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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

May appoint.

and said Board shall also have power to ap-
point Judges and Clerks and fix the polling-
place for any ward whose delegation fails to
send the list of Judges, Clerks and polling-
place at the time hereinbefore required, and
in no other case shall said Board have power
to make any such appointments; the said
Board shall furnish to the President of such
managing convention a complete list of the
Judges, Clerks and polling-places, which shall
be published by said President under his hand,
once in one or more papers published in said
city at least three days before the election for
which the selections are made; no person
shall act as Judge or Clerk of any primary
election held under this law, who shall have
violated his party obligations, and no delegate

Disqualifica-
tion.

to any city convention shall have a voice in
selecting Judges or Clerks who have violated
their party obligations, and the city conven-
tion of any party shall provide by resolution
what shall be considered a violation of party
obligations.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That every person
selected as Judge or Clerk of Elections, shall

Oath.

make oath or affirm before some officer author-
ized to administer oaths in said city, that he
will faithfully perform all the duties by him
to be performed as Judge or Clerk, so as to
secure to the best of his ability a fair election
and a fair statement of the result of said elec-
tion.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That if at the
place appointed for holding any such election,
and when ten minutes after the time fixed for
beginning the same has expired, and any one
or more of the Judges so selected shall fail to

To complete
number of
Judges.

appear, or appearing have not qualified, the
other Judges or Judge present and qualified
shall appoint from among the friends of the
candidate in whose interest said Judge or
Judges were appointed, and who failed to ap-
pear, some other person or persons having the