The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-05-16
Public General Laws.

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of the Circuit Court. In the City OF Bal
tons shall biennialiy appoint some prac-
ticing member of the bar OF ba Itll ~
City to act as general counsei ~ ~
said board and for the Ofncers oL ISe5 81
tration and Judges of Election appolnted
by them in all matters ana proceeuIi5 , ,
pertaining to their duties, ana 10 apPge aa
for and defend the SAID Juages % yhicb
lions at the hearing of all petitions Wnlc CO
may be filed against them as oIlcets y.
registration under the provisions OF thl5
Article. For his services SUCH counsel
shall receive an annual salary OF tWeINe
hundred dollars, to be paid in equal guar
terly instruments by the Mayor ana Clty
Council of Baltimore. He may pc re
moved and other counsel may pc APP
pointed in his place at the discretion, OF
said board; and whenever petitions Ileu
against officers of registration are penn
ing before more than one OF the JUDGES
of the Supreme Bench OF Baltimore Stty I,
at the same time he may appoint with the
approval of the Board of Supervisors, as
many additional counsel as may pc nee
essary to assist him in trying said peti-
tions, who shall each be paid such sum-
not exceeding one hundred and n1ty uo I-
lars in any one year-as he shall certlIy
with the approval of the board OF Supesr
compensation for their respective serVz
ices; provided, that the whole number OF
counsel retained at any one tune, a lnGi 9be
number of judges then engaged In near
ing such petitions.
H. The boundaries OF the election dis
tricts of the counties and of the wards
OF Baltimore City shall remain as now
established by law, but before the frst
general registration held under this Arti,
Gle and before every subsequent general
registration next preceding Presldentlai
election, it shall be the duty of the several
boards of supervisors of election to divlue
and establish precincts in the said cleo
ton districts or wards, as in the 1udS-
ment of said board shall best promote the
convenience of voters; provided, that no
precinct, upon the basis of the registry
of voters in use at the election in the
next year preceding that in winch such
precincts are divided and establishes,
shall contain over four hundred and nfty
(450) registered voters in the city. In di-
viding and establishing precincts in the
City of Baltimore, the new precincts snail
conform to the boundaries of the Legisla-
tive and Congressional districts estap-
lished by law The precincts of each cleo
ton district or ward shall be numbered
from one upward, conSecutiVely. Ihe
boundaries of said precincts shall be made
known by advertisement in one or more
newspapers in said counties or city once
a week for two successive weeks before
the LIST day of July in each year in which
such division is made.
11S. The Board of Supervisors of Elec-
lions In the City OF Baltimore shall
moreover, IN every year in which such
division is made, cause TO be prepared
maps of said city, showing the boundaries
of the wards and precincts as established
by said board. They shall furnish a suffi-
cient number of copies of such maps to
the officers of registration of each pre-
cinct, who shall keep one or more copies
of such maps conspicuouSly posted in the
offices of registration during their sittings.
and the said board shall furnish copies of
such maps to any person who shall apply
for the same and pay fifty cents for each
map SO furnished him.