WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                     Ch. 11

defined in § l-l(a)(15) OF THIS ARTICLE. Candidates for public
office who are not affiliated with a political party as defined
in § l-l(a)(15) [hereof] OF THIS ARTICLE shall be classified
under the heading "other candidates" on the ballot. The
provisions of this section shall not apply, however, to
candidates for public office who are registered as an
independent.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This corrects stylistic errors in
cross-references in Article 33, § 9A-1.

The stylistic errors occurred in Ch. 354 of the Acts
of 1971.

The stylistic errors were noted by the Michie Company
and by the professional staff of the Legislative
Division of the Department of Legislative Reference.

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 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, register of wills,
judges of the [orphans] ORPHANS' courts, and sheriff; (6) the
titles of party offices shall follow the titles of public offices
on all ballots.

DRAFTER'S NOTE: This corrects a typographical error in
Article 33, § 16-5(c).

The typographical error, the use of the word "orphans"
in the place of the word "orphans'", occurred in Ch.
12 of the Acts of 1972.

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