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thereof to each regular session of the Legislature, and do all
other things necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this
act; he shall enforce by suit in the name of the State the re-
covery of the forfeits or penalties prescribed in section eight of
this act, and he shall receive for the performance of the duties
imposed by this act, the sum of one thousand dollars per an-
num; in case of a vacancy occurring in this office by death,
resignation or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled by the Gov-
ernor until a successor shall be elected and qualified.

12. It shall be the duty of the clerks for the respective
counties and the city of Baltimore to enforce by suit, in the
name of the State, the recovery of the forfeitures and penalties
imposed by sections three and five of this act.

In force from July 1, 1865.

VOTERS.

Chapter 174 enacts the following:

13. There shall be appointed by the Governor from among
the citizens of the State most known for loyalty, firmness and
uprightness, three persons for each ward in the city of Balti-
more, and for each election district in the several counties of
the State, who shall be styled officers of registration, who
shall register the names of all free white male persons claiming
and entitled to the right of elective franchise, resident in, or
temporarily absent from the several wards of the city of Balti-
more, and the several election districts in the counties, in the
manner herein prescribed, and the said officers of registration
shall receive for their services, the sum of three dollars for each
and every day occupied and required in discharging the duties
imposed on them under this act, any two of whom shall be com-
petent to act, and any vacancies in any board shall be filled by
the Governor from among the citizens of the State as herein-
before provided. All officers of registration before entering
upon the discharge of their duties as such, shall take the oath
prescribed in the Constitution, and subscribe the same in the
book of registration for their respective wards or election
districts.