The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-17

THE REGISTRY LAW

he LAW
The following is the Registry Law, introduced in
the House of Delegates by Mr.. Freancr. and which
has been read the first time:
SECTION l. Be it enacted By the General assembly of
Maryland That the judges of election appointed in and
for any election precinct the city of Baltimore having
taken the oath of office prescribed by law shall with the
assistance of the clerks of election appointed
precinct they having duly qualified proceed to max
list hereinafter prescribed of all persons qualified md
entitled to vote in the precinct of which they
judges said list vixen completed shall and
he known as the Register of of said precinct and
shall at any election to be held thereafter until the
shall have been revised hereinafter provided be taken
and held as the only evidence of qualification of
said precinct
SEC. 2 And be 1t enacted That said judges or a MAORI
ty of them, shall with their clerks, some public
anu place. such as would be proper and lawful
as place for holding election to be selected by them
and approved by the Board of Police within several
precincts at eight o'clock A NJ remain in session
until five O'Clock P. NJ, the first and third Wednes
days of September in each and every year the purpose
of preparing register of voters notice of said
ing of the place where to be held and of its
to be given daily by said judges not less than three of
the daily papers Of the city Of Baltimore II 90 anr will
insert the same for reasonable compensation at least
one week prior to said day of meeting.
SEC g. And be it enacted That said register voters
shall contain the names of the persons qualified and en-
titled to vote in said election precinct alphabetically
ranged according to their respective surnames so as to
show in one column the full length, and in
another column the residence by street and number of
the dwelling if it has number and if not, by oca-
ton or oher description CT the dwelling place Of each
person. said judges of election shall cause to be
entered by their clerks of election in said register on
said days of meeting the names Of all persons known to
them to be residing in their election precinct whose
names appear the registers of voters kept in said pre-
cnc at the last previous election which register shall be
delivered for that purpose by the clerk of the
Office in which the is filed together with their re-
sdences above provided and also the names of all
persons applying to be registered and known to said
Judges who shall by the oath of disinterested legal
voters of said precinct be satisfactorily proven to be enti
tied to vote in said precinct at the ensuing election said
judges shall two fair copies said registers of
voters be made by their clerks of election one of
election of which together with the register voters
OF the last previous election shall be deposited with and
safely kept by the clerk from whom said former register
was received and the other with the clerk of the Superior
Court OF Baltimore city, with the Board Of Police as
the case may be- at both of which places said register
shall be accessible to any voter desiring examine the
same make copies thereof and it shall the duty of
the Board of Police Immediately after said second day of
meeting to said register to be printed at the e
pense Of the city of Baltimore and the register of each
precinct to be set up in at least FIVE different public places
in said precinct not less than week prior to any cleo
tion and shall furnish copies thereof for a reasonable
to any voter requiring the said regis
and said Board of Police to be said judges for
use on each day OF registry revising said register or of
election to be held under said register of voters
SEC. 4. And be it enacted That said Judges of election
snail meet in like manner as is hereinbefore provided
and having given notice of their meeting as is herein.
before provided on the Monday previous any general
or special election for the purpose of revising correcting
and perfectng said registers of voters shall be the
duty OF said judges to strike from said register the name
OF any person hereupon who shall be known or sasfac
toy to them by the oath of two credible legal
voters of the precinct to have died removed from ha
precinct so long previously not to be voter therein
for any other reason not to be entitled therein at
the ensuing election and to place upon said register the
name Of any person not thereto found registered who
shall in like manner be known satisfactorily proven to
be entitled to vote therein at the ensuing election and to
place In the margin opposite to the name so placed
upon or stricken from the register, the and resi-
dences OF the voters tesfyng procuring such name
to be placed upon or stricken from the register
and in case OF striking from the register shall also enter
the reason in brief of such striking off dead removed
infamous not resident whatever the alleged cause of
dlsquaicatons may be, and any person who shall SO
a OOt npliF aI
vote i'll said precinct at the ensuing election to be
placed upon said register of who was entitled to
vote at said election to be stricken from said register
shall be deemed guilty of causing procuring intend
ing to cause or procure such person vote illegally or
OF preventing or hnderng of attempting to prevent
or hinder such voter from voting the case NAV be-
shall be liable to all the penalties imposed for such often
ces ana II said judges said Monday shall not have
completed the revision and correction of said register Of
voters, 1t shall be lawful for them and they are hereby
required to meet upon the succeeding day for the
OF completing said revision and correction so that said
register of voters may be perfect every day of election
procded howecer that if the judges of the election shall
OF their own knowledge upon the evidence of Others
be convinced that any person whose name NAV be rpas
tered as aforesaid is not nevertheless legally entitled to
as II his name had not been registered.
