LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

J J, 270K K K K, 270 L L L L, 270 M M M M, 270 N N. N N, 270 O O O O, 270P P P P, 270 Q Q Q Q, 270 R R R R, 270 S S S S, 270 T T T T, 270 U U U U, 270 Y Y V V, 270 W W W W, 270 X X X X, 270 Y T Y Y, 270 Z Z ZZ, 270 A A A A A, 270 B B B B B, 270 G O 0 0 0, 270 D D D D D, 270 E E E E E, 270 F F F F F, which shall read as follows : SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS. 270 B. The Governor shall, on or before the third day of
February, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and on or before the same day in every third year thereafter, ap- point, by and with the advise and consent of the Senate, if, in session, and if not in session, then the Governor alone shall appoint in the city of Frederick three persons, who shall con- stitute and be styled "The Board of Supervisors of Elections of Frederick City." Said Supervisors shall be residents and voters in the city of Frederick, and two of them shall always be selected from the two leading political parties of the State, one from each of said parties. They shall be men of high character and integrity, and of recognized business capacity. Before appointing such Supervisors of Elections, the Governor shall request the City Executive Committees representing each of the two leading political parties of the State to designate at least four eligible candidates for the position of Supervisor of Elections in said city, and the Governor shall appoint one of the persons so designated for said city, unless, in his judgment, all of said persons shall be unfit or incompetent for said posi- tion, in which case he shall ale 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 said city for another list of six names, and from said list and the original list he shall make the appoint- ment. Each of said Supervisors of Elections of Frederick City shall receive the sum of twenty five dollars, as compensa- tion for his services during his term of office, from the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick. These salaries and all other expenses incurred by them shall be audited by the Board of Aldermen of said city, who shall pay the same by warrant drawn upon the proper officer of said city.	Governor appoint
270 C. Before entering upon the duties of their office, said Supervisors of Elections shall each take and subscribe the oath prescribed in the sixth section of the first Article of the Constitution, and also an oath to perform faithfully and hon- estly the duties imposed upon them by law.	Oath.