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each of the territorial divisions described in the first, second and third
sections of this Act, three persons of approved capacity and integrity and
voters in and residents of the territorial division in which they shall be
appointed, who shall be termed supervisors of election, and who shall be
conservators of the peace in their respective territorial divisions, and in-
vested with full power and authority to preserve peace, order and quiet
at said elections; said supervisors in their respective territorial divisions
shall be charged with the special duty, and are hereby required previous
to the day for said elections, to appoint and provide for each election pre-
cinct therein a special force consisting of not exceeding ten persons, to
be selected from the persons residing in the territory proposed to be an-
nexed, under the command of a person also to be appointed by them, to
be designated as captain, and the said special force shall have the same
power in the premises as the police force of Baltimore City, as conserva-
tors of the peace within the city limits, and it shall be the duty of each
member of said special force to execute every warrant and commitment
which the said supervisors or either of them, or the judges of election or
either of them, shall issue; the Sheriff of Baltimore County shall not ap-
point any deputies of any of said precincts; said supervisors shall receive
the sum of five dollars each for each day of actual service, not to exceed
three days, and said special force shall each receive three dollars for their
services on the day of said elections. The Governor in appointing said
supervisors shall select for each territorial division one of the three per-
sons to be appointed therefor from among the voters and residents of said
territorial division known to be opposed to city extension and annexa-
tion, one thereof known to be in favor of city extension and annexation,
the third to be selected at his discretion; said supervisors, before enter-
ing on the discharge of their duties, shall severally take and subscribe
before some Justice of the Peace of the State an oath or oaths similar
to the oath or oaths prescribed to be taken by supervisors of election in
Baltimore City, and after the day of election their office shall terminate;
for any failure to discharge any duty imposed upon him by this Act the
Sheriff of Baltimore County shall be subject to a penalty of five thou-
sand dollars, and for the payment of the same his official bond shall be
liable.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said judges shall be con-
servators of the peace during the continuance of the election so held by
them, and until the ballots shall have been counted by them and the neces-
sary certificates required by this Act shall be made out, and shall be
vested with the power and authority to commit offenders for any breach
of the peace in like manner as any justice of the peace has under existing
laws.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the necessary expenses of the
elections provided for by this Act shall be paid by the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore; and the said judges, clerks and the Sheriff of Bal-