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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sheriff the said list of qualified voters; and the said

Shall not re-
ceive or deposit

judges of election shall not receive or deposit in the
ballot box the ballot of any person offering to vote

until they shall have found his name in the list of

qualified voters, and shall be satisfied the person so

offering to vote is the person named in said list, and

have checked it thereon, except such persons as shall

present a certificate of registration from the clerk of
some court, as provided in section seventeen of this

article, and they shall receive and deposit in the

ballot box the ballot of every person offering to vote

whose name appears in said lists of qualified voters,

and of every person who presents to said judges a

certificate of registration as hereinbefore provided.

Salary.

SEC. 24. The Officers of Registration for the several

wards of Baltimore city shall each receive an annual

salary of five hundred dollars ; and those for the several

counties, shall each receive four dollars per day

for each day necessarily employed in the dis-

charge of the duties imposed on them by this article,

the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore city

shall receive one cent for every ten words or figures,

Fee for record-

and pro rata for recording lists of qualified voters,

ing.

and for making certified copies of said lists ; and the

clerks of the circuit courts for the counties shall re-

ceive the same compensation for making certified

copies of said lists, and the said clerks shall receive

twenty-five cents for every certificate of registration

issued by them under the seal of their respective

offices ; the sheriffs of the several counties, and of

Baltimore city, shall each receive one dollar for

every list of qualified voters delivered by them to

the judges of election, to be paid to said officers of

registration, clerks of courts and Sheriffs for Balti-

Sheriffs' fee

more city by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-

more, and to the said officers for the several counties

by the county commissioners thereof respectively ;

and the necessary expenses incurred by said officer

of registration for books, stationery, fuel, office rent,

and for- publication of notices and lists of voters for

the several counties, shall be paid by the county

Necessary

commissioners thereof respectively, and the like

expenses

necessary expenses incurred for the City of Balti-

more, except for books, stationery, fuel and office

rent, for which no allowance whatever shall be made,

shall be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Bal-