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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Compensati'n.

the same fees and in the same manner as allowed by

law in State cases, but the officers of registration

shall not charge any fee for the issuing of such pro-

cess or receive any fee or emoluments for this or any

other service they may perform in the proper dis-

charge of their duties, except provided in this article.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That immediately after

New or special

the ordering of any new or special election as provided

by the constitution, except for Senators or Members

of the House of Delegates, the Clerk of the Circuit

Court of the county in which such new or special

election is to beheld, or the Clerk of the Superior

Court for Baltimore city, if such election is to be held

Shall deliver

in said city, shall deliver to the Officers of Registra-

tion of said county or city the books of registration,

and lists of qualified voters for said county or city,

whereupon said Officers of Registration shall for

three successive days if in Baltimore city, or for two

successive days if in either of the counties, com-

mencing not more than ten days after the ordering

of such election, at some convenient place to the

voters of the several election districts of said county,

or of the several precincts of Baltimore city sit with

Sit' with open
doors.

open doors from nine o'clock A. M. to six o'clock

P. M. in the several counties, or from nine o'clock

A,, M. to nine o'clock P. M. in Baltimore city, for the

purpose of registering all persons applying to them

for that purpose, who may possess the necessary qual-

ifications to vote at such election in the manner here-

inbefore prescribed, and shall proceed to strike from

the registry books and the list of qualified voters the

names of all persons known or made known to them,

who have died, removed from the precinct or dis-

trict, or who may not be residents or entitled to vote

in the precinct or district in which they are respec-

tively registered or have otherwise become disquali-

fied: and the said respective Officers of Registration

Give notice.

shall give at least five days previous notice of the

time and place of sitting, by publication in at least

one newspaper published in said county or three

newspapers, it in Baltimore city, one of which shall

be in German.