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a salary of $2,900 per annum; Three Deputy Custodians of Voting
Machines at a salary of $2,660 each per annum; Three typists at a
salary of $1,815 each per annum; One stenographer at a salary of
$2,300 per annum.

All such salaries in Baltimore City shall be as established in the
Ordinance of Estimates in Baltimore City, except that they may not
be less than as specified hereinabove in this section.

(b)  Duties. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to
prevent the said Board of Supervisors of Elections from requiring
any of the above mentioned employees to perform such duties as the
said Board may, in its discretion, deem advisable.

(c)  Registrars. One of the registrars and one of the assistant
registrars shall be appointed by the member of the Board who shall
have been selected from the political party opposite to that of the
Governor; and shall be removable by such member of the Board in
his discretion.

(d)  Temporary Assistants. The Chief Clerk, with the approval
of the Supervisors, shall from time to time secure such temporary
assistants as may be necessary for the proper transaction of the
business of the office, and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
shall provide not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) annually
for the compensation of such temporary assistants.

7.   Dorchester and Harford Counties. In Dorchester and Harford
counties the Boards of Election Supervisors shall appoint a custodian
of voting machines and a deputy custodian, whose duty it shall be
to prepare the machines for use. The custodian and deputy custodian
shall be chosen respectively from each of the two leading political
parties. Their compensation shall be fixed by the County Com-
missioners.

8.   Montgomery County, (a) Salaries. The Supervisors of Elec-
tions of Montgomery County may employ any member of the Bar
of Maryland, resident in Montgomery County, who shall be paid for
his services the sum of $1,200 per annum, and shall also employ and
appoint a Majority Clerk, who shall be paid for his services as such
$2,400 per annum, a Minority Clerk at a salary of $2,400 per annum,
two Registrars who shall constitute the Permanent Board of Registry
at a salary of $5,000 each per annum, and each member of the Per-
manent Board of Registry shall be paid the further sum of $1,200
per annum for the expenses incident to the operation of their auto-
mobiles. The Supervisors shall also employ and appoint a stenographer
and a clerk at a salary of $3,600 each per annum and seven EIGHT
clerks at a salary of $3,000 each per annum. Four of the clerks shall be
appointed by the member of the Board who shall have been selected
from the political party opposite to that of the Governor, and shall
be removable by such member of the Board in his discretion. The
Majority Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Elections in Montgom-
ery County and one person who shall be appointed by the Governor
in the same manner and on the same terms and conditions as the
Supervisors of Elections are appointed and who shall belong to the
other leading political party from that to which the Majority Clerk
shall belong, and who will be the Minority Clerk, shall constitute
the Permanent Board of Registry for said Montgomery County.

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