SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        859

(b) If a vacancy occurs in the party nomination of which he was
a candidate in the primary election, his name may be printed on the
ballot for the general election as a candidate of that party if he has
been duly made such party nominee after a vacancy occurs in the
manner provided by this Article.

8-3. Retention for two years.

The Secretary of State and the several boards shall cause to be
retained in their respective offices for two years all certificates of can-
didacy and of nomination filed with them under the provisions of this
Article. All such certificates shall be open to public inspection.

8-4. Certification to boards.

Not less than thirty days before a general election to fill any public
office, the Secretary of State shall certify to the board of each county
and of the City of Baltimore, within which any of the voters may by
law vote for candidates for any office, the name, party affiliation and
residence of each person nominated for such office, as specified in the
certificates of nominations filed with the Secretary of State.

8-5. Publication of nominations.

(a)    At the time of giving the notice of election required by Sec-
tion 12 of this Article, each board shall cause to be published by one
insertion in two or more newspapers published within each county,
and in all the daily papers published in Baltimore City which will
publish the same at the current rate of commercial advertising, the
nominations to office which have been filed with or certified to them
under the provisions of this article. If in any county there be but one
newspaper published, publication in such one newspaper shall be
sufficient. Such publication shall be made in newspapers devoted to
the dissemination of general news; and the two newspapers selected,
if possible, shall represent the political parties which at the last pre-
ceding election cast the largest and next largest number of votes. The
list of nominations published by the board shall be arranged, so far as
practicable, in the order and form in which they are to be printed
upon the ballots.

(b)    The names of the several candidates for nomination or for
delegates, members of State and local central committees, of a politi-
cal party, shall be published within not less than two nor more than
ten days before the said election in the mode prescribed hereinabove
in this section, as far as may be practicable. 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 in the City of Baltimore,
when requested by any candidate in said primary election, said re-
quest to be accompanied by a sum of money necessary to cover the
cost of printing.

VACANCIES IN NOMINATIONS
IN GENERAL

9-1. Nomination declined.

The times designated in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section for
declining nominations and for withdrawal of certificates of candi-