628 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 269

conferred upon the several Boards of Supervisors of Elections
of this section, they shall sub-divide any election district or
election precinct or precincts, they shall appoint officers of
registration and judges and clerks of election therefor, as in
this Article provided, who shall have all the powers, perform
all the duties, be subject to all the responsibilities and be liable
to all the penalties prescribed in this Article for officers of
registration, judges and clerks of election. All the members
of the Boards of Supervisors for the several counties when-
ever any such district, precinct or precincts is or are divided
as herein provided, shall sign their names to the books which
contain the names copied from the original books for such new
district or precinct in the hands of such supervisors, and shall
duly certify that said new books contain all the names of the
persons entitled to vote in such newly established district or
precinct, such said certificate shall appear on the blank line
next following the last name in each letter of the alphabetical
list of names in the new book so transcribed, and such said
certificates shall be attested by the clerk to the respective
Boards of Supervisors; and said Boards of Supervisors shall
furnish to the officers of registration and judges of election ap-
pointed by them for such new additional voting precincts full
and complete sets of registry books containing the names of
all voters already registered, duly and properly arranged for
such additional voting precincts, and for the entering upon
such registry books persons entitled to be newly registered
thereon, and the cost of such sub-division and preparation of
proper registry books shall be paid by the County Commis-
sioners of the counties in which such sub-divisions shall be
made upon proper requisitions and vouchers presented by the
Boards of Supervisors of Elections. The boundaries of said
additional precincts established under this section shall be
made known by advertisement in two newspapers in said coun-
ties, once a week for three successive weeks, before the first
day of September in each year, in which such sub-division is
made, said newspapers to be designated as provided in other
cases under this Article where advertisements are required to
be made in at least two newspapers; provided, however, that
nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or change
the boundaries or location of any precinct as now established
by the several Boards of Supervisors of Elections, and all pre-
cincts as now located and laid out or sub-divided by the Super-
visors of Elections be and the same are hereby sanctioned, rati-