HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 979
Signature Certified by:

(To be signed by any commissioned
officer, non-commissioned officer,
not below the rank of sergeant, or
petty officer. )

"" "(Rank). " ———————

The foregoing shall be printed on one side of a card, and
on the opposite side of the card shall be printed "Board of
Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City, " Baltimore,
Maryland.

The foregoing shall be used for any municipal primary
election hereinafter to be held in the City of Baltimore.

It shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors of Elec-
tions to disseminate information regarding the securing and
mailing of Absentee Ballots as much as possible among the
Absentee Residents of Baltimore, Maryland, and, to this
end, it is authorized to seek the cooperation both of the
publishers of newspapers and other publications, radio sta-
tions and other agencies customarily used in the dissemina-
tion of news or information, and also of the War and Navy
Departments and the Office of War Information.

239E. Upon receipt of each application for an Absentee
Ballot, it shall be the duty of the Board to enter the fact
that such application has been made, the name and address
of the applicant, the date the application was received, the
political party of the applicant, if any, and any other rele-
vant information in books to be kept especially for that
purpose. The Board shall verify from the registration
books whether such applicant is registered, and, if he is,
the record of such application and the precinct and ward
or district in which he is registered shall be entered in a
book or books marked "Applications of Registered Absentee
Residents. " If the applicant is not registered, or if the
Board cannot determine whether or not the applicant is
registered, such record and the precinct and ward or dis-
trict in which his home address is located shall be entered
in a book or books marked "Applications of Unregistered
Absentee Residents. " Such books shall also show the date
on which an Absentee Ballot was mailed to the applicant.
Upon receipt of an Absentee Ballot from an unregistered
Absentee Resident, said Board shall determine from the,
oath on said Ballot Envelope hereinafter provided for,
whether said applicant is entitled to be registered under the
provisions of this sub-title, and, if such applicant is en-
titled to be registered, he shall at once be registered and the
letters "A. R. " placed after his name in or on the appro-