SOMERSET COUNTY. 1081

shall be liable to presentment and indictment in the Circuit
Court for Somerset County, and on conviction thereof shall be
fined not less than one hundred dollars, or be confined in the
penitentiary of the State for not exceeding one year, and shall
forever thereafter be disqualified from holding an office of
profit or trust created under the corporation of Crisfield, or to
vote at any election thereafter held by or under this subtitle or
the municipal authority of Crisfield.

59. The Mayor shall by publication in one or more news-
papers published in Crisfield, at least ten days prior to holding
any such elections, give notice thereof, stating the object of said
election and the time, place and hours of holding the same.
The Mayor shall, at least three days prior to the holding of any
such elections, appoint .three persons, qualified voters of said
city, two of whom shall be of the majority party or division of
opinion, at such election, and one from the minority or largest
minority, to act as the judge of the election, who, before acting
as such, shall take oath in due form of law before the Mayor or
a Justice of the Peace of Somerset County, to fairly and im-
partially perform the duties of judges of said election. In case
any of the persons so appointed as judges shall fail to appear
and qualify or open the polls at the hour appointed therefor, or
to perform any of the duties required of them as such judges
and unless excused before the time of opening the polls by the
Mayor, then the judge or judges so failing to qualify or to
open the polls, or to perform any other of the duties required
of him or them as such judge or judges, or unless incapacitated
by sickness, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction after indictment shall be fined not less than $50.00,
nor more than $500.00, and be committed to the county jail
until fine and costs are paid, or shall be both fined and sen-
tenced to the House of Correction for not less than three nor
more than twelve months, at the discretion of the Court. In
case any or all of the judges so appointed shall fail to qualify
or be present at the opening or to open the polls, then the
Mayor shall at once appoint another person or persons to act
in place of the one (or of those) not qualified or being present,
and if the Mayor shall fail to appoint a new judge or judges as
aforesaid, then the judge or judges who is or are present shall
appoint from the qualified voters who are present some quali-
fied judge or judges to act as judge or judges in lieu of the one
or more failing to be present or to qualify or to act as aforesaid,
and the judge or judges present may administer the required
oath to the judge or judges so appointed. And in case that
none of the judges are present at the time for the opening of
the polls at such election, then the qualified voters who are
present shall select three of their number, who shall qualify