534 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

Judges and Clerks of Election.

1904, art. 33, sec. 10. 1898, ch. 385. 1902, chs. 290, 343, 539. 1904, ch. 325, secs.
9A-9E. 1908, ch. 492. 1910, ch. 291 (p. 100). 1914, ch. 205.

10. The judges and clerks appointed by the Board of Supervisors of
Election for Allegany, 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 Super-
visors 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 Super-
visors 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 attend-
ance before the said 'board for such examination, and they shall appoint
only such persons as are known to them to possess the proper qualifica-
tions 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.

1904, art. 33, sec. 11. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 10. 1898, ch. 142. 1900, ch. 464.
1910, ch. 456 (p. 101). 1914, ch. 727.

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 in Howard County, where the Supervisors of Elections may pub-
lish the same in one newspaper, one of which papers, if possible, shall be
of opposite political faith from that of a majority of such Supervisors;
and if no newspapers 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 once in all the daily newspapers 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 incapable. The Board
shall forthwith appoint persons in the manner hereinbefore 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 appoint-