicuous places in the town of
Hurlock, the names of all the candidates as they are to appear
upon the official ballot, and the said Clerk shall thereupon
cause the official ballots to be printed on plain white paper of
uniform size to be delivered to the Judges of Election and to
no other person, and on such ballots shall appear the name or
names of all candidates for Mayor arranged alphabetically
and immediately following the words "For Mayor", which
shall be printed on said ballot, and preceding the names of the
candidates shall be plainly printed in black ink a direction to
the voters: "Vote for one by making a cross (X) mark in that
square which is opposite the name of the candidate to be voted
for", and a black line shall be printed immediately under the
name of each candidate extending to a square opposite the
name of the candidate and immediately following the name of
the candidate or candidates for Mayor shall be printed a black
line extending to a square on which the voter may insert in
writing the name of a candidate for Mayor, if he so desires,
which name may not already be printed on the ballot, and also
on such ballots shall appear the name or names of all the
candidates for Councilmen arranged alphabetically, and imme-
diately following the words "For Councilman", which shall be
printed on said ballot, and preceding the name or names of
the candidate or candidates shall be plainly printed in black
ink a direction to the voters: "Vote for two (as the case may
be) by making a cross (X) mark in the square which is oppo-
site the name or names of the candidate or candidates to be
voted for", and a black line shall be printed immediately under
the name of each candidate extending to a square opposite the
name of the candidate, and immediately following the names
of the candidates for Councilmen, there shall be printed a
sufficient number of black lines extending to a square on which
the voter may insert in writing the name or names of a candi-