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Election Registrar. - There shall be in each city, municipality or municipal district at least one election registrar and a clerk appointed by the Commission. Every election registrar shall be appointed to a specific city, municipality or municipal district; and once appointed may not be transferred or removed to another city, municipality or municipal district without cause or his consent, except as provided in Section three, paragraph (d).
The salaries for the positions of election registrar and clerk in the city, municipality and municipal district shall be at such rate as may be determined by the position classification to be made by the Commission: Provided, however, That in the city, municipality or municipal district having four thousand registered voters or less, the Commission may at its discretion appoint an election registrar, attach it to another political subdivision for purposes of registration, or appoint the city, municipality or municipal district treasurer as election registrar with additional compensation to be fixed by the Commission but not to exceed fifty per cent of his salary as treasurer.
The city, municipal or municipal district council, as the case may be, shall provide a suitable place for the office of the registrar: Provided, That in case of failure of the city, municipal or municipal district council to provide such suitable place, the election registrar upon previous authority of the Commission and notice to the council concerned, may lease another place for his office and rentals thereof shall be chargeable to the funds of the city, municipality or municipal district.
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