1410 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 500

Article, the clerks of the Boards of Supervisors of Elections
in each of said counties and one person in each of said counties
who shall be appointed by the Governor in the same manner
and on the same terms and conditions as the Supervisors of
Elections are appointed and who shall belong to the other lead-
ing political party from that to which the clerk to the Board
of Supervisors shall belong, shall constitute a Permanent
Board of Registry for said county. The members of said
Board of Registry shall take and subscribe the same oath as
is prescribed in Section 7 of this Article for judges of election
and shall devote their entire time to the duties of their office
which shall be performed at the office of the Board of Super-
visors or at such other places as may be designated by said
Supervisors, and which shall include the registration, transfers,
affiliation, or changes of affiliation, of voters and such other
duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board
of Supervisors. In case of the absence of a member of said
Permanent Board on account of illness or other cause, he shall
designate some other person of the same political party to act
in his place under the same conditions and terms as in the
case of absent judges of election. The Boards of Supervisors
of Elections in each such county may also in their discretion
set up such supplemental Boards of Registry as from time to
time they may deem necessary to aid and expedite the work
of the Permanent Board; such supplemental Boards shall con-
sist of two members, each of opposite political parties, and
shall be appointed one by the Supervisor representing the
majority party and one by the Supervisor representing the
chief minority party as the said parties are now or may here-
after be constituted in this State. The salaries and compensa-
tion of members of the Permanent and Supplemental Boards
of Registry and of persons designated as herein above pro-
vided to act in place of a member of the Permanent Board in
case of the latter's absence, shall be fixed as provided in Section
4 of this Article; provided, however, that in Frederick County
each member of the Board of Permanent Registry shall receive
a salary of not less than Twenty-four Hundred Dollars
($2400. 00) per year; AND IN FREDERICK COUNTY, THE
TWO CLERKS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
ELECTIONS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SAID
BOARD, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE FROM EACH OF
TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES THEREIN.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1951.

Approved April 20, 1951.