ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  859

transaction of the business of the office, but the compensation
of such assistants shall not exceed the sum of three hundred
dollars ($300. 00) in any one year. The salary of the clerk
and the compensation of the temporary assistants shall be pay-
able by the County Commissioners of Washington County.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a new section be,,
and the same is hereby added to Article 33 of the Annotated
Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, Edition of
1924, title "Elections, " sub-title "Miscellaneous Provisions, "
the said new section to follow immediately after Section 135,.
to be known as Section 135A, and to read as follows:

135A. The Board of Supervisors of Elections of Washing-
ton County shall annually on the first day of June in each
year appoint some practicing member of the bar of Washing-
ton County to act as general counsel for said board, and for
the officers of registration and judges of election, appointed
by them in all matters and proceedings pertaining to their
duties and to appear for and defend said Board of Super-
visors, officers of registration and judges of election at the
hearing of all petitions and suits which may be filed or brought
for or against them under the provisions of Article 33 of the
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Elections, "
or involving their rights and duties thereunder. For his
services as such general counsel he shall receive an annual
salary of not less than two hundred dollars ($200. 00), which
salary may be increased by the County Commissioners of
Washington County, and shall be paid by said County Com-
missioners. The said general counsel shall hold his office at
the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors of Elections of
Washington County, and may be removed by said board in
their discretion at any time, and upon such removal, the said
supervisors shall be authorized to appoint other counsel. He
shall not receive any other compensation, emolument, pay, fee,
appearance fee or recompense of any kind whatsoever for his
services as such general counsel, and no attorney's fee shall
be taxed as a part of the costs in any case in which he appears
as such general counsel.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That all laws or parts
of laws inconsistent with this Act, be, and the same are hereby
repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.