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hundred dollars ($3, 500) per annum, an assistant chief clerk
at a salary of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3, 500) per annum,
two registrars at a salary of three thousand dollars ($3, 000)
each per annum, two clerks at a salary of twenty-five hundred
dollars ($2, 500) each per annum, one clerk at a salary of
twenty-two hundred dollars ($2, 200) per annum, two clerks at
a salary of nineteen hundred dollars ($1, 900) each per annum,
three clerks at a salary of eighteen hundred dollars ($1, 800)
each per annum, four clerks at a salary of seventeen hundred
dollars ($1, 700) each per annum, a custodian of voting
machines at a salary of two thousand dollars ($2, 000) per
annum, three deputy custodians of voting machines at a
salary of eighteen hundred dollars ($1, 800) each per annum,
a stenographer at a salary of twelve hundred dollars ($1, 200)
per annum, and two typists at a salary of one thousand dol-
lars ($1, 000) each per annum. After January 1, 1940, the
Supervisors of Elections of the City of Baltimore shall, in addi-
tion to the above mentioned employees, have ten clerks at a
salary of eighteen hundred dollars ($1, 800) each per annum,
and a stenographer at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars
($1, 500) per annum. Nothing in this section shall be so con-
strued as to prevent the said Board of Supervisors of Elections
from requiring any of the above mentioned employees to per-
form such duties as the said Board may, in its discretion,
deem advisable. The said clerks, and in the City of Baltimore,
the chief clerk and the other employees above enumerated shall
The appointed by the respective boards of supervisors and shall
be removable by them in their discretion except that in Balti-
more City one of the registrars shall be appointed by the mem-
ber of the board who shall have been selected from the political
party opposite to that of the Governor; and shall be removable
by such member of the board in his discretion. In Baltimore
City, the chief clerk, with the approval of the supervisors,
shall from time to time, secure such temporary assistants as
may be necessary for the proper transaction of the business
of the office, but the compensation of such assistants to be paid
by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, upon requisition
by the said supervisors shall not exceed the sum of five
thousand dollars ($5, 000) in any one year. In Washington
County the Supervisors of Elections shall appoint a clerk who
shall receive an annual salary of not less than six hundred
dollars ($600) per annum, which salary may be increased by
the County Commissioners in their discretion. The clerk so
appointed shall hold his office at the pleasure of the Board of
Supervisors of Elections, and shall be removable by them in
their discretion at any time. It shall be the duty of the clerk
in said county, with the approval of the Supervisors of Elec-
tions, to secure such temporary assistants as may be necessary