during recess of court; may grant administration ; must
not take fee for advice ; must not act as attorney ; may
act as Auditor and receive fees for it; the Register of
Wills in the counties may receive emoluments, by fees,
up to $3,000 a year, and in the city of Baltimore up to
$3,500; excess paid to State Treasurer; the register must
account to the Comptroller for his expenses and emolu-
ments; the register must have a separate account for un-
collected fees; his fees are allowed in table in Article 36,
section 27 of the Code: he must produce his books in suit
upon his bond; he must enter claims against decedents :
he must make return of property for taxation ; must ac-
count quarterly to the State Treasurer; must notify
State's Attorney of failure of executor or administrator
to pay tax on commissions; he must give duplicate
receipts for tax on commissions, and forward one to the
State Treasurer ; he must inquire of parties offering for
administration, whether decedent left real estate liable to
collateral inheritance tax; he must give duplicate receipts
for such tax when paid. (Articles 90, 93, 19 and 81 of
the Code.)

Stenographer—Is authorized in the Second judicial
circuit. Salary, $1,200; paid by the counties of the cir-
cuit. (Act of 1896, ch. 299.)

Supervisors of Election.—The Governor shall biennially
appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, if in session, and if not in session, then the Gov-
ernor alone shall appoint, in each and every county of
the State, and in the city of Baltimore, three persons
who shall constitute and be styled "The Board of Super-
visors of Elections" of the respective counties and of said
city. Said supervisors shall be residents and voters in
said respective counties, or in the city of Baltimore, as
the case may be; and two of them shall always be selec-
ted from the two leading political parties of the State,
one from each of said parties. They shall be men of high
character and integrity and of recognized business capa-
city. Before appointing such supervisors of elections,
the Governor shall request the State Central Committees,
representing each of the two leading political parties of
the State, in each county and in said city, as the case
may be, to designate at least four eligible candidates for
the position of supervisors of elections in their respective
counties and in said city, and the Governor shall appoint
one of the persons so designated for any particular