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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Supervisors of Elections, the Governor shall request the State
Central Committees, representing each of the two leading po-
litical parties of the State, in each county and in said city, as
the case may be, to designate at least four eligible candidates
for the position of Supervisor of Elections, in their respective
counties, and in said city; and the Governor shall appoint one
of the persons so designated for any particular county, or for
said city, unless in his judgment, all of said persons shall be
unfit or incompetent for said position, in which case he shall
file a written statement to that effect with the Secretary of
State, setting forth such fact, and the grounds therefor, and
thereupon he shall call upon the said committee for the city or
county, as the case may be, for another list of six names, and
from said list and the original list, he shall make the appoint-
ment.

Salary of
supervisors

2. Each supervisor of elections of Baltimore city, shall re-
ceive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars, and each
supervisor of elections of any of the counties of this State,
shall receive an annual salary of one hundred dollars, which
salary may, in counties having more than fifteen polling places,
be increased by the County Commissioners, in their discretion,
to an amount not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars.
These salaries, and all other expenses incurred by them under
this article shall, upon their requisition, be audited by the
County Commissioners of their respective counties, or by the
Comptroller of Baltimore city, as the case may be, who shall
pay the same by warrant, drawn upon the proper officers of
their county or of said city.

Oath of

supervisors

3. Before entering upon the duties of their office, said su-
pervisors of elections shall each take and subscribe the oath
prescribed in the sixth section of the first article of the Con-
stitution, and also an oath to perform faithfully and honestly
the duties imposed upon them by law. These oaths shall be
taken before and duly recorded by the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for the county, or of the Superior Court of Baltimore
city, as the case may be, who shall be entitled to a fee of
twenty-five cents for each oath, to be paid by the supervisor.
Within twenty days after their appointment, the supervisors of
election for each county, and for the city of Baltimore, re-
spectively, shall organize as a board, by electing one of their
number as president; and they shall hold office for two years,
and until their successors are appointed and qualified, unless
sooner removed, for good cause shown, by the Governor, who
shall have power to so remove them at any time, upon written
charges, after notice and hearing.