308 LAWS OF MARYLAND. CH. 230

in the town, the office which he seeks, a reference to the
title of the real estate in assessed value of five hundred dol-
lars ($500. 00) claimed to be owned, and such petition shall
be signed by at least ten qualified voters and in case of a
candidate for Councilman the voters signing the said peti-
tion shall reside within the limits of the ward for which
he is a candidate.

A certificate in the following form shall be sufficient:
To the Supervisors of Election of Chestertown, Maryland,

I hereby request that you print my name on the official
ballot in the town election to be held..................................................................

as candidate for................................................... and I do hereby certify

that my name is..............................................................; I am.............................

years old; I am a resident of the...... -.............. ~....... ward; and have

lived in the town for.............................. years; and I am the owner

of real estate in said town in my own name to the amount
of $500. 00 as per deed recorded in Liber.................. No...................

Folio................... one of the Land Records of Kent County,

Maryland.

We, the undersigned, qualified electors request the can-
didacy of

Name Ward Street

Immediately after the filing of the petition by the re-
spective candidates, the Supervisors of Election shall make
up the official ballot from the names of the qualified candi-
dates submitted to them and no names shall be printed upon
said ballot by said Supervisors except such as shall be pre-
sented to them by petition as above set out.

A facsimile of the official ballot shall be published in one
or more newspapers published in the Town of Chestertown,
at least once before election. The official ballot shall be of
substantial plain paper of uniform size, not less than four
inches wide, and upon such ballot shall appear the name
or names of all candidates for Mayor arranged alphabeti-
cally, and immediately following the word "For Mayor
which shall be printed on said ballot, and preceding the
names of the candidates shall be printed in black ink "Vote
for one by marking a cross (X) mark on that space 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 under the name of the
candidate or candidates for Mayor shall be printed a black
line extending to the square on which the voter may in-
sert in writing the name of a candidate for Mayor, if he
so desires, which name may not already be printed on the