1336 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 760

(d) Should any person nominated to fill a public office die
before election day or decline the nomination, as herein pro-
vided, or should any certificate of nomination be or become
insufficient or inoperative, the vacancy or vacancies thus occa-
sioned may be filled in the manner provided for original nomi-
nations. The certificate of the substituted candidate shall,
except in case of a nominee dying, be filed at least 28 days
before the day of election, and in cases of either resigna-
tion or death shall be filed within six days after the vacancy
shall have occurred. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of
State to certify all such substitute nominations to the Super-
visors of Elections immediately after they are filed with him.
In case of a vacancy occurring within so short a time before
the day of election that the certificate of nomination of the new
nominee shall be too late for the name of the new nominee to
be printed in the ballots in any county or in the City of Balti-
more, the Board of Election Supervisors of such county or city
shall at once cause to be printed a sufficient number of stickers
bearing the name of such substitute nominee and shall affix
such stickers in their proper places on the ballots to be sent
by mail to absent voters, as hereinafter provided for. All
ballots sent before the stickers are affixed are to be void only
as to the mark opposite the name of the candidate whose name
has been withdrawn. The other marks, if made according to
law, shall be counted at the time and in the manner herein-
after provided for. In all other respects, Section 94 of Article
33 of the Annotated Code, Chapter 715, Acts of 1914, shall
remain in full force and operation.

(e) Whenever a proposed Constitution or Constitutional
Amendment, or other question, is submitted as provided for in
Section 95, Article 33 of the Annotated Code, Chapter 202,
Acts of 1896, the Secretary of State shall certify the same
not less than 45 days before the election, and the County Com-
missioners, or Register of the City of Baltimore, shall do the
same with questions of local concern. In all other respects
the said Section 60 is to remain in full force and operation.

(f) Except as provided in sub-division (d) above and in
Section 94 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code, Chapter 715,
Acts of 1914, the Supervisors of Elections shall not be required
to print any name upon a ballot if such name shall not have
been certified to them at least 31 days before election day.
Ballots shall be printed and in the hands of the Supervisors
of Elections at least 24 days before election day. In all
other respects Section 97 of Article 33, Chapter 2, Acts of
1901, shall remain in full force and operation.

(g) At least 45 days before every State election, the Attor-
ney General shall prepare full instructions for the guidance