998 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

the supervisors and shall be bound to serve as such officer for
the term of one year. The supervisors shall keep books in
which shall be written down the names of all the judges and
clerks so appointed, the date and manner of notice to them to
appear, and whether or not they appear, and, if appearing,
whether they were appointed, rejected or excused, and if rejected
or excused, the reasons therefor. No person shall be compelled
to serve as judge or clerk for one year after the expiration of
his term of service, and all persons so serving shall be exempt
from jury duty during the term of their service and for one
year thereafter. Any person so selected and notified to appear
for examination who shall not appear before the board as
required, or shall refuse to serve, shall be fined not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars,
unless it shall appear that he was not qualified for such service
by reason of ill-health, infirmity or old age. It shall be the
duty of the supervisors to notify the State's attorney of the
county or city of Baltimore of the failure, refusal or neglect of
any person, and to require the State's attorney to institute pro-
ceedings for such penalty at the next term of court. The
State's attorney shall receive a fee of fifty dollars for every
penalty recovered by him, to be paid out of the sum actually
recovered, whether the proceedings for the recovery of such
penalty shall be instituted of his own motion or at the instance
of said supervisors.

1898, ch. 385. 1902, chs. 290, 343, 539. 1904, ch. 325, secs. 9 A, B. C. D. and E.

10. The judges and clerks appointed by the board of super-
visors of elections for Garrett, Queen Anne's, Dorchester, How-
ard, Frederick and Washington counties shall not be required
to appear before the said board for the purpose of examination
nor to be sworn in as required by section 9 of this article, but
the said board of supervisors of elections for said counties,
before making appointments of any such judges or clerks shall
thoroughly inform themselves as to the qualifications of the
parties appointed and shall not require their attendance before
the said board for such examination, and shall appoint only
such persons as are known to them to possess the proper
qualifications for the position to which they are severally
appointed, and the said persons may be sworn in either by said
board or by a justice of the peace or notary public of said
counties, and, when sworn in by a justice or notary, shall file
with said board a certificate of such qualification.