ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-seven, twenty-

eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three,

thirty-five, thirty-seven and thirty-nine, of article thirty-three,

Repealed

of the Code of Public General Laws, title "Elections," sub-title

and re-
enacted.

"Registration of Voters," be and the same are severally hereby re-

pealed and re-enacted with amendments; and two new sections be

and are hereby added to said article to follow section thirty-nine

and to be known as "Sections thirty-nine A and thirty-nine B," so

as to read as follows :

2. It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of elections

in the city of Baltimore not later than the first Monday of Au-

gust in each year to appoint three officers of registration for each

of the precincts of the several wards in the city of Baltimore, two

of whom shall always be selected from the two leading political

parties of the State, one from each of said parties and all of whom

shall be legal voters residing in the precinct for which they are

To appoint

appointed, and shall be men of approved integrity and capacity,

and none of whom shall hold office or employment under the

government of the United States or the State of Maryland or of

the city of Baltimore; and they must not be candidates for office

at the next ensuing election; their appointment shall be made in

the manner particularly prescribed in article four of the Code of

Public Local Laws, title "City of Baltimore," sub-title "Elections."

3. Each of the said officers of registration shall have in addi-

tion to the other powers hereinafter conferred upon him, or which

may be hereafter conferred upon him by law during the respective

times of his appointed sittings, the power of a justice of the

peace to preserve order and enforce obedience to his lawful com-

mands at or around his place of registration; to keep the access

to such place open and unobstructed; to prevent and suppress
riots, tumult, violence and disorder, and all other improper prac-

Authority
conferred.

tices at, around or near to his place of registration tending to

intimidation or to the obstruction of the work of registration, or

the revision of the registration, and to protect and keep safe the

registries of voters hereinafter referred to while in his custody

and possession; he may compel the presence of witnesses before

him while sitting as an officer of registration for all purposes

connected with the performance of the duties of his office by

summons and attachment; he may while sitting as such officer of

registration commit for trial any person committing at or around

his place of registration any offense forbidden by this article; he

shall have the power to issue any of said summons, attachments

or commitments when sitting in any county 'of this State to the

sheriff of said county or to any constable thereof, and when sit-

ting in the city of Baltimore, to the marshal of police or to any

police officer of said city; all such processes shall be served by

said respective officers in the same manner as if they were issued