torney of Baltimore city; the said respective justices of
the peace, as selected to sit at any station house in the
city of Baltimore, shall transact no other business at
such station house, except the business required of them
by the seven preceding sections, to bo by them, respec-
tively performed at each station house. (Section I of
amended section 614, of Article 4, of the Code of Public
Local Laws, chapter 131, Acts of 1896.)

Judges and Clerks of Election.—In each year the Board
of Supervisors of Elections in the city of Baltimore shall
select, before the first day of July, four judges of elec-
tion, and before the fifteenth day of September, two
clerks for each election precinct in said city, taking two
of such judges and one of such clerks from each of the
two leading political parties of the State. The board of
supervisors in the several counties, in each year in which
an election in November is to be held in their respective
counties, shall select before the first day of July, two
judges of elections, and before the fifteenth day of Sep-
tember, two more judges of election and two clerks for
each election district in their respective counties, or
where a district is divided into two voting precincts, for
each voting precinct in such district, taking one of such
judges and one of such clerks, in making each of such selec-
tion, and for each such voting precinct or district from
each of the two leading political parties of the State, so
that such parties shall be equally represented at all times
among said election officers. Not necessary to appoint
special judges for special, general, local or municipal
elections. Judges and clerks must be each legal voters
in their respective precincts, except when in Baltimore,
suitable man cannot be found in the precinct; men of
good capacity and character—able to speak, read and
write the English language, and skilled in the four fun-
damental rules of arithmetic ; not holding any other public
office or employment, and not a candidate for any office
at the next election. (Act of 1896, ch. 202, sec. 1.)

Judges of Election shall act as registers. (Act of 1896,
ch. 202, sec. 14.)

On Tuesday, four, five and six weeks,respectively, pre-
ceding the election to be held on first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, the Board of Registry, com-
posed of the judges of election, shall meet for the regis-
tration of new voters in Baltimore city. (Sec. 26, Ibid.)