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1904, art. 33, sec. 10. 1898, ch. 385. 1902, chs. 290, 343, 539. 1904, ch. 325,
secs. 9 A, B, C, D, E. 1908, ch. 492. 1910, ch. 291 (p. 100).

10. The judges and clerks appointed by the board of supervisors
of election for Garrett, Queen Anne's, Dorchester, Howard, Frederick,
Washington, Carroll, Charles, St. Mary's and Prince George's counties
shall not be required to appear before the said board of supervisors of
election for the purpose of examination nor to be sworn in as required
by section 9 of this article, but the said board of supervisors of elections
for said counties, before making appointments of any such judges or
clerks, shall thoroughly inform themselves as to the qualifications of
the parties appointed, and shall not require their attendance before the
said board for such examination, and they shall appoint only such
persons as are known to them to possess the proper qualifications for
the position to which they are severally appointed, and the said persons
may be sworn in either by said board or by a justice of the peace or
notary public of the said county, and when sworn in by a justice of the
peace or notary public, such judges and clerks shall file with said board
of supervisors a certificate of qualification.

Ibid. sec. 11. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 10. 1898, ch. 142. 1900, ch. 464.
1910, ch. 456 (p. 101).

11. After the judges and clerks are appointed, the board of super-
visors shall immediately and before the first day of August in each
year, give notice of the names of all such judges, and shall, before the
first day of October, give notice of the names of all such clerks, and
in every case the residence and the precincts for which they are selected,
by causing the same in the several counties to be published once a week
for two successive weeks in two or more newspapers in each county,
except Howard county, where the supervisors of election may publish
the same in one newspaper, one of which papers, if possible, shall be
of opposite political faith from that of the majority of such supervisors;
and if no newspaper be published in such county, then by posting such
notice in three of the most public places in such county; and in Balti-
more city to be published on two successive days in all the daily news-
papers in said city which shall be willing to publish the same at their
current rates for advertising; said board, in appointing judges and
clerks, and in the notice thereof, shall designate the persons intended
by them to represent the political parties respectively. It shall be the
duty of the said board to examine promptly into any complaints which
may be preferred to them in writing against the fitness or qualifications
of any person so appointed judge or clerk, and to remove any such
judge or clerk when upon inquiring they shall find to be unfit or incapa-
ble. The board shall forthwith appoint persons in the manner hereinbe-
fore prescribed to fill all vacancies in the office of judge or clerk, and shall
immediately make public the names of such persons so appointed by
advertisement as nearly as may be, as hereinbefore provided for the
original appointments. The record of appointments to fill vacancies
shall be kept in the books hereinbefore prescribed in section 9, which