JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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holding any other office under the city government; provided,
however, that in the event of a special election being called
by the Mayor and City Council of said city, to be held prior
to the first Monday in May, nineteen hundred and three, the
Board of Supervisors of Election for said city are hereby
authorized and empowered to appoint the necessary judges
and clerks to conduct said election. Such appointments shall
be made not less than one week before the date of said
special election, and the persons so appointed as such judges
and clerks shall have the qualifications hereinbefore pre-
scribed. And the Board of Supervisors of Election shall
promptly till any vacancy that may be occasioned by the
death, resignation, removal from the city or refusal to serve
of any judge or clerk of election appointed by them.
141 D. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties
each judge and clerk of election shall take and subscribe

CHAP. 127.

before some justice of the peace of Harford county the follow-
ing oath of office : "I ——— , residing in the city of Havre
de Grace, do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that I am a legal
voter of the city of Havre de Grace; that I will support the
Constitution of the United States, and that I will be faithful
and bear true allegiance to the State of Maryland, and sup-
port the Constitution and laws thereof; and that I will faith-
fully and impartially discharge the duties of judge (or clerk)
of election for the city of Havre de Grace according to the
best of my ability." And the said judges and clerks shall
have all the powers and be subject to all the penalties provided
by Jaw for judges and clerks appointed for State and county
elections, and they shall receive such compensation as the
Mayor and City Council may prescribe.
141 E. It shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors to

Oath to be
taken.

provide a polling place in said city and to cause the same to
be properly fitted up, warmed, lighted and cleaned. And in
no case shall an election be held in any building or part of a
building used or occupied as a saloon, hotel, pool room, billiard
hall or bowling alley, or communicating therewith by doors
or hallways. If no suitable place is found the supervisors
shall provide one.

Polling place
to be
provided.

141 F. Said Board of Supervisors shall give at least ten
days' notice of all city elections by advertisement in two,
newspapers, if so many be published in said city, and by hand-
bills posted in at least six public places in said city. The
said board shall make all necessary rules and regulations, not
inconsistent with law, for the conduct of elections to be held
in said city under this charter, and they shall have charge of
all regular and special city elections ; all questions shall be
decided by a majority vote of the said board.

Notice of
election to be
given
by advertise-
ment.