WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1847

visors of Elections for said City and the said several Counties,
respectively, as is now provided by this Article for general
elections, except as otherwise provided for in this sub-title,
and except that on the back and outside of all such official
ballots shall be printed only the words "Official Ballot For",
followed by the designation of the county, congressional,
legislative or councilmanic district of Baltimore City or other
district, as the case may be, for which it is prepared and said
several Boards of Supervisors of Elections shall print or cause
to be printed on said official ballots the names of all candi-
dates for office to be voted for, and for delegates to any con-
vention, or for party executive or executives, or for member-
ship of any executive committee or managing body of any
political party, who shall become duly qualified by the pay-
ment of the amount herein named, when any payment is herein
required, and shall have filed a certificate in writing with the
Board of Supervisors of Elections in Baltimore City or in
any of the counties as the case may be, containing the name
of the person seeking a nomination for office or to be a dele-
gate to a convention, or an executive or member of an execu-
tive committee or managing body of a political party, his
residence, place where he is a registered voter, his address,
the office or position for which he seeks to be nominated or
selected, and the party to which he belongs, and duly acknowl-
edged by the person filing such certificate for such nomina-
tion or selection before an officer duly authorized to take
acknowledgments, who shall append a certificate of such
acknowledgment. The certificate to be filed by a candidate
seeking to be elected as a delegate to a convention shall, more-
over, specify the convention to which he seeks to be elected.
All such certificates must be filed and payments made by all
candidates for nomination on or before April first in the years
when there is an election for President of the United States,
on or before August first in the years when there is an elec-
tion for Governor, and on or before March first in the years
when there is an election for Mayor of Baltimore City. If
any of said days shall fall on a Sunday, then said certificate
may be filed on the Monday next succeeding.

(b) The names of the several candidates for nomination or
for delegates, executive or member of an executive committee,
or managing body of a political party aforesaid, shall be pub-
lished seven days before the said election in the mode pre-
scribed in Section 46 of this Article, as far as may be prac-
ticable. It shall not be necessary to print sample ballots or
cards of instructions for such elections, but either or both
shall be printed by the Board of Supervisors of Elections of
the City of Baltimore, when requested by any candidate in
said primary election, said request to be accompanied by a