882                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 392

"Independent" and none other. If the same party name shall be
claimed on behalf of nominations made by more than one primary
election and duly certified as aforesaid, the officers by whom the
ballots are to be prepared, or a majority of them, shall determine
which nominees are justly entitled to the party name, and to the
right of the names of other nominees there shall be printed upon the
ballots only the word "Independent" and none other.

16-6. Ballots and Ballot Labels: Questions.

(a)    The ballots shall contain a condensed statement in under-
standable language of every constitutional amendment or other ques-
tion to be submitted to the vote of the people at any election. It shall
be sufficient in any case to print the legislative title, a brief summary
of the contents or purpose of the proposed amendment or referendum
unless the act proposing the constitutional amendment or other ques-
tion specifically provides the title to be used. The Secretary of State
shall prepare and certify the form in which a constitutional amend-
ment or question shall appear and each amendment or question shall
be captioned with a descriptive title in bold face type containing not
more than three words. A constitutional amendment, or any ques-
tion to be submitted to the popular vote, shall be printed on the
ballots following the names of the candidates for office, and in the
absence of some other provisions shall be accompanied by the words
"For" and "Against." The County Commissioners, County Council,
or Treasurer of Baltimore City, as the case may be, shall prepare
and certify to the boards the form in which local questions shall
appear on the ballots. In the event the title of the bill, ordinance
or resolution, as the case may be, is one hundred words or less, the
title shall be sufficient. In the event the title exceeds one hundred
words, a summary of the title containing not in excess of one hun-
dred words shall be prepared and certified to the boards.

(b)    Each board, in the preparation of ballots, shall follow the
order designated by the Secretary of State and shall always place the
proposed constitutional amendments and the other State-wide ref-
erenda, if any, in numerical order as indicated. If there are any
local questions or referenda they shall appear at the top of the ballots
and shall be listed in a sequence to be determined by the county com-
missioners, county council or the treasurer of the City of Baltimore,
as the case may be, as follows: (1) by years of sessions of the
General Assembly at which enacted, and for each such session, by
chapter numbers of the session laws of that session and (2) by years
of meetings of the local legislative body at which enacted and for
each such meeting by ordinance or other number of the laws or acts
of that meeting.

16-7. Instructions for voters and specimen ballots.

(a)    At least thirty days before every Statewide election the
Attorney General shall prepare full instructions for the guidance
of voters at election.

(b)    The sets of instructions prepared by the Attorney General
shall be furnished by the Secretary of State to the several boards,
who shall respectively cause the same to be printed in large, clear
type, on separate cards, to be called "cards of instruction." Each
board shall furnish three of the proper sets of instructions for use
in each polling place for each election district or precinct.