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($2.00) per day over and above the amount allowed and paid prior to the
passage of Chapter 1 of the Acts of the General Assembly in Special Ses-
sion in the year 1920. The Boards of Supervisors of Elections of the
several counties shall have power, with the consent of the County Com-
missioners to increase the compensation of the registration officials not
more than $2.00 per day in addition to the amount allowed and paid,
prior to the passage of said Act.

Miscellaneous Provisions.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 128. 1912, sec. 119. 1904, sec. 117. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 111.

164. All oaths required by this article to be in writing shall have a
certificate of the officer making the same attached and signed by him, and
said supervisors of elections, officers of registration and judges of elec-
tion are hereby empowered to administer all oaths and affirmations re-
quired in the discharge of the duties of their respective offices.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 129. 1912, sec. 120. 1904, sec. 118. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 112.

165. The word "election" as used in this article shall be construed
to include elections had within any county or city for the purpose of en-
abling voters to choose some public officer or officers under the laws of this
State or of the United States, or to pass upon any amendment, law or
other public act or proposition submitted to vote by law. The word "pre-
cinct" as used in this article shall be construed to mean an election district
in a county or an election precinct in such district, or in a ward of the
city of Baltimore, as the case may be. In computing the times for notices
to be given under this article Sundays shall be included, except when
the day on which said notice should be given should happen to fall on
Sunday, in which event the same shall be given on the Monday following;
the day of giving the notice and the day of registration or election shall
be excluded.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 130. 1912, sec. 121. 1904, sec. 119. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 113.

166. In all trials for offenses against any of the provisions of this

article, or of any existing law relating to registration or elections where

such offenses are punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary, the State

and defense shall each be entitled to twenty peremptory challenges of jurors.

As to the right of preemptory challenge in other cases, see art. 51, sec. 19.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 131. 1912, sec. 122. 1904, sec. 120. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 114 1933

ch. 243. 1937, ch. 76.

167. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General within three months
after the adoption of this Article to prepare instructions and blank forms
necessary for the use of the officers of registration and of election created by
this Article; and this Article, with said forms and instructions so prepared,
and with other provisions of the constitution and laws touching the same
matters, and with a proper index thereto, shall be published by the Secre-
tary of State and shall be distributed by him to the Supervisors of Elec-
tions in quantities sufficient to supply all the judges and clerks of elections
and other officers requiring the same. The expenses of printing shall be
paid from the treasury of the State and the sum of one, thousand dollars
per annum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated
out of any funds in the treasury for such printing and for the employment