2J6 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

1896, ch. 202.

4. In case of any vacancy in the number of said supervisors
of elections occurring when the Legislature is not in session,
the Governor shall appoint some eligible person to fill such
vacancy during the remainder of the term of office of the
person originally appointed; but if the latter was appointed as
the representative of a political party, then only a person belong-
ing to the same political party shall be eligible as his successor;
and it shall be the duty of the Governor before appointing such
successor, to request the State Central Committee representing
such political party in the county or city, as the case may be, to
designate candidates for such successor, in the same manner as in
the case of an original appointment; and if the Governor shall
see fit not to appoint any one of the persons so designated, he
shall file his reasons for not doing so, as in the case of an original
appointment, and he shall appoint as and from list', as provided
in cask of original appointment.

Ibid.

5. Each board of supervisors shall have au office, and shall
provide all necessary ballot boxes and ballots, and all registry
books, poll books, tally sheets, blanks and stationery of every
description, with printed headings and certificates necessary and
proper for the registry of voters and conduct of elections, and
for every incidental purpose connected therewith; and the
expenses thereof shall be paid by the county or by the mayor
and city council of Baltimore, as the case may be, as above
provided. It shall be the duty 'of the county commissioners
of the several counties, and of the mayor and city council of
the city of Baltimore, to allow the reasonable use of the public
buildings in their respective counties and in said city by the
election supervisors thereof, and to light and heat the same for
such use. and in all proper ways to facilitate them in the dis-
charge of their duties as such supervisors.

1898, ch. 356.

6. The board of supervisors of elections of the several
counties may have clerks with the consent of the county com-
missioners for their respective counties, at such compensation