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charge the duties of an officer of registration and judge of elec-
tion (or clerk of election) for the........ precinct of the

........ ward of the city (or district) of........ county, in

the State of Maryland, according to the best of my ability, and
I do further swear (or affirm) that I will not attempt to ascer-
tain, save in cases and in the manner on which I am author-
ized by law so to do, for what candidate or candidates any per-
son shall vote or has voted on any question which may be or
may have been submitted to the vote of the people, and if such
knowledge shall be acquired by me, I will not, directly, or in-
directly, by word or act, divulge or reveal the same or aid in

doing so, save when I am required to do so by law in some
legal proceedings. Provided, however, that in the several
counties, it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors to
designate one of the judges so appointed for each election dis-
trict or precinct as the chief judge of election and to notify
him to appear at the office of said board to take the oath of
office before one of said supervisors and to receive his commis-
sion. The said chief judge shall administer the oath of office
in form and substance as above prescribed, to the other judges
and clerks of election at the registration and polling place and
give them their commissions before entering upon their respec-
tive offices. No fees or extra compensation shall be charged
by or allowed the said chief judge for administering said oaths.
Blank forms for the oath to be administered by said chief judge
shall be furnished by the supervisors, which forms shall be
preserved and returned to the said supervisors in the same man-
ner as provided in Section 63 of this Article in the case of
substitute judges or clerks.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1922.

Approved April 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 196.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments the third
paragraph of section 141 of Article 56 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title "Licenses, " sub-title "Motor
Vehicles, " sub-head "Fees for Registration of Motor
Vehicles, '' as amended by Chapter 506 of the Acts of 1920,
providing a new license fee for motor trucks of a rated
carrying capacity of over one ton, but not more than a ton
and a half.

(Vetoed. )