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his appointment, and before he enters any vote on
the poll book, shall take the oath or affirmation
prescribed in the tenth Section of said Article thir-
ty-five of the Code of Public General Laws; and
the said Judges and Clerks respectively shall like-
wise, make oath or affirmation, well and faithfully
to discharge the duties by this Article imposed on
them, respectively, or which may be assigned to
them respectively, during their official term by
law, the said oath or affirmation to be administer-
ed by the board of Police aforesaid, signed by the
parties making the same and recorded among the
proceedings of paid board, or in case of exigency
to be administered by any Justice of the Peace of
said city, who shall certify the same to the said
board, with the signature of the party attached
which certificates shall be recorded as aforesaid. |
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Sec. 3. And ie it enacted, That the said Sec-
tion two hundred and twenty-two be re-enacted to
read as follows: |
Section re-
enacted. |
Sec. 222. The Sheriff of Baltimore city, under
the penalty or one thousand dollars, shall at least
two weeks previous to every election in said city,
whether Federal, State or Municipal, except Spe-
cial Elections otherwise provided for, hereafter to
be held in the said city, cause public notice to be
given by advertisement set up at the most public
places in each precinct of the several wards of said
city, and also by advertisement in all the daily
newspapers printed in the said city, of the time of
holding said election in the said city, but if from
any cause said notice shall fail to be given, said
failure shall not effect the validity of the said elec-
tion, or of. any election to be thereafter' held, but
it shall be the duty of the several Judges of Elec-
tion in the said several precincts in the several
wards of the said city, at the time prescribed by
law, and at the place previously selected, and ad-
vertised by them as required by Section two hun-
dred and eight of this said Article, and in default
of any place having been selected or advertised as
aforesaid, then at the usual places of holding elec-
tions in said several precincts, or at the place where
the last preceding election was held in such pre-
cinct, under the penalty of five hundred dollars for
each Judge refusing or knowingly .and wilfully |
Sheriff re-
quired to give
notice. |
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