286 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

room and on the outside of the building wherein said voting
shall take place. Not less than three of said cards and three of
said specimen ballots shall be posted outside the guard rails, and
not less than three of each of the same shall be securely and
conspicuously posted on the outside of the building in which the
polls are held, before the balloting begins, in such position that
the same may be easily examined by the public.

1896, ch. 202.

114s. The boards of supervisors of elections for the several
counties shall have power to employ an attorney, who shall also
be the attorney for the judges of election, whether acting as such
or as registration officers, to receive such compensation as shall be
allowed by the county commissioners upon the approval of the
circuit court. In the city of Baltimore, the board of supervisors
of elections shall biennially appoint some practising member of
the bar of Baltimore city to act as general counsel for the said
board and for the officers of registration and judges of election
appointed by them, in all matters and proceedings pertaining to
their duties, and to appear for and defend the said judges of
elections at the hearing of all petitions which may be filed against
them as officers of registration under the provisions of this article.
For his services such general counsel shall receive an annual
salary of twelve hundred dollars, to be paid in equal quarterly
instalments by the mayor and city council of Baltimore. He
may be removed and other counsel may be appointed in his
place, at the discretion of said board, and whenever petitions filed
against officers of registration and pending before more than
one of the judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore city
at the same time, he may appoint, with the approval of the
board of supervisors, as many additional counsel as may be
1 necessary to assist him in trying said petitions, who shall each
be paid such sum, not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars
in any one year, as he shall certify, with the approval of the
board of supervisors, to be a reasonable and proper compensation
for their respective services; provided that the whole number
of counsel retained at any one time, including himself, shall, in
no case, exceed the number of judges then engaged in hearing
such petitions.