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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

performance of their duties as provided in said
act of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, chapter
twenty-two, section nine, shall sit for the pur-
pose of performing the duties imposed upon
them by said act, and by this act, at some place
or places to be selected by them or a majority of
them, as convenient as possible to all the resi-
dents of said precinct, from the second Monday
in May in every year in which an election shall
be held in said city of Baltimore, inclusive of
said days, for two successive days, and for the
same number of days in each of the several
months of June, July and September, beginning
on the second Monday of each of said several

When ex-
cepted,

months, and for two days in the month of Octo-
ber, beginning on the first day of said month,
unless the first day should happen to be Sunday,
in which case said sitting shall begin on the
second day of said month in every year in which
an election shall be held in said city. Said sit-
tings shall be respectively called the May, June,
July, September and October sittings. The said

Hours of sit-
ting.

respective officers of registration shall sit at
said several sittings in the city of Baltimore
with open doors from ten o'clock A. M. to ten
o'clock P. M., on each day of their sessions, and
their proceedings, whilst so sitting, shall be pub-
lic and open to free inspection, without any
obstruction whatever.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said sev-

When to sir.

eral officers of registration for the respective
election districts in the counties of this state, in-
stead of sitting five days in September and two
days in October in each year as prescribed by
the said act of eighteen hundred and eighty-two,
chapter twenty-two, section ten, shall sit for the
purpose of performing the duties imposed upon
them by said act, and by this act, daily for two
successive days in the month of May, for three
successive days in September and for five suc-
cessive days in October in every year in which
an election shall be held in said counties ; said
sittings in May and September to commence on
the second Monday of said months respectively,

Sittings— what
called.

and the October sitting to commence on the first
Monday in October. Said sittings shall in like
manner be called the May, September and Oc-