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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

any of such officers of registration, whom upon inquiry,

they Shall find to be unfit or incapable, and to appoint

others in their stead possessing the qualifications hereinbe-

fore prescribed, the names of all such persons appointed in

the place of those who shall be removed, or excused for any

cause, from serving shall be immediately published, not less

than (twice) in each of the daily newspapers in the City

Baltimore whose owners will insert the same for a reason-

able compensation and the whole of said officers of legistra-

tion shall be finally selected, appointed, and qualified not

later than the second Monday in September in each year, so

that they may be ready to enter upon the performance of

their duties as officers of registration on the third Monday

of September of each year as provided by section nine of

article thirty -three of the Code of Public General Laws of

Maryland as amended by chapter five hundred and seventy-

three of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety.

Said board shall have power to remove any of said officers

of registration for misconduct, inefficiency, or neglect of

Removal
for miscon-

.duty, and vacancies occurring amongst said officers of regis-

duct, &c

tration by death, removal from the city of Baltimore, dis-

qualification from any cause, or removal by the board of

supervisors of election, shall be promptly filled, and the

names of their successors duly published by said board. It

shall also be the duty of said board of supervisors of elections,

not less than two months before every election to be here-

after held in the city of Baltimore, to select three discreet

and qualified persons, no one of whom shall hold office or

employment under the Government of the United States or

of the State of Maryland or of the city of Baltimore, to act

as judges of election in each of the voting precincts of said

city, two of whom shall always be selected from the two

leading political parties of the State, one from each of such

Quali-
catins.

parties. The said persons so selected to act as judges must

be men of good repute and character, who can speak, read

and write the English language, and are skilled in the four

fundamental rules of arithmetic; and they must be of good

understanding and capable. They must be also legal resi-

dents and voters of the voting precincts for which they are

so selected to act as judges. Having selected the said per-

sons for appointment as judges, it shall be the duty of the

board of supervisors to publish their names once in all the

Duty of

daily newspapers of Baltimore city whose owners will insert

Board of
Super-

the same for a reasonable compensation, not less than five

visors

weeks before the election for which they shall be selected

to act, to the end that public opportunity may be given to

examine into and investigate their qualifications and fitness

to act as such judges. The said board of supervisors for