prosecution for a violation of the provisions of this Article. Every Article which, by the provisions of this article or the laws of the State, is made a crime when committed with reference to the election of a candidate is equally criminal, and subject to the same punishment when committed with reference to a proposition to be submitted to the people to be decided by the votes cast at an election.

109. It shall be the duty of the Supervisors of Elections to aid in the prosecution of all crimes and offenses against this article, and when, in the judgment of Supervisors, there is probable cause for believing that an offense has been committed, it shall be their duty to cause a prosecution to be instituted in accordance with the provisions of this article.

COMPENSATION.

110. The sheriffs in the several counties shall, respectively, be allowed the sum of $12 for each election held in their county, for the performance of the duties herein required, to be levied as other county charges; provided, that when two or more elections are held on the same day, the sheriff shall not be allowed more than twelve dollars for such elections.

All judges and clerks of election shall be allowed and paid three dollars a day; fractions of a day shall be allowed for at the rate of thirty cents an hour. Each judge and clerk of election who has performed all the duties and services required of him by this article shall be allowed pay for his time as above provided. When any judge or clerk does not perform all the services required by this article, then such Board of Supervisors of Elections shall audit his time and allow him compensation only for the time during which he has actually served.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

111. All oaths required by this article to be in writing, shall have a certificate of the officer taking the same attached and signed by him, and said Supervisors of Elections, officers of registration and judges of election are hereby

empowered to administer all oaths and affirmations required in the discharge of the duties of their respective offices.

112. The word "election" as used in this article shall be construed to include elections had within any county or city for the purpose of enabling voters to choose some public officer or officers under the laws of this State or of the United States, or to pass upon any amendment, law or other public act or proposition submitted to vote by law.

The word "precinct" as used in this article shall be construed to mean an election district in a county or an election precinct in such district, or in a ward of the city of Baltimore, as the case may be.

In computing the times for notices to be given under this article, Sundays shall be included, except when the day on which said notice should be given should happen to fall on Sunday, in which event the same shall be given on the Monday following; the day of giving a notice and the day of registration or election shall be excluded.

113. In all trials for offenses against any of the provisions of this article, or of any existing law relating to registration or elections where such offense is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary the State and defence shall each be entitled to twenty peremptory challenges of jurors.

114. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General within three months after the adoption of this article to prepare instructions and blank forms necessary for the use of the officers of registration and of election created by this article; and this article with said forms and instructions so prepared, and with other provisions of the Constitution and laws touching the same matters, and with a proper index thereto, shall be published by the Secretary of State, and shall be distributed by him to the Supervisors of Elections in quantities sufficient to supply the judges of election, and other officers requiring the same. The expense of printing shall be paid from the Treasury of the State. Α price shall be fixed by the Secretary of State at which copies may be furnished to purchasers.

115. At least thirty days before every State election the Attorney-General shall prepare full instructions for the guidance of voters at such election, as to obtaining ballots, as to the manner of marking them and the method of gaining assistance, and as to obtaining new ballots in the place of those accidentally destroyed, with such other instructions as shall, in his opinion, be necessary and proper. Said instructions shall be furnished by the Secretary of State to the several Boards of Supervisors of Elections, who shall, respectively, cause the same, together with copies of sections 61, 62 and 63 of this article, to be printed in large, clear type on separate cards, to be called "Cards of Instructions," and said Boards of Supervisors shall furnish twelve of the same with the ballots for use in each election precinct; they shall also cause to be printed on tinted paper ten or more copies of the form of ballot provided for each voting place at each election therein, which shall be called "Specimen Ballots," and the same shall be furnished with the other ballots prepared for each voting place. On the morning of said election the said Supervisors of Elections shall cause to be conspicuously posted in each polling place said cards of instruction and fac-simile ballots, and one of said cards of instruction shall be affixed in each booth or voting compartment, and the specimen ballots shall be conspicuously displayed in said polling-room and on the outside of the building wherein said voting shall take place. Not less than three of said cards and three of said specimen ballots shall be posted outside the guardrails.

116. It shall be the duty of the State's Attorneys in the counties to act as counsel for the Boards of Supervisors of Elections and for the judges of elections, in all matters and proceedings pertaining to their duties, and they shall receive therefor such compensation as the Circuit Court shall approve. In the city of Baltimore the Board of Supervisors of Elections shall biennially appoint some practicing member of the bar of Baltimore city to act as general

counsel for the said Board and for the officers of registration and judges of election appointed by them in all matters and proceedings pertaining to their duties, and to appear for and defend the said judges of election at the hearing of all petitions which may be filed against them as officers of registration under the provisions of this Article. For his services such counsel shall receive an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, to be paid in equal monthly instalments by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. He may be removed and other counsel may be appointed in his place at the discretion of said Board; and whenever petitions filed against officers of registration are pending before more than one of the judges of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore city at the same time, he may appoint, with the approval of the Board of Supervisors, as many additional counsel as may be necessary to assist him in trying said petitions, who shall each be paid such sum-not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars in any one yearas he shall certify, with the approval of the Board of Supervisors, to be a reasonable and proper compensation for their respective services; provided, that the whole number of counsel retained at any one time, including himself, shall in no case exceed the number of judges then engaged in hearing such petitions.

117. The boundaries of the election districts of the counties and of the wards of Baltimore city shall remain as now established by law, but before the first general registration held under this article and before every subsequent general registration next following a Presidential election it shall be the duty of the several Boards of Supervisors of Elections to divide and establish precincts in the said election districts or wards, as in the judgment 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 year next preceding that in which such precincts are divided and established shall contain over 600 registered voters in the counties or over 450 registered voters in the city. In dividing and establishing pre

cincts in the city of Baltimore, the new precincts shall conform to the boundaries of the Legislative and Congressional districts established by law. The precincts of each election district or ward shall be numbered from one upward consecutively. The 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 first day of July in every year in which such division is made.

118. The Board of Supervisors of Elections 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 sufficient number of copies of such maps to the officers of registration of each precinct, 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.

CONTESTED ELECTIONS.

119. All contested elections for Comptroller of the Treasury, judges, clerks of the courts of law, and registers of wills, shall be decided by the House of Delegates, and the testimony shall be taken in such cases in the same manner as herein prescribed in contested seats of the Senate or House of Delegates.

120. All cases of contested elections of any of the officers not provided for in the Constitution, or in the preceding section, shall be decided by the judges of the several circuit courts--each in his respective circuit-and by the Superior Court of Baltimore city, in the city of Baltimore.

121. Each judge of the Circuit Court and of the Superior Court of Baltimore city, may adopt such mode of proceeding and adjudging costs in cases of contested elections as to him shall seem most satisfactory, but the rules of taking