SEC D. AMI be ii enacted, That said judges of election
and all other officers of the city Of Baltimore and of the
State OF Maryland in and for the city of Baltimore shall
nave exercise and incur all the powers, rights duties
and liabilities upon said days. at and about the places
OF repairing and revising said register of voters which by
law they now have exercise and incur respectively upon
the days and at and about the places holding an eec
ton, ana all interference of any kind with any voter in
the exercise, or in going to- returning the exer
else of this right of regstng shall be construed and
held and punished as the interference with his ex
ercse of the right of suffrage and any person who shall
register attempt to register himself any other per
son, Illegally, shall be punished in the same manner as
if he had voted or attempted to vote or nrocnreJ o
tempted to procure another to illegally: and any
person who shall wfully steal destroy or mutate or
at empt to steal, destroy mutate any register of
voters for any precinct shall thereby incur be liable
TO all the pains and penalties by law provided or appon
ed for any who shall steal destroy mutate or at
tempt to steal destroy or mutilate ballots clerks books
tally lists, &c.
SEQ. g. And be 1t enacted That upon the day of holding
any election the clerks of election shall upon their re-
speeuve registers OF voters, in column prepared
Tor that purpose, check the OF every voter bv
making therein whenever he presents himself and
his vote is received by the Judges and any reason
his vote is rejected by the judges of election they shall
IN ike manner check his name by making in said col
umn the register of voters so kent and checked shall
Immediately after the election is concluded and the re-
turns have been made be deposited and fled the one
with the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore CITY
be at all times open public inspection without charges
SEC Z. And be it enacted, That in case any special
election shall he held in the city of Baltimore prior to
the first Wednesday of September eighteen hundred and
sixty the Judges of election for the several precincts
snail select for their respective precincts proper place
Such as Is hereinafter provided for regist erng the
within five days of the time, when they be notified
of the holding of such special elections shall make
puoc advertisement thereof daily in not less than
"i the daily papers of said city, for at least six days and
on the day appointed for registering the voters which
shall ne not less than six nor more than eight davs
from the first publication Of said advertisement the
said judges with their clerks, shall meet at the
place selected and proceed to register the voters
as hereinbeore provided, and shall continue such
registry for three consecutive days and after conclu
sion of said registry the third of said days one copy
thereof shall be filed with the clerk the Superior Court
for Baltimore city and the other with the Board of Police
and said Board of Police shall once cause said registry
to be printed and posted in the precincts as here
inbefoe provided, and upon the Monday and Tuesday
prior to such special election said judges shall hold their
meeting for revising correcting and perectng said regis
ters in all respects is herenbeore provided for the
visng correcting and perectng said registry upon the
Monday prior to any general special election and the
mode OF proceeding by said judges and their clerks
all others and their powers duties and liabilities on and
about the making and correcting of such special registra
on shall be the in all respects upon the making
and correcting of any general registration provided for
in this act.
SEC. 8, And be 1t enacted, That said judges of cleo
ton shall receive the compensation per day while
engaged in the preparation and revision of said register
OF voters, which by law allowed and paid to them for
their services upon day of election and all books for
registry shall be furnished to said judges elections by
the Board of Police, and such books and all places of
meeting for preparing and revising said register
and OF holding elections shall be procured at the expense
of the corporation of the city Of Baltimore and paid for
by it.