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Court for Howard County said book of registration, which shall remain
in the custody of said clerk, except as hereinafter provided, until the week
previous to the next sitting of such officer of registration, when the same
shall be delivered up to such officer of registration so designated by the
President of the Commissioners of Ellicott City as aforesaid, upon the
receipting by such officer to the clerk aforesaid for the same.

1914, ch. 836, sec. 55.

128. The present Mayor of Ellicott City shall, before the fifth day
of June, 1914, appoint three proper and competent persons, resident
voters of Ellicott City, judges of election, who shall serve for the election
to be held in August, 1914, and until their successors are duly appointed
and qualified. The said judges of election shall have full power to
appoint one or more clerks, if necessary, who shall keep a record of the
persons voting; said judges of election, immediately upon the closing of
the polls for said election, shall proceed to count the ballots cast and
ascertain the result of said election; and the three (3) persons receiving
the greatest number of votes cast shall be declared elected as the Commis-
sioners of Ellicott City. And the three Commissioners of Ellicott City
so elected shall severally hold their respective offices until the second
Monday in June, 1918, or until their successors are duly elected and quali-
fied. The President of the Commissioners of Ellicott City, who shall be
elected in August, 1914, shall before the first day of February, 1918
appoint three judges of election with the same qualifications aforemen-
tioned in this Section, and these judges shall have all the powers before
mentioned in this Section, and shall perform all the duties aforemen-
tioned in this Section. The three judges appointed by the President
of the Commissioners of Ellicott City shall hold office for four years from
the date of their appointment, or until their successors are duly appointed
and qualified. It shall be the duty of the President of the Commissioners
of Ellicott City for the time being to appoint the three judges aforemen-
tioned before the first day of each February preceding a municipal elec-
tion; and these judges shall hold office for the space and term of four
years, or until their successors are duly appointed and qualified.

1914, ch. 836, sec. 56.

129. The said judges of election shall take and subscribe to the oaths
of office within twenty days after their respective appointments as afore-
said before any Justice of the Peace for Howard County, which justice
shall receive as compensation for taking said oath the amount now allowed
by law for the taking of oaths before Justices of the Peace. In case of
a vacancy or vacancies among the judges of election mentioned as afore-
said, by death or otherwise, after said fifth day of June, 1914, or after
the first day of February in such years as aforesaid mentioned, said va-
cancy or vacancies shall at any time thereafter be filled by appointment
by the present Mayor of Ellicott City for the year 1914; and by the Presi-
dent of the Commissioners of Ellicott Citv thereafter. In case of va-