1562 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 934

case may be, whenever the duties imposed upon it by this
sub-title make it appropriate or require that it so act. When
acting either as a Board of Registry, as Judges of Election,
or as a Board of Canvassers, each Board shall have, possess
and exercise all the authority, powers and discretion con-
ferred by law upon said Boards of Registry, Judges of Elec-
tion and Boards of Canvassers, respectively. The Boards
of Supervisors of Elections are hereby granted the author-
ity to appoint such numbers of temporary Boards of Registry
and such numbers of temporary Judges of Elections as said
Boards may deem necessary to adequately and promptly carry
out the provisions of this sub-title. Each temporary Board
of Registry shall consist of two members, one of whom shall
be registered as a member of the Democratic Party and
one of whom shall be registered as a member of the Repub-
lican Party, and each such Board of Registry is hereby au-
thorized to register Absentee Residents entitled under this
sub-title to registration in the manner specified in this sub-
title for a period of fifteen (15) days prior to election day,
on election day, and for such period of time after election
day as may be necessary to complete the registration of
Absentee Residents entitled to register under this sub-title.
The temporary Judges of Elections appointed under this sec-
tion shall be divided into groups of four, two of whom shall
be registered as members of the Democratic Party and two
of whom shall be registered as members of the Republican
Party, and such groups are hereby authorized to count and
tabulate the ballots of Absentee Residents cast at any elec-
tion in the manner and at the time specified in this sub-title.
The duties of the Boards of Registry and temporary Judges
of Elections provided for in this section shall at all times be
conducted under the supervision and control of the respec-
tive Boards of Supervisors of Elections, and, in case of any
dispute as to either the registration of an Absentee Resi-
dent or the counting of his ballot in whole or in part, the
Board having jurisdiction shall determine such dispute, but
unless such Board of Supervisors unanimously decides that
an Absentee Resident is not entitled to register, such
Absentee Resident shall be registered, and unless such
Board of Supervisors shall unanimously decide that a ballot
of any Absentee Resident shall not be counted, said ballot
shall be counted. Said temporary Boards of Registry and
temporary Election Judges herein provided for shall with re
gard to registration and the counting and tabulation of Ab-
sentee Ballots, respectively, have the same powers conferred
on the Boards of Supervisors of Elections by this sub-title
with regard to such matters, except as otherwise provided in
this section. The compensation of the members of said tern-