FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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CHAPTER 701.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments new

section one hundred and sixty-six, of article thirty-three,

of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title

" Elections," as enacted bv the act of eighteen hundred

and ninety, chapter five hundred and thirty-eight.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That new section one hundred and sixty-six, of

Amend-

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

ment

Maryland, title "Elections," as re-enacted by the act of

1890, chapter 538, be and the same is hereby repealed and

re-enacted so as to read as follows :

166. The Governor shall biennially appoint, by and with

the advice and consent of the Senate if in session, and if

not in session, by the Governor alone, in each and every

Election at
super-

county of the State, three persons residents in and voters

visors.

of their respective counties, two of whom shall always be

selected from the two leading political parties of the State,

one from each of said parties, who 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 of the State of Maryland, and they must

not be candidates for office at the next ensuing election for

which they have appointed the judges and clerks, who shall

be styled the board of supervisors of elections of the

respective counties, each of said supervisors shall receive an

annual salary of fifty dollars, to be paid by the county com-

missioners of the respective counties, and shall hold office

for two years from the date of his apppointment, and shall

exercise the powers and perform the duties hereinafter set

forth ; in case of a vacancy occurring in either of said

boards when the Legislature is not in session, such vacancy

shall be tilled by the Governor; it shall be the duty

of each of the said boards not later than the second

Monday of October in each year, to appoint three persons for

each election district or election precinct of their county,

residents in and voters of such election district or election

Duties of.

precinct, who, or a majority of whom shall be judges of

election for such election district or election precinct from

the time of their appointment and until a new appointment

shall have been made; and it shall be the duty of each of

the said boards in making their appointments of such judges

of election to select at least one of the said judges for each

election district and election precinct in their respective

counties from among those of the leading political parties