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P U B L I C LAW 3 7 6 - A U G. 12, 1955

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(b) Each member of the Board shall be paid compensation of $25 per day while performing duties under this Act. Except as provided in subsection (a) no person shall be ineligible to serve or to receive compensation as a member of the Board because he occupies another office or position or because he receives compensation (including retirement compensation) from another source. The right to compensation from another source otherwise secured to such a person under the laws of the United States shall not be abridged by the fact of his service or receipt of compensation as a member of the Board, or as an employee of the Board. FUNCTIONS o r BOARD

SEC. 5. (a) The Board shall— (1) maintain a permanent registry, keeping it accurate and current; (2) conduct registrations and elections; (3) print, distribute, and count ballots, or provide and operate suitable voting machines; (4) divide the District into appropriate voting precincts, each of which shall contain at least three hundred and fifty registered persons; (5) operate polling places; (6) certify nominees and the results of elections; and (7) perform such other duties as are imposed upon it by this Act. (b) The Board, and persons authorized by it, may administer oaths to persons executing affidavits pursuant to sections 7 and 8. I t may provide for the administering of such other oaths as it considers appropriate to require in the performance of its functions. (c) The Board may prescribe such regulations as it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. (d) The Board may employ necessary personnel, at such rates of compensation as may be fixed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, without reference to the provisions of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. BOARD TO BE INDEPENDENT AGENCY

SEC. 6. (a) I n the performance of its duties, the Board shall not be subject to the direction of any nonjudicial officer of the District. (b) The District government shall furnish to the Board, upon request of the Board, such space and facilities as are available in public buildings in the District to be used as registration or polling places, and such records, information, services, personnel, offices, and equipment, and such other assistance and facilities, as may be necessary to enable the Board properly to perform its functions. Subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, privately owned space, facilities and equipment may be rented for the registration, polling, and other functions of the Board. REGISTRATION

SEC. 7. (a) No person shall vote in any election in the District unless he is a qualified elector and, except as provided in subsection (e), is registered in the District. (b) No person shall be registered unless— (1) he is a qualified elector;

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