1594 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 923

didate shall also have the right to designate one watcher,
who shall have the same power as the candidate himself,
in regard to observing the conduct of the registration, the
casting and counting of the vote. Unless there are more
than two candidates, for nomination for Commissioner of
Cambridge in any ward, no primary election shall be held
and the one candidate or two, as the case may be, shall
stand as the candidate or candidates to be voted for at the
following election or special election for Commissioner of
Cambridge.

PRIMARY ELECTIONS

49. Candidates to be voted for at all elections for Com-
missioners or for any other elective office under this charter
shall be nominated by a primary election, and no other name
shall be placed upon the official ballot in any general elec-
tion except those selected in the manner hereinafter pre-
scribed. Primary elections shall be held for such nomina-
tions upon the second Tuesday in June in the wards from
which Commissioners are to be elected on the second Wed-
nesday of July following, and the judges appointed for the
general election shall be the judges for the primary election
and shall qualify for such primary election and be subject
in respect to the primary election to the provisions of Sec-
tion 52 of this Article.

Any person desiring to become a candidate for Commis-
sioner or any other elective officer under this charter shall,
at least ten full days before said primary election file with
the Supervisor of Elections a statement of such candidacy
in substantially the following form, to wit:
Candidate for Nomination for..............................

State of Maryland, Dorchester County, to wit: I,................

being first sworn, say that I reside at.................................... Street,

City of Cambridge, County of Dorchester, State of Mary-
land, that I am a qualified voter therein; that I am a candi-
date for the office of..................................... to be.................................... voted

upon at the primary election to be held on the....................................

day of...................................., 19............ and I hereby request my name

be printed upon the official primary ballot for a nomina-
tion by such primary election for such office.

(Signed)........................................................................

Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this
........................ day of................................................. 19............

And shall at the same time deposit with the Supervisor of
Election the sum of $5. 00 which sum shall be paid over to
the Commissioners of Cambridge for the purpose of defray-
ing in whole or in part the expenses of such election.

Immediately upon the expiration of the time for filing
such statements of candidacy the Supervisor of Elections