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timore ; the accounts of said officers of registration	Except.
to be verified by vouchers, and subject to the ap-
proval of said Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
and said county commissioners respectively.
SEC. 25. The officers of registration of the several
wards of Baltimore city shall annually elect some
practising member of the bar of Baltimore city, as	Annually elect counsel
counsel for said officers of registration, whose duty
it shall be to appear for said officers of registration,
and against the appellant at the hearing of all appeals
from the decision of said officers, under the provisions
of this article, and to assist said officers from time to
time at their request, by his advice, upon all legal
matters pertaining to the duties of said officers; tor
his services he shall receive an annual salary of five
hundred dollars, to be paid by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore
SEC. 26. If any officer of registration, clerk of a
court, sheriff, judge of election or police commis-
sioner, shall knowingly refuse or neglect to comply	Guilty of a misdemeanor.
with any of the provisions of the several sections of
this article, imposing duties on him, he shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on pre-
sentment and indictment therefor, and conviction
thereof, forfeit and pay a tine of not less than five
hundred nor more than one thousand dollars for
every such offence, or be imprisoned, in the discre-
tion of the court, for a period not exceeding three
years, or both, and shall also be liable in damages at
the suit of the party aggrieved.
SEC. 27. And be it enacted, That this act shall take	In force
effect from and after the date of its passage.
Approved April 10th, 1874.