Marvin Mandel, Governor                       1549

tive boards the names and addresses, if known, of all persons con-
victed in said respective courts of larcency or infamous crimes since
the date of the last such report. The boards shall make similar
arrangements with the clerk of the United States District Court for
the District Court of Maryland to receive lists of those convicted of
crimes in that court.

4C-1.

(A) IF IN ANY GENERAL ELECTION AT WHICH THE
VOTERS OF THE STATE VOTE FOR CANDIDATES FOR
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OR GOVERNOR OF
THE STATE, ANY POLITICAL PARTY POLLS LESS THAN
THREE PER CENTUM OF THE ENTIRE VOTE CAST IN THE
STATE, AS DETERMINED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION, SUCH PARTY SHALL CEASE TO BE A POLITICAL
PARTY FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, AND SHALL BE
SO ADVISED BY THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF
ELECTION LAWS.

9-2.

(c)    A certificate of nomination to fill a vacancy shall be filed with
the State Administrative Board of Election Laws, which shall, in
certifying the nomination to the boards, insert the name of the person
who has been nominated to fill a vacancy in place of that of the origi-
nal nominee; and in case [he] it has already sent forth his certifi-
cate, [he] it shall forthwith certify to the boards the name and de-
scription of the person so nominated to fill a vacancy, the office for
which he is nominated, the party or political principle he represents
and the name of the person for whom he is substituted.

16-16.

(d)    The return sheets shall be signed by each of the judges. If any
judge shall decline to sign such return, he shall state his reason there-
for in writing, and a copy thereof signed by himself, shall be en-
closed with such return. Each of the return sheets shall be enclosed
in an envelope, which shall then be sealed [with sealing wax, or
other sealing material,] and each of the judges shall write his name
across the fold of the envelope.

(1)    One of the duplicate return sheets shall be directed to the
clerk of the circuit court of the county or of the Superior Court of Bal-
timore City, as the case may be; and

(2)    One to the county commissioners or county council of the
county or to the mayor of the City of Baltimore, as the case may
be; and

(3)    The general return sheet, or tally sheet, shall be directed to
the board.

17-3.

(a) The board of canvassers, upon being duly organized, shall
open all the original statements of votes cast, general returns, tally
sheets delivered or transmitted to them, and shall canvass and add up
the votes and make abstracts or statements thereof in the following