HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 983

marked secretly. DO NOT SIGN YOUR NAME or put on
the ballot any mark of identification or any other mark
except the "X" mark or marks used to vote or the name
of a written-in candidate. Fold the ballot in the same
creases as before opening.

(b) Then enclose the ballot in the "Ballot Envelope"
and seal the same.

(c) After sealing the Ballot Envelope, you MUST, in
the presence of a witness, fill in the blanks in the "Oath
of Absentee Resident" on the Ballot Envelope and sign
(DO NOT PRINT) your name on the line indicated. You
MUST then swear to the Oath before the witness who
MUST fill in the date, sign his name and indicate his rank
or official position in the space provided. The witness must
be a commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer, not
below the rank of sergeant, or petty officer.

(d) It is absolutely necessary that the "Ballot Envel-
ope" contain nothing but one ballot marked by you.

(e) Enclose the "Ballot Envelope" in the "Return En-
velope, " seal the "Return Envelope" and mail at once.

(f) The ballot may be marked and mailed at any time
after you receive it but it must be received by the Board
of Supervisors of Elections in Baltimore City, State of
Maryland, not later than the closing of the polls on elec-
tion day. If it is not received prior to such closing, it will
not be counted.

(g) If you desire not to vote for any of the candidates
named for an office on the Ballot, you may write in the
appropriate blank space on the Ballot, the name of the
person of your choice for such nomination.

(h) The Absentee Voting Law provides that anyone
who wilfully signs any false application or oath, or who
wilfully does any act contrary to the terms and provisions
of the Absentee Voting Law with intent to cast an illegal
vote or aid another in so doing, or who wilfully violates
any of the provisions of that Law or who applies for a
ballot under any other name than his own, shall, upon
conviction, be subject to a fine of $1, 000 or to imprison-
ment for not more than two years, or to both, in the dis-
cretion of the Court.

239H. In case of any election that may be held under
this sub-title, sail ballot shall be printed not less than fifty-
five (55) days prior to the date of said election, and shall
contain only the names of those candidates properly filed
with the Board of Supervisors of Elections in the City of
Baltimore at least sixty (60) days prior to the date of said
election. In the event that any candidate whose name is
printed on any Absentee Ballot shall die or shall decline