The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-04-16
THE NEW ELECTION LAW,
A Synopsis and What it Provide:
For.


For.
The new registration and election
law passed by the Legislature has
beer signed and is now a law. BY
its passage all registration officers
appointed by the governor have
been legislated out of Office.
The law provides that three cleo
ton supervisors shall be appointed
by the Governor, and those appoin.
ted before the passage of this act
shall remain as though appointed
since its passage.
They shall receive the sum Of
500 each per year where there are
less than fifteen districts; If more
than fifteen districts the county
missiopers can increase the sal
airy to $3.50.
The county commissioners shall
allow the supervisors free use OF
public BIZ dings for election and
registration purposes and furnish
such clerk or clerks as may be nee
essary.
In counties the supervisors shall
select before July 1st in each year,
two judges of election and in Sep
TENDER two more judges and two
clerks for each election district Of
precinct in the county. Two of the
judges and one clerk shall be from
each of the two political parties, so
that both parties shall be equally
represented at all times.
Each judge and each clerk APP
pointed under this act shall be a
legal voter residing in his district,
OF good capacity and character,
able to speak, read and write the
English language and thoroughly
versed in the four Fundamentals
rules Of arithmetic. Not holding
ally other public office or not can
didate for office at the next election.
He shall be exempt from jury duty
during his term of office and for
one year thereafter.
All persons selected above shall
appear for examination, and, seleo.
tions made to be published. Ii
such persons are objected to, super
visors to make new selections and
publish the same as the first selec.
tons are published, in two papers
of opposite political faith. All pa.
pers, books and records of registrars
or election supervisors are to be
open to public inspection.
Ten days notice of registration
shall be given and there will be six
sittings. In 1896 there will be a
new general registration in the
counties, and every eight years
thereafter. In Baltimore city there
will be an annual registration.
The two judges of election ap,
pointed in July shall be the officers
Of registration for the district in
which they reside and they will sit
one day each on the seventh, sixth.
fifth, fourth and third weeks before
election day.
Nominations can be made by 30.
lltlcal conventions or primary
elections without conventions. Also
by signatures of 500 voters fol
State office; 800 for county OF
Annapolis, Frederick, Hagerstown
or Cumberland. independent
nominations shall contain the sig
nature, occupation, residence and
place Of business of the voter. These
papers 10 be sworn to before Just.
ice OF the peace and by voter OF
voters (known to the magistrate
who is we'll acquainted with and
knows the persons who sign suct
papers to be registered voters in the
district or ward IN which they claim
to reside, and that they saw SAID
voter or voters sign such paper
The sheriff shall be allowed $12 and
no more for duties to be performed
at each election by him.
Registration officers. judges anC
clerks shall be paid $500 per day
for their services, or so cents pei
hour for each fraction of g day.
The bounds of districts to remain
the same as now, but before Tho
next general registration they shall
be changed SO as not to have more
than $50 voters in each.
The law as passed contains Is:
sections.