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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

by the judge of a court of record having jurisdiction of the sub-

ject matter or by a justice of the peace exercising police powers

within such respective jurisdictions; the sheriff or any constable

in any county of this State who shall serve any of said processes

shall receive the same fees and 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;

provided by this article.

5. The term of office of each and every person so appointed to

act as an officer of registration in any county of this State, shall

commence on the first Monday in May next ensuing his appoint-

ment, and shall continue for two years unless such officer shall

be sooner removed from office for incompetency or misconduct or

become disqualified by sickness from performing the duties of his

office; in case it is made known to or found out by the governor

Term of
office

that any officer of registration appointed by him for any of said

counties is or may be unable to perform his duties under this

article within the time appointed for the performance of the

same, the governor shall have power to appoint a capable assis-

tant to said officer of registration to serve until the registry or

registries of voters or lists of qualified and registered voters then

in charge of the said officer of registration shall be completed

such assistant officer of registration so to be appointed shall

possess the same qualifications required by the officer of registra-

tion whom he may be appointed to assist and shall possess all the

powers of said officer, but in all controverted questions when both

officers are present in which the opinion of the officer and assis-

tant officer of registration may differ, the decision of the princi-

pal officer of registration shall prevail; the term of office of the

officers of registration for the city of Baltimore shall be for one

year as prescribed by article four of the Public Local Laws, title

"City of Baltimore," sub-title "Elections."

7. The governor shall cause the books to be prepared at the ex-

pense of the State which shall be necessary for the use of the re-

spective officers of registration for the registration of the names

and facts required by this article to be registered; there shall be

To have
books pre-

thus provided for the purposes aforesaid, two registries of voters

pared.

for each election precinct in the city of Baltimore, and two reg-

istries of voters of each election district in each county in this

State when such electiou district is not divided into election pre-

cincts; for each election district in any county in this State

which is divided into election precincts there shall be two regis-

tries of voters for each of the election precincts into which such

election district is so divided; said registries of voters shall be