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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sheriff or constable in any county of this State who

shall serve any of said processes shall receive the

same fees and 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 city of Balti-

more shall charge or receive any fee for any service

performed under this act, and no officer of registra-

tion shall charge or receive any compensation for

any service performed under this act except such as

is provided by this act.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That each of said offi-

cers of registration, before entering upon the duties

Oath or affir-

of his office, shall take and subscribe the oath or

mation.

affirmation prescribed in the sixth section of the first

article of the constitution of this State; the said oath

or affirmation shall be taken and subscribed by each

officer of registration appointed to act in the city

of Baltimore before the Clerk of the Superior Court

of Baltimore city, and the said oath and affirmation

shall be taken and subscribed by each officer of

registration appointed to act within a county of this

State before the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the

county in which he is appointed to act; said respect-

ive oaths or affirmations shall be entered and sub-

scribed in a test book to be by said respective clerks

provided for that purpose.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the term of office

Term of office.

of each and every person so appointed to act as an

officer of registration in any county of this State

and in the city of Baltimore shall commence on the

first Monday in May next ensuing his appointment,

and shall continue for two years unless such officer

shall be sooner removed from office for incompetency

or misconduct, or because disqualified by sickness

from performing the duties of his office. In case it

is made known to or found by the Governor that

any officer of registration appointed for any election

district in any county of this State or for any group

of election precincts in the city of Baltimore, or

hereafter appointed for any ward in the city of

Baltimore, is or may be unable to perform his duties

under this act within the time appointed for the

performance of the same, the Governor shall have

Appoint assis-

the power to appoint a capable assistant to said

tant.

officer of registration, to serve until the registry or

registries of voters and poll books or lists of quali-