LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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4. In case of any vacancy in the number of said supervis-
ors of election occurring when the Legislature is not in session,
the Governor shall appoint some eligible person to fill such
vacancy during the remainder of the term of office of the
person originally appointed; but if the latter was appointed as
the representative of a political party, then only a person belong-
ing to the same political party shall be eligible as his successor ;
and it shall be the duty of the Governor before appointing
such successor, to request the State Central Committee repre-
senting such political party in the county or city, as the case
may be, to designate candidates for such successor, in the same
manner as in the case of an original appointment; and if the
Governor shall see fit not to appoint any one of the persons so
designated, he shall file his reasons for not doing so, as in the
case of an original appointment, and he shall appoint as and
from list as provided in case of original appointment.

Vacancies.

5. Each board of supervisors shall have an office, and shall
provide all necessary ballot boxes and ballots, and all registry
books, poll books, tally sheets, blanks and stationery of every
description, with printed headings and certificates necessary
and proper for the registry of voters and conduct of elections,
and for every incidental purpose connected therewith; and the
expenses thereof shall be paid by the county or by the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, as the case may be, as above
provided. It shall be the duty of the County Commissioners
of the several counties, and of the Mayor and City Council of
the city of Baltimore, to allow the reasonable use of the public
buildings in their respective counties and in said city by the
election supervisors thereof, and to light and heat the same for
such use, and in all proper ways to facilitate them in the dis-
charge of their duties as such supervisors.

6. The Board of Supervisors of Elections of the several
counties may have clerks, with the consent of the County

Supervisors
to provide
ballot
boxes, etc,

Commissioners for their respective counties, at such compensa-
tion as the said County Commissioners may fix. The super-
visors of elections of the city of Baltimore shall have a clerk
at a salary of twelve hundred dollars, and a messenger at a
salary of eight hundred dollars per annum. The said clerks,
and in the city of Baltimore, the said messenger, shall be
appointed by the respective boards of supervisors, and shall be
removable by them in their discretion. In Baltimore city the
clerks and messenger, with the approval of the supervisors,
shall, from time to time, secure such temporary assistance as
may be necessary for the proper transaction of the business of

Clerks to
supervisors.