HARFORD COUNTY. 2955

of said City to be held prior to the first Monday in May, nineteen hun-
dred and three, the Board of Supervisors of Election for said City are
hereby authorized and empowered to appoint the necessary Judges and
Clerks to conduct said election. Such appointments shall be made not
less than one week before the date of said special election, and the persons
so appointed as such Judges and Clerks shall have the qualifications here-
inbefore prescribed. And the Board of Supervisors of Election shall
promptly fill any vacancy that may be occasioned by the death, resigna-
tion, removal from the City, or refusal to serve of any Judge or Clerk
of Election appointed by them.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 284.

277. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties each Judge
-and Clerk of Election shall take and subscribe before some Justice of the
Peace of Harford County the following oath of office:—

"I, ..................... residing in the City of Havre de Grace,

do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a legal voter of the City of
Havre de Grace; that I will support the Constitution of the United States,
and that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the State of Mary-
land, and support the Constitution and Laws thereof; and that I will
faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of Judge (or Clerk) of
Election for the City of Havre de Grace according to the best of my
ability."

And the said Judges and Clerks shall have all the powers and be sub-
ject to all the penalties provided by law for Judges and Clerks appointed
for State and County Elections, and they shall receive such compensa-
tion as the Mayor and City Council may prescribe.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 285.

278. It shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors to provide a
polling place in said City, and to cause the same to be properly fitted up,
warmed, lighted and cleaned.

And in no case shall an election be held in any building or part of a
building used or occupied as a saloon, hotel, pool room, billiard hall or
bowling alley, or communicating therewith by doors or hallways. If no
suitable place is found, the Supervisors shall provide one.

1916, ch. 680, sec. 286.

279. Said Board of Supervisors shall give at least ten days' notice of
all the City Elections by advertisement in two newspapers if so many be
published in said City, and by hand-bills posted in at least six public places
in said City. The said Board shall make all necessary rules and regulations
not inconsistent with law for the conduct of elections to be held in said
City under this Charter, and they shall have charge of all regular and
special City Elections; all questions shall be decided by a majority vote
of the said Board.