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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

thereof, the Governor of Maryland, by and with the

advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three

Appoint su-

persons, residents and voters in the City of Balti-

pervisors of
elections.

more, who shall be styled "The Board of Supervis-

ors of Elections in the City of Baltimore;" the said

board shall serve without compensation, and shall

Term of ser-

hold office for the term of two years from the first

vice.

day of May next after their appointment, and shall

exercise the powers and perform the duties herein-

after set forth, or which may from time to time be

conferred or imposed upon them by law; in case of

a vacancy occurring in said board, when the Legis-

lature is not in session the vacancy shall be filled by

Duties.

the Governor. It shall be the duty of the said

board, or a majority thereof, not less than three

weeks before every election to be hereafter held

in the City of Baltimore, to appoint three dis-

creet persons, no one of whom shall hold office or

employment under the Government of the United

States or the State cf Maryland, or of the City of

Baltimore to act as judges of election in each of the

voting precincts of the said city, one of whom shall

be of a political party different from that with which

the other two are connected, and shall designate in

Appoint

said appointment one of said persons as presiding

judges.

judge; the said judges shall be legal voters of the

precinct, for which they shall be appointed, and they

and their successors in office shall hold office for the

term of one year from and after the date of their

appointment, subject however to removal by the said

board, whenever the board shall be convinced of the

unfitness of any judge, or credibly advised of any

misconduct on his part, in his office of judge of elec-

tion as aforesaid; and the said board shall publish

the names of judges so removed, in one daily paper

published in the City of Baltimore, within one week

after such removal; but each and every person so

appointed to act as judge of election, shall, unless

excused or removed by the said board, or disquali-

fied ty ill-health, or otherwise according to law, be

bound to serve an such judge for the term of one

Refusal to

year as aforesaid when appointed, once in every five

serve.

years if required, and in case of refusal so to do,

shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars,

recoverable by the said board by civil action in the