ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1115

of the Acts of 1920, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments to read as follows:

81-A. The Judges of the Orphans' Court of St. Mary's
County shall receive two hundred and fifty dollars each per
annum.

SEC. 2. And lie it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1927.

Approved April 5, 1927.

CHAPTER 541.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 126
of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924
Edition), title "Elections, " sub-title "Compensation, " pro-
viding additional pay for judges and clerks of election in
St. Mary's County working after closing of polls.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 126 of Article 33 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Elections, " sub-title
"Compensation, " be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments to read as follows:

126. The sheriffs in the several counties shall, respectively,
be allowed the sum of twelve dollars ($12. 00) for each election
held in their county for the performance of the duties therein
required, to be levied as other county charges; provided, that
when two or more elections are to be held the same day the
sheriff shall not be allowed more than twelve dollars for such
election (except in Baltimore City); all judges, whether acting
as or sitting as officers of registration, and clerks of election,
shall be allowed and paid three dollars per day; fractions of
a day shall be allowed for at the rate of thirty cents an hour.
In the City of Baltimore, in the year 1907, and thereafter, the
judges when acting as officers of registration shall be allowed
and paid eight dollars a day, and all judges and clerks when
sitting as officers of election shall be allowed and paid ten
dollars for each election conducted by them; each judge and
each clerk of election who has performed all the duties and