220 ELECTIONS. [ART. 38

and clerks are appointed, shall before the first day of October
gi\e notice of the names of all such other judges and clerks,
giving in every case the residence of each clerk or judge, and the
precinct or election district for which he is selected, by causing
the same, in the several counties, to be published once a week,
for two successive weeks, in two or more newspapers printed in
each county, one of which papers, if possible, shall be of opposite
political faith from th^t of a majority of such supervisors, and
each of said papers to be that of their respective political faiths;
and if no newspaper be published in such county, then by post-
ing such notice in three of the most public places in such county;
and in Baltimore city, to be published on two successive days in
all of the daily papers printed in the English language in said
city, which shall be willing to publish the same at their current
rates for advertising. Said board, in appointing judges and
clerks, and in the notice thereof, shall designate the persons
intended by them to represent the political parties, respectively.
It shall be the duty of the said board to examine promptly into any
complaints which may be preferred to them in writing against
the fitness or qualification of any person so appointed judge or
clerk, and to remove any such judge or clerk whom, upon
inquiry, they shall find to be unfit or incapable. The board shall
forthwith appoint persons in the manner hereinbefore pre-
scribed, to till all vacancies in the office of judge or clerk, and
shall immediately make public the names of such persons so
appointed by advertisement, as nearly as may be, as hereinbefore
provided, for the original appointment. The record of appoint-
ments to fill vacancies shall be kept in the books as hereinbefore
prescribed in section 9, which books, with the recommendations
and protests made to them, and all their other records and papers,
shall always be open to the inspection of the public. After
notice, as aforesaid, of their appointment, the judges and clerks
shall again be notified to appear at the office of said board, and
shall then and there, after taking the oath of office before one of
said supervisors, receive their commissions. The oath of office
shall be in writing and subscribed by each one in a book to be
kept for the purpose by the supervisors, and shall be in substance
as follows: "I, ————, residing at ————. in the city (or county)
of ————, in the State of Maryland, do solemnly swear (or