Marvin Mandel, Governor                         723

PURPOSES OF DETERMINING FUTURE ANNUAL AND SICK
LEAVE.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 2-6 and 2-6A of
Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement
Volume), title "Election Code," subtitle "Election Boards and Em-
ployees," be and they are hereby repealed entirely and new Section
2-6 is enacted in lieu thereof, to follow immediately after Section 2-5,
to read as follows:

[2-6. Appointment and compensation of employees.

Each board has the power to appoint and to remove clerks, reg-
istrars, voting machine custodians and deputy custodians, stenog-
raphers, and other employees, including temporary assistants, and to
prescribe their duties and fix their rank and compensation except
as provided elsewhere in this article. During the time of acting in
any capacity under this section no employee shall be a candidate for
any public or party office.

(a)  The board in the City of Baltimore shall have the following
employees at the minimum salaries indicated: Chief clerk at a salary
of $4,500 per annum; assistant chief clerk at a salary of $4,500 per
annum; two registrars at a salary of $3,800 each per annum; two
assistant registrars at a salary of $3,000 each per annum; two clerks
at a salary of $3,500 each per annum; one clerk at a salary of $2,900
per annum; two clerks at a salary of $2,780 each per annum; thirteen
clerks at a salary of $2,660 each per annum; four clerks at a salary
of $2,420 each per annum; custodian of voting machines at 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.

(1)  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 subsection.

(2)   The chief clerk, with the approval of the board 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 these temporary
assistants.

(3)  Nothing in this subsection shall be so construed as to prevent
the board from requiring any of the above-mentioned employees to
perform such duties as the board may, in its discretion, deem
advisable.

(4)   One of the registrars and one of the assistant registrars shall
be appointed by the member of the board who is selected from the
principal minority party; and shall be removable by this member of
the board in his discretion.

(b)  The board in Cecil County shall appoint a chief clerk at an
annual salary to be fixed by the County Commissioners. The chief
clerk so appointed shall be skilled in typing and clerical work and
he shall have charge of the proper maintenance of the registration