ART. 33] SUPERVISORS. 995

scribed in the sixth section of the first article of the constitu-
tion and also an oath to perform faithfully and honestly the
duties imposed upon them by law. These oaths shall be
taken before and duly recorded by the clerk of the circuit
court for the county or of the superior court of Baltimore
city, as the case may be, who shall be entitled to a fee of
twenty-five cents for each oath, to be paid by the supervisor.
Within twenty days after their appointment the supervisors of
election for each county and for the city of Baltimore, respect-
ively, shall organize as a board by electing one of their number
as president; and they shall hold office for two years and
until their successors are appointed and qualified, unless sooner
removed, for good cause shown, by the governor who shall have
power to so remove them at any time upon written charges,
after notice and hearing.

1896, ch. 202, sec. 4

4. In case of any vacancy in the number of said supervisors
of election occuring 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
belonging 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 com-
mittee 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 case of an original
appointment.

Ibid. sec. 5.

5. Each board of supervisors shall have an 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