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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

the office, but the compensation of such assistants to be paid
by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, upon requisition
by the said supervisors, shall not exceed the sum of one thous-
and dollars in any one year.

JUDGES AND CLERKS OF ELECTION.

7. In each year the Board of Supervisors of Elections in the
city of Baltimore shall select, before the first day of July, four

Appointment
of Judges
and clerks.

judges of election, and before the fiftesnth day of September,
two clerks, for each election precinct in said city, taking two
of such judges and one of such clerks from each of the two
leading political parties of the State. The beards of super-
visors in the several counties, in each year in which an election
in November is to be held in their respective counties, shall
select, before the first day of July, two judges of election, and
before the fifteenth day of September, two more judges of
election and two clerks for each election district in their respec-
tive counties, or, where a district is divided into voting pre-
cincts, for each voting precinct in such district, taking one of
such judges and one of such clerks, in making each such selec-
tion, and for each such voting precinct or district, from each
of the two leading political parties of the State, so that such
parties shall be equally represented at all times among said
election officers. It shall not be necessary to appoint new or
special judges or clerks of election for any election not held
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
whether general, special, local or municipal, and whether such
election be held in the whole State or in any county or part
thereof; but the judges and clerks appointed under this article
for the preceding November election shall discharge the duties
of said judges and clerks of election, respectively, within their
several precincts or districts wherein such election shall be
held. Each judge and each clerk must be a legal voter resid-
ing in the precinct or district, as the case may be. for which
he is selected — a man of good capacity and character — able
to speak, read and write the English language, and skilled in
the four fundamental rules of arithmetic, not holding any other
public office or employment, and not a candidate for any office
at the next election; provided, that in the city of Baltimore,
whenever all three supervisors shall file in their office a sworn
statement, in writing, that suitable persons cannot, in their
judgment, be secured in any particular precinct for some of
the offices to be filled, such offices may be in such case tilled
by persons otherwise qualified residing in another precinct
in the same ward.