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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 820

of Baltimore City or] of the circuit court for the county[,
as the case may be,] shall determine and set bond to be
filed by the petitioner sufficient to pay the reasonable
costs of said appeal, recount, review and recanvass.

16-4.

(c) If any mistake is discovered, the board shall
correct the same without delay. If the board declines or
refuses to make the correction, then upon the sworn petition
of any qualified voter who would have the right to vote for
a candidate or question at the approaching election, the
circuit court for any county [or one of the judges of the
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City], by order, may require the
board to correct the error or to show cause why the error
should not be corrected.

16-5.

(c)  The titles of offices may be arranged horizontally
or vertically on the ballots, with the names of candidates
for an office arranged longitudinally under or transversely
opposite the title of his office. The titles of offices
shall be so arranged that: (1) there shall first appear
those titles of public offices for which the voters of the
entire State or of an entire congressional district may vote
as follows: President and Vice-President, Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General, U. S.
Senator, Representative; (2) there shall next appear the
titles of offices of the Senate and House of Delegates of
the General Assembly of Maryland; (3) there shall next
appear the titles of the offices of Mayor, president of the
city council, Comptroller and members of the City Council of
Baltimore City or county executive and county council or
county commissioners of the respective counties; (4) there
shall next appear the titles of candidates for judge of the
circuit courts of the several counties [and of the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City] and questions of continuance in
office of an incumbent judge of the Court of Appeals and the
Court of Special Appeals; (5.) there shall next appear, in
the following order, the titles of offices for which the
voters of the respective counties or Baltimore City may
vote, including, but not limited to, the offices of
Treasurer, State's Attorney, clerk of the circuit court in
the several counties [or clerks of the Superior Court,
Circuit Court No. 1, Circuit Court No. 2, Criminal Court,
Baltimore City Court and Court of Common Pleas in Baltimore
City], register of wills, judges of the orphans courts, and
sheriff; (6) the titles of party offices shall follow the
titles of public offices on all ballots.

(d)  The party designation of each candidate, properly
separated from his name, shall be included on all ballots at
any election; provided, however, that the party name shall
consist of one word only. In addition, the name of each