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July in the counties, as provided in section 7, shall also be au
officer of registration in the district or precinct for which he
shall be appointed, and the judges so appointed, when duly qual-
ified, shall, for their respective districts or precincts, collectively,
constitute the board of registry thereof. Said officers of regis-
tration and each of them, in addition to the power hereinafter
conferred upon them as judges of election, shall have during the
respective times of the appointed sittings of said board of regis-
try authority to keep the peace and to preserve order and enforce
obedience to their lawful commands at and around their places
of registration; to keep the access to such place open and unob-
structed; to prevent and suppress riots, tumult, violence and
disorder, any violation of this article and all other improper
practices at or around their place of registration tending to
intimidation or to the obstruction of their work; they may com-
pel, by summons or attachment, the presence of witnesses before
them for any purpose connected with the duties of their office,
and may commit for trial any person committing at or around
their place of registration any breach of the peace or other offense
forbidden by this article; they shall have the power to issue any
of said summonses, attachments, or commitments when sitting in
any county of this State, to the sheriff of said county or to any
constable thereof, and when sitting in the city of Baltimore, to
marshal of police or to any police officer of said city; all such
process shall be served by said respective officers in the same
manner as if they were issued by a court of record having juris-
diction of the subject matter, or by a justice of the peace exercis-
ing police powers within such respective jurisdictions. The sheriff
or constable in any county of this State who shall serve any of
said processes, shall receive the same fees in like manner as it is
or may be by law provided, that he shall receive fees in other
State cases, but no officer of police in the city of Baltimore shall
charge or receive any fee for any service performed under this
article; and no officer of registration shall charge or receive any
compensation for any service performed under this article,
except such as is herein provided. The board of police com-
missioners for the city of Baltimore shall detail police officers,
and the sheriffs for their respective counties shall detail deputy
sheriffs, by them appointed, sufficient in number to preserve