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cancy in the position of officer of registration, either after the said fifth
day of June, 1914, or after the first day of February in the years afore-
mentioned, for any cause whatsoever, this vacancy shall be filled by the
present Mayor of Ellicott City for the year 1914; and by the President
of the Commissioners of Ellicott City thereafter, by appointment in the
manner aforesaid.

1914, ch. 836, sec. 57.

130. The Clerk of the Circuit Court for Howard County shall deliver
to the judges of election on the morning of the day of said election said
book of registration to be used at the polls of election upon the receipting
for the same by said judges.

1914, ch. 836, sec. 58.

131. The duties of judges of election, as heretofore named, shall be
the same as the duties of corresponding officers of election for members
of the General Assembly of Maryland, except as provided by this Act;
and said election shall be conducted by open ballots or tickets printed for
that purpose, which shall consist of as many complete tickets as shall be
filed with the said judges of election at least fifteen days prior to such
election, each ticket bearing some particular emblem and some designa-
tion by name when filed. It shall be the duty of the judges of election
to cause to be inserted in a newspaper published in Ellicott City, at least
ten days before the expiration of the time in which to file tickets for the
coming municipal election, a notice stating where, when and at what time
they will receive said tickets aforementioned. It shall also be the duty of
the judges of election to prepare the ballots or tickets before the election,
and to cause at least one thousand (1,000) of said tickets or ballots to be
printed for every such election.

1914, ch. 836, sec. 59.

132. Immediately upon the closing of the polls and alter the counting
of the ballots by the judges as aforesaid, the said judges shall certify the
result of such elections to the clerk of the Circuit Court for Howard
County, and the said judges shall deposit with said clerk the book of reg-
istration and the returns of election within three days after said election,
and the said clerk shall issue a proclamation of the result of such election
and insert a copy of said proclamation in some newspaper published in
said city within ten days from the day of the deposit of the said returns
with him; and the said Commissioners of Ellicott City, elected as afore-
said, shall, within ten days after the said publication of the copy of said
proclamation, take and subscribe the oath of office before the clerk of the
Circuit Court for Howard County.

1914, ch. 836, sec. 60. 1922, ch 528, sec. 60.

133. The judges of election and each clerk of election shall receive
five dollars for his services; the officer of registration shall receive ten