20 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 9

chief minority party, as the said parties are now constituted in
this State. Such persons shall be paid Eight Dollars per day
for each day served and their salaries shall be audited and paid
in the same manner as prescribed for salaries and other ex-
penses by Section 3 of this Article. Persons whose right to
register has been challenged and persons whose names, it is
alleged, have been erroneously omitted from the registries
shall be notified to appear, in person or by counsel, by notice
in writing, stating the time and place of hearing and sent by
registered mail to such, persons, addressed to their respective
addresses as shown on the register of voters, for which mail
return receipts shall be requested; provided, however, that as
to citation notices directed to persons in the 7th and 13th
Election Districts of said County, the Board of Supervisors
of Elections may adopt the alternative of designating two
sworn election officers, either Clerks or Judges, of opposite
party affiliation, and, if necessary, several groups of two such
officials, to serve citation notices as heretofore provided by
law, at such reasonable compensation as may be fixed by the
Board of Supervisors of Elections, and in the event such
notices are directed to be served in said manner, there shall
also be mailed to each person so cited, a written notice as
prescribed by Section 24, of said Article 33. At the request
of either party the Board shall issue subpoenas to witnesses
to appear at such hearings and such witnesses shall be sworn
and examined. All cases shall be heard and decided imme-
diately after hearing. If a board constituted as above pro-
vided shall decide that any such person is not entitled to have
Bis or her name on the registry, his or her name shall be re-
moved therefrom and his or her registration forms cancelled
and the same change made in the precinct registry. If a board
so constituted shall decide that the name of any such person
should appear on such registry, it shall be added thereto,
and his or her registration forms placed in the proper regis-
tration flies and his or her name, together with other appro-
priate entries, shall be entered in the precinct registry.

Any person who shall feel aggrieved by the action of any
of the above mentioned boards may, for any of the causes and
Within the time mentioned in Section 27 of this Article, file
a petition verified by affidavit, in the Circuit Court for Mont-
gomery County, setting forth the grounds of his or her appli-
cation, and asking to have the registry corrected. The pro-
ceedings of the Court subsequent to the filing of such petition
shall be governed by the provisions of said Section 27 of this
Article. Upon the delivery to the Supervisors of Elections of
a certified copy of an order granting the relief prayed in the
petition, said Supervisors shall correct the original and dupli-
cate cards in accordance with such order and shall make the