182 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 83

Commissioner who shall hold office for a term of four
years or until his successor is duly elected and qualified
and there shall be elected on the second Wednesday of
July, in the year 1916, and on the second Wednesday of

July in each and every fourth year thereafter, by the
qualified voters of each of wards Nos. 1, 4 and 5, a Com-
missioner who shall hold office for a term of four years
or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. The
Supervisor of Elections shall provide the official ballot for
such election or elections, the form and arrangement of
such ballot to be such as the Commissioners of Cambridge
shall by order prescribe except that all candidates for the
same office shall be grouped together and the names shall
be arranged alphabetically on said ballot. The Supervisor
of Elections shall deliver at each polling place on the day
of said election to the judges of election before the opening
hour, the said registries of voters and a sufficient number
of the said official ballots, not less, however, than twice
the number of registered voters at each polling place or
ward, and one of such ballots shall be handed by the judges
of election to the voters as they shall apply for them for
the purpose of voting and shall be accepted by the judges
or counted in canvassing the vote provided that nothing
herein shall be deemed to prevent candidates for the
various offices to have sample ballots, to be provided for
at their own expense, for instructing the voters. After
each name on said ballot and to the right thereof, shall be
a square upon which the voter shall make a cross-mark
to indicate the candidate of his choice. If any voter can-
not read or write, or is disabled by reason of any physical
infirmity, he may ask one of the judges of election to mark
his ballot as he desires. When a voter offers to vote the
judges shall ascertain by reference if his name is on the
registry of voters. Provided, however, that in any primary
or general election held in the City of Cambridge, voting
machines may be used in the same manner as provided for
elections held in Dorchester County.

In every election, whether such election be the regular
election or any special election, the polls shall be opened at
7 A. M. and closed at [5] 7 P. M. In all elections to ascer-
tain the sense of the qualified voters of the town as to the
passage of any ordinance or ordinances the election shall
be held by wards and all the polls shall be opened at 7 A. M.
and closed at [5] 7 P. M., on the day appointed for such
election.

52. Within the 30 days next preceding any primary or
any special election, held under this Article, the Supervisor