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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Compensat'n

receive one cent for every ten words or figures, and

to clerks.

pro rata for making certified copies of said lists;

tod the Clerks of the Circuit Courts for the coun-

ties shall receive the same compensation for making

certified copies of said lists, and the said clerks shall

receive twenty-five cents for every certificate of reg-

istration issued by them under the seal of their re-

spective offices ; the Sheriffs of the several counties,

and of Baltimore city, shall each receive one dollar

Compensat'n
to sheriffs.

for every list of qualified voters delivered by them

to the Judges of Election, to be paid to said Officers

of Registration and Sheriffs for Baltimore city,

by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and

to the said officers for the several counties by the

County Commissioners thereof respectively, and the

necessary expenses incurred by said Officers of Reg-

istration for books, stationery, fuel, office rent, and

for publication of notices and lists of voters for the

several counties, shall be paid by the County Com-

missioners thereof respectively, and the like neces-
sary expenses incurred for the city of Baltimore,

except for books, stationery, fuel and office rent, for

which no allowance whatever shall be made, shall

be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

The accounts of the said Officers of Registration

Accounts to

shall be verified by vouchers, and subject to the ap-

be verified.

proval of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

and said County Commissioners respectively. The

Officers of Registration in the city of Baltimore

Elect counsel,

. shall annually elect some practising member of the

bar of Baltimore city as counsel for said Officers of

Registration in said city, whose duty it shall be to

appear for said Officers of Registration, and against

the appellant at the hearing of all appeals from the

decisions of said officers, under the provisions of this

act, and to assist said officers, from time to time, at

their request by his advice upon all legal matters

pertaining to the duties of said officers ; for his ser-

vices he shall receive an annual salary of three hun-

dred dollars, to be paid by the Mayor and City

Council of Baltimore.

Approved April 5, 1878.