918                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                         CH. 490

integrity and to the best of their knowledge and belief has not been
convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude FOR WHICH A
PARDON HAS NOT BEEN GRANTED.

(2) The requirement of residence in the senatorial district or
subdistrict STATE is not applicable to persons appointed as an official
court reporter by any court of Baltimore City; nor it is applicable to
persons appointed as an official court reporter or court stenographer

by any court of the First Judicial Circuit, comprising the Circuit

Courts for Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester Counties,
or the Seventh Judicial Circuit, comprising the Circuit Courts for
Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and St. Mary's Counties OR ANY
COUNTY.

(d) The fee for an application for appointment as a notary is
five dollars ($5.00) and shall accompany the application AND SHALL
BE PAID TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT UPON QUALIFICA-
TION. The Secretary of State is authorized to fix such other reason-
able fees as may be required for the processing of applications and
the issuance and renewal of notarial commissions.

(e)(l) Completed applications for appointment as a notary, to-
gether with all required fees and the bond, shall be forwarded by the
State Senator making the appointment to the Secretary of State for
submission to APPROVAL BY the Governor. The Secretary of State
shall notify the appointing Senator and the applicant of his appoint-
ment as a notary. Each person so appointed shall obtain a notarial
commission signed by the Governor and the Secretary of State under
the great seal of the State from the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the
county in which the notary resides or from the Clerk of the Superior
Court in Baltimore City if the notary resides therein. The notary
shall pay to the clerk a sum to be fixed by the Secretary of State for
registration of the name and address of each notary.

(2) Any notarial commission may be renewed by making appli-
cation either to the State Senator approving the original appointment
or to any Senator elected from REPRESENTING the district or
AND subdistrict in which the notary resides.

(f)    The Secretary of State is authorized to prepare and adopt
such forms as may be required under this section, including the form
of original applications, the form of commissions and forms for
renewal of commissions.

(g)    Any notary public may be removed from office by the Gover-
nor for good cause either on his own initiative or upon a request made
to him in writing by the Senator who approved the appointment.
After notice to the notary and the conduct of OPPORTUNITY FOR
a hearing by BEFORE the Secretary of State, the Secretary shall
submit his recommendation to the Governor for such action as the
Governor may determine to be required in the case.

A notory may exercise all functions of the office of notary in any

[other county or city than the county or city] district or subdistrict

other than the one for which he may be appointed, with the same

power and effect in all respects as if the same were exercised in the

[county or city] district or subdistrict for which he may be

appointed.

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