362                              Laws of Maryland                        Ch. 103

for the primary election. Nothing in this section shall require
compliance with Sections 7-1 and 7-2.

12-2.

(c) The board of supervisors of elections in each county and of
Baltimore City shall have printed upon the official primary ballots of
each of those political parties in each county of the State, and in each
legislative district of Baltimore City at the primary election in each
year in which a President of the United States is to be elected, the
names of the candidates for President and names of candidates for
election as delegates to conventions certified to them by the [Sec-
retary of State] State Administrative Board of Election Laws in
manner and form and in all respects similar to the way in which
the names of candidates for nomination for Governor are required
to be printed upon official primary ballots by the provisions of Sec-
tion 14-1 of this article.

12-3.

(c) The names of persons nominated by the State convention
as candidates for presidential electors shall be certified by the
presiding officers of the State convention to the [Secretary of State]
State Administrative Board of Election Laws.

16-6.

(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 State Administra-

tive Board of Election Laws as agent for the Secretary of State shall

prepare and certify the form in which a constitutional amendment
or question shall appear and each amendment or question shall be

captioned with a descriptive title in boldface 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 resolu-

tion, 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 hundred

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] State Administrative

Board of Election Laws and shall always place the proposed con-

stitutional amendments and the other State wide referenda, 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 commissioners,