The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-15

TITLED ELECTIONS" OF THE
CODE OF PUBLIC GENERAL LAW S
OF MARYLAND, AND THE SEVERAL
ACTS AND PARTS OBJ ACTS AMEND
ATORY THERETO, AND TO RE-EN-
ACT THE SAID ARTICLE SO, WITH
AMENDMENTS.
Section !. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of Marylan;:. That Article So,
entitled Elections" of the Code of Pub
lie General Laws of Maryland, and the
several acts and parts Of acts amendatory
thereto, be and the same are hereby re-
pealed, and the said Article SO is hereby
re-enacted, with amendments, SO TO
read as follows:
ARTICLE NNXIII. ELECTICNS.
SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS.
I. The Governor shall biennially appoint
by and with the advice and consent OF
the Senate, If in session, and if not in
session, then the Governor alone shall
appoint, in each and every county Of the
state and in the City of Baltimore. three
persons, who shall constitute and be
styled 1.-The board of supervisors of cleo
tions of the respective counties and OF
said city,
Said supervisors shall be residents and
voters In their respective counties, or in
the City of Baltimore, the case may
be; and two of them shall always be Sc
iected from the two leading political par
ties OF the state, one from each Of said
parties. They shall be men of high char
acter and integrity and of recognized
business capacity. Before appointing
such supervisors of election, the Governor
shall request the state central committees.
representing each of the two leading po-
Htical parties of the state. in each county
and in said city, as the case may be, to des-
ignate at least four eligible candidates
for the position of supervisor Of elections
In their respective counties and in salc
city; and the Governor shall appoint one
OF the persons SO designated for any par
ticular county. OR for said city, unless.
in his judgment, all of said persons Shau
be unfit or incompetent for said position,
in which case he shall file written state
ment 20 that effect with the Secretary OF
State, setting forth such fact and the
grounds therefor. and thereupon he shall
call upon the said committee for the city
or county, as the case may be, for another
list of six names, and from said list and
the original list he shall make the ap-
pointment.
3 Each supervisor Of elections of Balti-
more City shall. receive an annual salary
of fifteen hundred dollars, and each su-
pervisor of elections of any Of the coun
ties of this state shall receive an annual
salary of one hundred dollars, which sal
ary may, in counties having more than
fifteen polling places, be increased by the
county commissioners, in their discretion.
to an amount not exceeding one hundred
and fifty dollars. These salaries, and all
other expenses incurred by them under
this article SHALL upon their reQu1sftion,
be audited by the county commissioners
of their respective counties, or by the
Comptroller of Baltimore City, as the case
may be. who shall pay the same by war
rant drawn upon the proper officers OF
their county or Of said city.
8. Before entering upon the duties OF
their office, said supervisors of elections
shall each take and subscribe the oath
prescribed in the sixth section OF the first
Article of the Constitution, and also an
oath to perform faithfully and honestly
the duties imposed upon them by law.
These oaths shall be taken before and
duly recorded by the clerk OF the Cir
cult Court for the county, or OF the Su-
perior Court of Baltimore City, as the
case may be, who shall be entitled to
fee of twenty-five cents for each oath. to
be paid by the supervisor. Within twenty
days after their appointment the super
visors of election for each county and
for the City Of Baltimore. respectively,
shall organize as board by electing one
of their number as president; and they
shall hold office for two years, and until
their successors are appointed and quail
fed, unless sooner removed, for good
cause shown, by the Governor, who shall
have power to SO remove them at any
time, upon written charges, after notice
and hearing.
4. In case Of any vacancy in the num-
Der of said supervisors of election occur
ring when the Legislature is not in ses-
sion, the Governor shall appoint some
eligible person to fill such vacancy dur
ing the remainder of the term of office OF
the person originally appointed; but If
the latter was appointed as the repre-
sentative of a political party. then only a
person belonging to the same political
party shall be eligible as his successor;
and 1t shall be the duty of the Governor
before appointing such successor, to re-
quest the State Central Committee repre-
senting such political party in the county
or city, as the case may be, to designate
candidates for such successor in the same
manner as in the case of an original ap-
pointment; and If the Governor shall see
TIT not to appoint any one of the persons
SO designated, he shall file his reasons
for not doing SO, as in the case OF an
original appointment. and he shall ap-
point as and from list as provided in case
Of original appointment.
5. Each board of supervisors shall have
an Office, and shall provide all necessary
ballot-boxes and ballots. and all registry
books, poll-books, tally-sheets. blanks.
printed headings and certificates neces-
sary and proper for the registry of vo-
ters and conduct Of elections. and for
every Incidental purpose connected there
with; AND the expenses thereof shall be
paid by the county or by the Mayor and
y Ss as above OF t ssa
the duty of the county commissioners of
the several counties, and Of the May or
more to aoW The use 81 Of
public buildings in their respective couu-
ties, and in said city by the election SUI
the same for such use, and in ali proper
ways to facilitate them in the discharge
Of their duties as sucn supervisors.
6. The board of supervisors of elections
OF the several counties may have clerks.
with the consent of the county commits
sioners for their respective counties. at
commissioning may fix. The supervisors
of elections of the City of Baltimore shall
have clerk at a salary OF twelve hun
dred dollars, and a messenger at sal
mum. The said clerks. and in the City
Ss S e id
of Supervisors, and shall be removable
by them in their discretion. In Baltimore
approval of the supervisory. shall from
time to time secure such temporary as
sistance as may be necessary for the
proper transaction Of the business OF the
office. but the compensation OF such as
sistants to be paid by the Mayor and
CITY COUNCIL OF BdillIQOre upon TeQulSl-
uon BY the said supervisors. shan not
exceed the sum of one thousand dollars
in any one year.
JUDGES AND CLERKS OF ELECTION,
T. In each year the Board of Supervisors
of Elections in the City of Baltimore shall
select, before the first day of July, four
judges Of election, and before the M
teenth day OF September, two clerks for
two Of such Judges and one of such clerks
from each Of The two leading political
parties of the state. The boards OF su-
pervisors in the several counties, IN eacn
year in which an election in November
Is 10 be held IN their respective counties.
shall select, before the first day of July,
two judges of election, and before the
fifteenth day Of September, two more
judges of election and two clerks Tor
each election district in their respective
counties. or Where u district is divided
into voting precincts for each voting
precinct in such district. taking one OF
such Judges and one of such clerks IL
making each such election, and for each
of the two leading political parties Of the
state, SO that such parties shall be
equally represented at all times among
said election officers. 1t shall not be ne
or clerks of election for any election not
held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, whether general.
special, local or municipal, and whether
or any county or part thereof; but the
Judges and clerks appointed under this
article for the preceding November cleo
tion shall discharge the duties of said
within their several precincts or DISTRICTS
wherein such election shall be held. Each
iIdge and each clerk must be a legal
voter residing in the precinct or district