Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                   1315

place shall be left blank on the back and outside of said ballots
and shall be filled by the Board before being sent to any registered
Absentee Resident, and, if the Absentee Resident is not registered,
said blanks shall be filled in by said Board when said Absentee
Resident is registered, as in this sub-title provided. One envelope
shall be known as the "Return Envelope" and shall be sufficiently
larger than the other envelope, which shall be known as the "Ballot
Envelope" and which is hereinafter described, to conveniently
enclose and contain the Ballot Envelope. There shall be printed or
written across the left-hand face of the "Return Envelope" the words

"Return Envelope for the Election of............................................," the

blank space being filled in with the date of said election, after which
there shall be added the words, "Board of Supervisors of Elections
of Baltimore City," and the address of their office, and below this
last phrase shall be printed in bold type the phrase, "Official Elec-
tion War Ballot, City of Baltimore." The third envelope shall be a
covering envelope in which all the balloting material shall be sent
to Absentee Residents; and there shall be printed on the covering
envelopes the return address of the Board from which they are sent,
and in bold type the phrase "Official Election War Ballot, City of
Baltimore."

(b) Ballot Envelope. The ballot envelope shall be of sufficient size
to contain the Absentee Ballot. Printed on the face of the Ballot
Envelope shall be the following oath:

Oath of Absentee Resident

................, do hereby

me Above)

date of my birth was....................day of

I, ........................................, do hereby swear (or affirm) that the

(Print Name Above)

(Month) (Year)

that for at least one year immediately preceding the ............ day of

........................, 19........, my home residence was in Maryland; that

for at least six months immediately preceding the.................. day of

............................, 19........, my home address was....................................

(No. and Street)
in the City of Baltimore.

I am a citizen of the United States by birth (or if not by birth,
give date or approximate date and place of naturalization).

(In figuring the one year of residence and six months of residence
referred to above, include time spent in the Army, Navy or other
service since you left your home.) That I am (check appropriate
blank).

(1)  in the armed forces of the United States serving as

................................................ (............);

or

(2) .................................................. (............); (if serving outside

United States in Merchant Marine, American Red Cross, Society of
Friends, Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots, United Service Organiza-
tions or other similar organization or agency, or as civilian working
with the armed forces of the United States, or, if honorably dis-
charged from such armed forces too late to register or vote at home,