874

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

election board at the same time as other paraphernalia herein-

before provided for.

110. The first primary election held hereunder shall be con-

Primary elec-
tion to be con-

ducted by the county committee of the respective election dis-

ducted by

tricts, as hereinbefore set out, and from and after said first

County Com-
mittee.

primary they shall be conducted by a committee to be selected

as follows : The voters in each precinct or district in said

county, in addition to voting for candidates for nomination,

shall also vote for and elect one person for member of the

county committee for the ensuing two years, or until his suc-

cessor is elected, who shall be the return judge for the primary

election during that time, and candidates for countv committee-

men shall make application to have their names placed upon

the ballot the same as applicants for nomination for office.

The newly elected committeemen. when assembled as return

judges in convention to compute the vote cast at said election,

shall also elect the chairman and vice-chairman for the follow-

ing two years, but the chairman and vice-chairman need not

Duty of the

be taken from among the return judges. The duty of the

chairman.

chairman shall be to preside at meetings of the committee

and at meetings or conventions of the return judges, and with

the consent of the executive committee of five, appoint mem-

bers of said party to fill vacancies, remove committeemen for

ineffciency or disloyalty to the partv, and when no applica-

tion is made bv persons to have their names placed upon the

ballot for election as committeemen, to appoint a member of

said party to fill said office in said district or precinct, secure

the printing and distribution of tickets and election blanks,

make assessments on candidates for nomination to defray the

expenses for announcing candidates for office and pay ex-

penses of said convention of return judges. The said chair-

Power to call

man shall have power to convene the committee in convention

committee in
convention.

at any time to transact such business, not inconsistent with

this Act. The duty of the vice-chairman shall be to take the

place of the chairman in his absence from any cause, and to per-

form the duties herein prescribed for the chairman. The exe-

cutive committee shall be elected at the same meeting at which

the chairman is elected, and shall be composed of five persons.

members of said committee, and shall hold office for the

period of two years, and whose duties shall be to advise

with the chairman and vice-chairman, as hereinbefore provided,

Duties of
committee-

and upon matters of party government. The duty of the

men.

committeemen shall be to attend at any time and any place

of voting, appoint the election boards in their respective pre-