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ELECTIONS.

[ART. 33

187. Additional salaries for supervis- ors, etc. 188. Nominations for State offices to be by conventions composed of elect- ed delegates. How various can- didates to be voted for. Applica- tion of general election law. Only one candidate or nominee. Va- cancies. 189. Application of sections 89 to 117. 190. Judges to be conservators of the peace. 191. Penalty for violation of this sub- title. 192. Fraudulent entry, concealment, de- struction, etc. 193. Disobedience to judge. Breach of peace. 194. Obstructing, assaulting, bribing, etc., Judge, clerk or challenger. 195. Concealing, destroying, removing, etc., ballot-box, etc. Circulating non-offlcial ballot 196. Lateness or absence of Judges and clerks. Acting without concur- rence of majority of judges. 197. Presence, use, sale, etc., of Intoxi- cating liquor. Wagers. 198. Electioneering, etc., within 100 feet of polling place. Other similar offences. 199. Application of "Corrupt Practices Act."

200. Independent nominations. 201. Vacancies in nominations — how filled. Senatorial Primaries. 202. When and how held. How far binding. 203. Control of State central committee. Polling places. 204. Certificate to be filed by candidate. Notice of primary. 205. Duties of State central committee. Who may vote? 206. Ballots. Voting. Count and pres- ervation of ballots. 207. Expenses — how paid. 208. Result of election — publication and certification thereof. 209. Levy of cost of primaries upon candidates. 210. Successful candidate in each county and district entitled to votes of members of his party in general assembly, from that county or district. 211. Application of sections 89 to 117; offenses. 212. State central committee to have incidental powers. 213. No primaries necessary where there is only one candidate. Pub- lication.

Supervisors of Elections.

1904, art. 33, sec. 1. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 1.

1. The governor biennially, by and with the advice and consent of
the senate if in session, and if not in session, then the governor alone,
shall appoint, in each and every county of the State and in the city of
Baltimore, three persons who shall constitute and be styled "The Board
of Supervisors of Election of the Respective Counties and of Said City."
Said supervisors shall be residents and voters in their respective coun-
ties or in the city of Baltimore, as the case may be, and two of them
shall always be selected from the two leading political parties of the
State, one from each of said parties. They shall be men of high char-
acter and integrity and of recognized business capacity. Before appoint-
ing such supervisors of elections the governor shall request the State
central committees, representing each of the two leading political parties
of the State in each county and in said city, as the case may be, to
designate at least four eligible candidates for the position of supervisor