1288                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 554

in lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the sections repealed,
providing that any paper forming part of a petition contain the
names of voters in only one county or in only Baltimore City, that
each paper be submitted for verification in advance to the Board
of Supervisors of Elections in the county in which the voters on
the paper are alleged to reside, that the requirements for publish-
ing the names appearing on the nominating petitions be elimi-
nated, and generally relating to the process of nomination by
petition in the Election Code.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 7-1 and 7-2 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1968 Supplement), title "Election Code," subtitle "Nomi-
nation by Petition," be and they are hereby repealed, that new
Section 7-1 be and it is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, to stand in the
place of the sections repealed, all to read as follows:

7-1.

(a)    A candidate for any public office who is neither a candidate
nor a registered member of a party whose nominee must be nomi-
nated by primary election or whose nominee may be nominated by
primary meeting may be nominated by petition, as in this section
provided. Nothing in this subsection applies to candidates or nomi-
nations in Montgomery County for election to the county Board of
Education.

(b)    A candidate for public office seeking nomination by petition
shall file a certificate of candidacy under the provisions of the subtitle
"Certificate of Candidacy" of this Article with a sworn statement
attached that he has on file with the election board or the several
boards of the State petitions signed by not less than three per
centum (3%) of the registered voters who are eligible to vote for the
office for which such nomination by petition is sought. The number
of registered voters shall be determined as of January 1st preceding
the election for which the nomination is sought.

(c)    The signatures shall not be appended to one paper but shall
be on separate papers, bearing one or more signatures and being no
more than 8½ inches in width or 14 inches in length. Such paper
shall not contain the names of persons residing in more than one
county or in any county and in the City of Baltimore. Each signer
shall append to his signature his residence, and the name of the
county or city where he is registered as a voter, and immediately
below the signature of any signer there shall be either printed or
typed the name of the signer. Every paper shall be accompanied by
an affidavit or affidavits made before a justice of the peace, notary
public, or other officer authorized to take oaths under the laws of
this State, by one or more persons known personally to the justice,
notary public or other officer, and so certified by him and signed by
the affiants, to