The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-08-04

SAID city anu the respective counties, said
books to be so arranged as to admit of the
alphabetical classification of the names,
and ruled in parallel columns, on which
shall be entered, first, the name of the
person registered second, sworn third,
his age; fourth, the place Of bis birth ;
.fJth, the time of residence in the city of
Baltimore and election precinct or county
and election district; Sirth, if natural
lied, the date of the papers and the court
by which issued j.; seventh, Disqualified
ton; eighth, qualified voter.
Sec. 5. Ana lie it enacted, That the said
officers of registration shall ascertain and
register the names Of every white male
person, resident In and temporarily absent
from their wards or election districts,
and after recording the surname and chris
tian name, shall administer to such per-
sons the oath Of allegiance as prescribed
by the fourth section of Article frst, of
the Constitution, and tho further oath,
that he will make true answer to such
questions as they may PROFOUND to him,
touching his right to resignation and
voting, and enter in the proper column
the fact whether such person has or has
not been sworn, third, the age of such
person fourth, the place of his birth !;
Jitth, the time he has resided in the city
of Baltimore or the county in which he is
to be registered; sirth, if naturalized, the
date of his final paper or certificate of
naturalization, and the court, county and
State whence issued {; seventh, if disqual-
flied, the cause of reason of disqualified
ton, whether non-residcnce, homage,
alienage, infamy, lunatic, or non. compos
mentis, disloyalty under the fourth section
Hof Article first of the Constitution, of
bribery as described in the fifth section
of said first Article eighth, the name of
of qualified voters, Quitting from said COL
umn the names of disqualified persons,
and inserting in lieu thereof the names of
one or more witnesses by whom the dis
qualification was proven, if the disqual-
flying cause arises from the provisions of
the fourth or fifth sections of said first
Article.
SEC. 6. Be At enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the officers of registration, be-
fore entering any name on the register of
voters, to diligently enquire and ascertain
that such person has not done any of the
acts which are declared in the third,
fourth and fifth sections of the said first
article of the Constitution, as causesof dis.
qualification, and if the evidence brought
to their knowledge shall satisfy thom that
he is disqualified under either of said Sec
tons, they shall not enter his name as a
voter in said eighth column or register of
qualified voters, but shall carefully ex-
clude it thcrefrom, Notwithstanding he
may have taken the oath of allegiance
prescribed in section four of said first Ar
ticle Of the Constitution.
Sec. 7. Bet enacted, That the officers
Of registration shall not allow the name of
any foreign born citizen Or resident to be
entered in said eighth column or register
of qualified voters, unless his naturaliza-
ton papers be produced and exhibited to
them, and by them be endorsed with the
date of their exhibition, and entering in
the sixth column the facts required in the
third section of this act.
Sec. s. BE 1t enacted, That it shall be
the duty of said officers of registration to
enter in said register of qualified voters
the name of every person who shall apply
to them to be registered, and who shall
satisfy them that he is qualified to vote
under the provisions of the first Article
of the Constitution and the laws of the
State, or who shall prove to their satisfac-
tion that he will be of age and so qualified
to vote on or before the day of the next
ensuing election.
Sec. 8. Be 1t enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the said officers of registration
or majority of them, to meet and sit at
some convenient place in the several
wards of the city of Baltimore and the
several election districts of the respect
i've counties for which they shall be ap-
pointed, the first Tuesday and Wednesday
of every week, from the first Monday in
August to the third Wednesday of Sep
tembor, inclusive, for the purpose of dis
charging their duties as officers of regis
tration according to the provisions of this
act, and they shall give notice of the time
and place of meeting at least ten days be-
fore the day of their first meeting, by
publication in three newspapers in the
city Of Baltimore, one Of which shall be
published in the German language, and
one or more newspapers in each county
having the largest circulation, and also
by handbills posted at such public places
as they may select, in the several pre-
cincts in the city of Baltimore and cleo
ton districts of the several counties, and
in case of making change in the place
of meeting, they shall at once publish in
said papers notice Of such change as here
in prescribed, said notices and publica-
tions to be paid for by the Mayor and
City Council Of Baltimore, and the Coun-
ty Commissioners of the several counties
Sec. 10. BE ii enacted, That the said
officers of registration, for the purpose of
facilitating them in the discharge of their