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charge the duties of said judges and clerks, respectively, within their
several precincts wherein such special election shall be held; each judge
and clerk of election must be a legal voter residing in the precinct for
which he is selected, a man of good capacity and character, able to speak,
read and write the English language and skilled in the four fundamental
rules of arithmetic and not a candidate for any office at the next election.

1898, ch. 2, sec. 270H. 1918 Code, sec. 358.

333. Each supervisor shall have a veto upon the proposed selection or
nomination of any judge or clerk; and if, in any case, in consequence of
such veto, the Board of Supervisors cannot agree upon an appointment,
then the supervisor, or supervisors, belonging to the political party en-
titled to be represented by the judge or clerk in question, shall name three
men who are eligible, and from these the other supervisor, or supervisors,
shall select such judge or clerk.

1898, ch. 2, sec. 270-I. 1918 Code, sec. 359.

334. Each person selected as judge or clerk by the Board of Super-
visors shall be promptly notified of the fact of his selection, with direc-
tion to appear, within the time fixed in the notice, before the board, for
the purpose of examination; and if, upon examination, he is found quali-
fied, he shall, unless excused by the supervisors for good cause, be ap-
pointed by the supervisors, and shall be bound to serve as such officer for
the terms of three years. The supervisors shall keep books in which
shall be written down the names of all the judges and clerks so appointed,
the date and manner of notice to them to appear, and whether or not they
appear, and if appearing, whether they were appointed, rejected or ex-
cused, and if rejected or excused, the reasons therefor. No person shall
be compelled to serve as judge or clerk for three years after the expira-
tion of his term of service, and all persons so serving shall be exempt from
jury duty during the term of their service and for one year thereafter.
Any person so selected and notified to appear for examination who shall
not appear before the board, as required, or shall refuse to serve, shall be
fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dol-
lars, unless it shall appear that he was not qualified for such service by
reasons of ill health, infirmity or old age. It shall be the duty of the
supervisors to notify the State's Attorney for Frederick County of the
failure, refusal or neglect of any person to appear or to serve as afore-
said, and to require the State's Attorney to institute proceedings for such
penalty at the next term of Court. The State's Attorney shall receive
a fee of fifty dollars for every penalty recovered by him, to be paid out
of the sum actually recovered, whether the proceedings for the recovery
of such penalty shall be instituted of his own motion or at the instance
of said supervisors.

189S, ch. 2. 1904, ch. 335, sec. 270J. 1918 Code, sec. 360.

335. As soon as practicable after their apointment, the judges and
clerks of election shall again be notified to appear at the office of the