176 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 95

city or town in this State (other than the City of Baltimore)
in which the municipal or charter elections thereof are now
regulated by the Public Local Laws of the State, the conduct
of such municipal or charter elections shall continue to be so
regulated as heretofore and such Public Local Laws shall con-
tinue in force therein. The provision hereinabove contained in
reference to handbills shall not apply to Baltimore City,
nor, after the year 1940, shall the provision for notice of the
time and place of registration and of revision thereof apply
to Baltimore City.

16. Each judge of election appointed in the City of Balti-
more up to and including the year 1939, and each of the two
judges of election appointed before the first day of July in
counties, as provided in Section 8, shall also be an officer of
registration in the district or precinct for which he shall be
appointed, and the judges so appointed when duly qualified
shall for their respective 'districts or precincts, collectively,
constitute the board of registry thereof. Said officers of regis-
tration, and each of them, in addition to the power herein-
after conferred upon them as judges of election shall have,
during the respective times of the appointed sittings of said
board of registrj-, authority to keep the peace and to preserve
order and enforce obedience to their lawful commands at and
around their places of registration; to keep the access to such
place open and unobstructed, to prevent and suppress riots,
tumult, violence and disorder, any violation of this Article,
and all other improper practices at and around their place of
registration tending to intimidation or to the obstruction of
their work; they may compel by summons or attachment the
presence of witnesses before them for any purpose connected
with the duties of their office, and may commit for trial any
person committing at or around their place of registration
any breach of the peace or other offense forbidden by this
Article; they shall have the power to issue any of said sum-
monses, attachments or commitments when sitting in any
county in this State to the Sheriff of said county or to any
constable thereof and when sitting in the City of Baltimore to
marshal of police or to any police officer of said City; all
such processes shall be served by said respective officers in the
same manner as if they were issued by a court of record hav-
ing jurisdiction of the subject-matter or by a justice of the
peace exercising police powers within such respective iurisdic-
tions. The sheriff or constable in any county of this State who
shall serve any of said processes shall receive the same fees 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