FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

for the purpose of entering the names of the voters. All
ballot boxes shall be constructed as required by the general
election laws of Maryland. As soon as the poll's are opened,
and immediately before any ballots are received by the judges,
they shall open every ballot box used or to be used, and permit
all persons present to examine such ballot-box and every part
thereof, so that they may be satisfied as to the structure thereof
and that said boxes are empty. The boxes shall then be
locked and the key delivered to one of the judges, and shall
not be again opened until the closing of the polls, and until
such closing, each box shall be kept constantly in sight of all
persons entitled to be present, and shall be so placed that the
voter offering his ballot and the judges and the clerks and all
persons entitled to be present may conveniently see every
ballot deposited therein.

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270 M. Hereafter all ballots to be used and cast in any elec-
tion to be held in the city of Frederick and the several alder-
manic districts thereof, shall be printed and distributed at the
expense of the said city of Frederick; the word election in
this section shall embrace all votes upon questions submitted to
the vote of the people, but not primary elections.

Expense of
printing
ballots.

270 N. All nominations made by any convention or by
means of any primary convention, shall be certified as follows :
There shall be in either case a certificate in writing, in which
shall be stated the name of each person nominated, his resi-
dence and the office for which he is nominated, and the name
of the pai ty by which he has been nominated; if the nomina-
tion be by a convention, the certificate shall be signed by the
presiding officer and secretary of the convention, and their
signature thereto shall be acknowledged by them before some
officer competent to take acknowledgment of deeds; if the
nomination be by means of a primary election, as stated in the
foregoing section, the certificate may be signed by the judge or
judges of such election; and the signature of such judge or
judges shall be acknowledged by him or them as hereinbefore
stated; all such certificates shall be known as certificates of
nomination.

Nominations
by conven-
tions.

270 O. A candidate for public office may be nominated other-
wise than by a convention or primary election in the manner
following: A nomination paper containing the name of the
candidate nominated, his residence and the office for which he
is nominated, shall be signed by registered voters residing
within the city of Frederick or any alderrnanic district thereof,

Nominations
other than
by conven-
tions.