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per annum, a stenographer at a salary of twelve hundred dol-
lars ($1, 200) per annum, and two typists at a salary of one
thousand dollars ($ 1, 000) each per annum. Nothing in this
section shall be so construed as to prevent the said Board of
Supervisors of Elections from requiring any of the above men-
tioned employees to perform such duties as the said Board
may, in its discretion, deem advisable. The said clerks, and
in the City of Baltimore, the chief clerk and the other em-
ployees above enumerated shall be appointed by the respective
boards of supervisors and shall be removable by them in their
discretion except that in Baltimore City the assistant chief
clerk and one of the registrars shall be appointed by the
member of the board who shall have been selected from the
political party opposite to that of the Governor, and shall
be removable by such member of the board in his discretion.
In Baltimore City, the chief clerk, with the approval of the
supervisors, shall from time to time, secure such temporary
assistants as may be necessary for the proper transaction of
the business of the office, but the compensation of such assist-
ants to be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
upon requisition by the said supervisors shall not exceed the
sum of five thousand dollars ($5000) in any one year. In Wash-
ington County the Supervisors of Elections shall appoint a
clerk who shall receive an annual salary of not less than six
hundred dollars ($600) per annum, which salary may be in-
creased by the County Commissioners in their discretion. The
clerk so appointed shall hold his office at the pleasure of the
Board of Supervisors of Elections, and shall be removable by
them in their discretion at any time. It shall be the duty
of the clerk in said county, with the approval of the Super-
visors of Elections, to secure such temporary assistants as
may be necessary for the proper transaction of the business
of the office, but the compensation of such assistants shall not
exceed the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) in any one
year. The salary of the clerk and the compensation of the
temporary assistants shall be payable by the County Com-
missioners of Washington County.

8. In the year 1938 the Board of Supervisors of Elections
in the City of Baltimore shall before the first day of July,
select for each election precinct in said city four judges of
election, and before the fifteenth day of September, 1938, shall
select for each election precinct in said city two clerks of
elections, said judges and clerks to serve until July 31, 1939,
. and before the first day of August in the year 1939 shall select
for each election precinct in said city four judges of election,
and, before the first day of December in said year 1939