640 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 340

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sub-section (a) of Section 35 of Article 33
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title
"Elections", sub-title "Registration", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

35.

(a) For the purpose of enabling persons to register in
this manner in Baltimore City and in the counties men-
tioned in Section 23 above, the Board of Supervisors of
Elections of said city and county shall appoint two regis-
trars, as provided in Section 4 of this Article, except that
one shall be appointed by the member 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 the event of the
temporary incapacity of either or both of the registrars,
or when the Registrars in Allegany County are sitting in
various parts of the County other than at the permanent
registration office, as hereinafter provided, the Board of
Supervisors of Elections of said city or county shall appoint
a substitute registrar or substitute registrars who shall
serve during the period of the incapacity or absence of the
regular registrar or registrars. The substitute registrar
or registrars shall be paid the sum of Ten Dollars each per
diem, for each day served, said sum of Ten Dollars per
diem to be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
or by the County Commissioners. The said Board may
also in its discretion appoint such number of temporary
registrars as they may deem necessary to serve no longer
than a period of fifteen days immediately prior to the last
day for the registration of voters preceding any primary
or general election, one-half of whom shall be selected from
a political party opposite to that of the Governor; any two
of such temporary registrars, provided one be of opposite
political affiliation to the other, shall have authority during
the period of their appointment to register, transfer,
affiliate or change the affiliation of any person or persons
so applying. Such registrars and temporary registrars
shall have all the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities
of registration officers, including the right and power of
administering oaths. The temporary registrars shall be
paid the sum of $10.00 each per diem, for each day served,
said sum of $10.00 per diem to be paid by the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore or by the County Commissioners.
In Allegany County, each registrar appointed under the
provisions of this section shall receive compensation at the