830                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 392

(8)    Cecil County: $600.

(9)    Charles County: $600.

(10)    Dorchester County: $500.

(11)    Frederick County: $480 $800.

(12)    Garrett County: $450 $600.

(13)    Harford County: $800.

(14)    Howard County: Chairman, $900.; associate members, $800.
each.

(15)    Kent County: $400.

(16)    Montgomery County: $1,200 $2,000.

(17)    Prince George's County: $1,800 $3,000.

(18)    Queen Anne's County: $500.

(19)    St. Mary's County: $500.

(20)    Somerset County: $1,000.

(21)    Talbot County: $300 $600.

(22)    Washington County: $600 $800.

(23)    Wicomico County: $800. for each member of the Board, plus
an additional sum of $200. for the chairman of the board.

(24)    Worcester County: $800. for each member of the Board,
plus an additional sum of $200. for the chairman of the board.

(b) Each substitute member of the board shall receive a per diem
compensation for each day he actually serves as such, in an amount
as shall be set from time to time by the county commissioners or
county councils of the county or the mayor and city council of
Baltimore, as the case may be, except that such compensation shall
not be less than ten dollars ($10.00) per day.

2-4. Payment of salaries and expenses of boards; office space.

(a)    Each board shall have an office and shall provide all supplies
and equipment necessary and proper for the registration of voters
and the conduct of all elections.

(b)    The expenses incurred by each board in furnishing supplies
and equipment as provided in subsection (a) and all other necessary
and reasonable expenses of each board shall be an expenditure of
the county or Baltimore City in which the board is located, and
shall be payable as other expenses are payable by the County Com-
missioners, County Councils, or the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, as the case may be.

2-5. Appointment of counsel.

(a)    Each board may appoint as its counsel a practicing attorney
of the bar of its particular subdivision, WHO IS A RESIDENT
THEREOF, AND WHO SHALL, DURING THE TIME OF ACTING
AS COUNSEL, NOT HOLD OR BE A CANDIDATE FOR ANY
PUBLIC OR PARTY OFFICE.

(b)    The salary of the counsel shall not exceed the salary of the
members of the board.