Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-28
CITY N EW S.

tion, the correspondence is given in full.
BALTIMORE Oct. 26th, 1865.
To JnO. l.. Thomas, ESQ. WI, Jones' Esq. Hon. Jno;
A. }. Cresswell, Milton Whitney, ESQ.,, Archibald
SStrling Jr, ESQ, Hon. Ii. Winter Davis and
Henry St0ckbrdge, Esq:
Gc"LcMeR:-Some doubts are entertained by some
of the Officers of lstraon, respecting their duties
will greatly obgc us by giving your views on this
''' ''''l'''' 'Tacl; TEomSs As Z. WATKINS.
JAMES FULLER,
THOS. PINDELL,
GEO. r. BERRY,
WM. ii. IlEBDEN,
WM. II. CATHCART
OPINION On THE LAW OF REGISTRATION.
Some diversity Of opinion prevailing among the
Officers of Registration in the State respecting their
rights and duties under the Registration law of the
2st Of March 1862 at the meetings to be held under
the 1lth section of the law, have been requested
to give our professional opinion on its meaning.
We do this with some reluctance in view of the
opinion of the Attorney General of the State, with
which we cannot agree and from which we are very
reluctant to dissent;
permit to hesitate in effort necessary to
all the beneftso Of that law withoutwhich the Consti
The 9Th Section of the Law requires the Officers of
Registration to ascertain and register the name Of
Th1e mate person Of the constitutional age,
sident in the ward or election district in the first
column of the Book Of Registration. and enter in the
second column the fact whether such person were
sworn or not and IN the seventh column the cause ot
disqualification of any one found disqualified.
The section further requires that in the Sth column
the first column the Officers of Registration shall
adjudge to be qualified voters; The other provisions
of this section mmateria for the questions to be
considered.
The 9Th and 10th sections require the officers of
~ ~ 't'o VI = II; u ~, =, ] IT, -,
of Gscc,iaaiHg the residents and enrolling them in
f dT % or TO 10 % dfbcr by bns %'He smmIy nr rc
"uiTcs fbrm whatever they may do at other times to
De N tneir Offices Oh 'hoSo uSs anu noui' III 'no Ill"
go, ~ nrocticoLIc ofter tbc last dov desipno-
tod onJ bSC,re tbc sernnd saturday nf October the
| g ,lIraf ftatlI thp
ti"n 70 pubisb the names of the persons they have
determined To he 0u0IiIcd voters and the publica-
@ t m t" d"nd "G with n"tieo for oIi ncr
ons oil to onneor bcfore them ot the placo
and tiimc named on he two days in November to
Shevr a,,I, n1.;o or other errors in said lists at
which timc The Iis of ouaIified voters shall be cor
rcctcd and finally closed
| b,l.a ,,.,,,,t ,toI III, ~, ~ ~. - ~ '
f 'te ] nav f tbc bool, Of Registration
Jtrit az" W vS VIII ,ItinoI ',;rU W ac" -
2iETb" ei~btb roInmm viii s6oy every person the
3JTbr " a. II,,,n HriI contain +bo cousc Of
dsuoiif,tin, Of Grerv r"rson declared 70 he dis
i,Iifi i th Gir ~ yrs' p1iSoN "10'' VI ~ " "
HI!rlptL P H. y! nd W. ~ p ~ b,.o con,
il ,. tc DLteIS VI may Hinc I'm I'm
lI,tsG etioiS or VlllSSoits' u IsS,$ f
ny IdS utNt alIvt |. "fc''nut ~ 'ie Milte i ItiIo
rc'thIs OF me cohsti9hal age ana some ol tleSe
| ny turh obI 10 nc 4auc.o voters. -
dfa S laS @ m,, e ] al 3u iaanS "
IoS III llle uS! culVhlh 's TGsttehlH VINO may naNo
ncl lehpoiGIHy aoseut VI Sth, VI Ghleu oS "
i loI o"' .L ,,ir w. '
'T m mIeIus.te oalS 10 emllG mem 10 IRE @ I
and eycnled 6em from the eigbt column on in,
sufficient proof Of dsloyalty under the Constitution
Ihey may have rcgIstere9 IN the eighth column nm
actS Of fl1aiifSati"nr and vet annie proofs may be
ready and rendered by citizens of the State on these
! two days;
NoW' II any one IS not feEItereI a. as yotfr & m inc
| OMISSION. ''''''
| its Wholly irreyelant what may be the cause of
the omission, whether the wtul NEGLECT Of the voter
to aG9Ga or E his absence ana INABILITY R to apPeaTb pc tbo or
erroneon g5rmont ON tbc proofs Of his LOYALTY under
| the Constitution