The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-08-23

| They shall register the name OF every
person applying who shall satisfy them
that he is qualified Section q, after
thus prescribing the manner, goes on to
provide that for the purpose Of enabling
the registers to discharge the duty thus
imposed, it shall be the duty of the
| Clerk of the Circuit Court to hand over
the list & books (of registration made last
| year, to the said officers, (the register
Of the present year, who shall proceed
in NE manner hereiabef0re Dic,ii0Hed to
correct aaid list and book Of registration,
50 hat Ae naH,es of aH persoHs ieJaGy
entitled to rate stoR appear haroa, and
the names Of thoJc disqualified shall ap-
pear on the book Of registration, gtM
hc cause ofdiagp9l6cai,oa, II is clear,
beyond a shadow OF question, that the
Office, the duty, OF tie registers Of the
present year, Is to make iull aud com.
plote list Of all persons in this State who
ayc q"aiHcR rgt,fs uader The coastitu.
ton aud laws This is not only their
power, bat il is their sworn duty. To
make ft,ll list OF the qualified voters
or the State is the one, single. oaly Oh.
joct Of tho law authorizing their ap.
poinimeut To accomplish ;hlt result
the law requires them % rgyrer' the let
made last year 81 hot NE aaDts NJ oH
J,ersgas tgoiiy entitled 10 roir aiaH op-
y,car hsrsYa. To corrc.t involves. ncc-
cssarily, the samc power and duty 70
register a name, n qualified, wb.ch tho
registers Of lat year possessed 10 regi7.
ter name ny qualified, or as disqualified.
The power and duty OF tho Tr =
cnt registers IS independent OF the
powers and duties Of the registers Of
last year They are bound to make o
full, rorrois3, liat OF qualified voters.
The fact that any othc, man, or set Of
mcn, failed or refused TO register yo.
ter, is no cause, reason o. excuse f. 80.
iieyc q present register irsm his sworn
duty 10 register the name Of each c.l-
zsu who is q qualified yo,ur Except 10
one sin4le casc The same 2Ilh section
provides bot said officer. ol fcgistfa.
ton shall not pai on the list of voters
tho Hamo of any purs a who was enter.
cl GA Tbs original book of registration
as disqualified under ,bg 3yd, lih OF jih
sections ul article Gut Of the Coual.,g-
ton, without iull legal proof iAai such
disqualification has been removed 10 the
manner prescribed in said sections OF
said article iu the ta1ijiuiiou
tuhhe duty Of tho pre- ent Registers
20 register every maine Ul every peaou
who sha!l safely ihcm, according tol4u.
that be il. OF will bc bgiore thr election
a qualified voter. aiih tho Single ssecp-
tlon contained ia iho quoted caurlualu.
paragraph %! ,he 9Th section Lot us
ASCERTAIN then, With cleaTuess md rfn
cisiou. Else class ol n4mcs which ball
not Be registered hy the present rdgis-
tcrs, without iu.i legal pfao; 60 them
that the disqualification has been gg.
moved lt vii be seen from this very
provision that il 10 the p9ver aud iaiy
cd lbc ptesut sssisleu fegiHirrr,aty
man iu ih.s state, provided chat man
shall offer la the register tall lc.,a. proof
that be Is q qualified voter now that
though be may have been disqualified
heretofore, that disqualification b. now
removed This u referred Co. lYr tho
purpose Of illustrating the proposition
that tho du,y of the present REGISTERS to
nn,kc lat oi Ell qualified voters s. 40
Affirmative duty, independent OF ths
opinions or ac,s Of say registers who
ia4y have preceded them, uuieHs Euah
preceding register has entered the voter
disqualified, Nth M cHBas II dtYaaib-
cairaa uppeviay GA h,r jg9b ~ vrJFtrt.
hoi,5 aud that cause must be oae ~
He raus. syolGsi ~ he Bsti ~, ~ j,h
sections NJ ayi.yk- liof hr to,rftW.gu;
aud must be- such cause as is capable OF
being shown BY full, legal proof 10 have
been removed This juxtapusitiou Of
the several provisions Of the Jaw, touch.
ing this point indicates, Il !. confidently
believed, to an intelligent miui. the
true meaning aud construction oi the
law involved IN the inquiry propouudod
10 vi.
Every qualified voter is entitled tobc
registered. The duty Of Registers is 10
make d list Of all such Even liza vo.
ter, otherwise qualified, was entered dis.
qualified on the original book Of regis.
tra;ion, the cause OF such disqualitca.
ton mas, oJpfar on the books, and
when looked AZ, il must appear 10 be a
cause of disqualification u,,lcr ae 3D.
an, or 5h SEC. ofari,el lt II The I'm.
situation and must appear in such man
aey, a. that full, legal proof can be pro-
1 duced of its removal, if that cause shall
have been removed This brings us to
the inquiry what are the causes OF die.
qualification enumerated ia the Sd, 18th
aud 9TH section of article lst Of the
Constitution Section I'd provides that
no person shall be a qualified voter who
has been convicted Of larcency or other
infamous crime, unless pardoned, and
no lunatie or non oompos sc. Section
4th provides, that no person who has
been in armed hostility TO the United
States, and no person who has left this
State aud gone within the military line,
of the Confederate States Nth Ae pur,
pose of adhcriag to said States or ar
mics, and no person who has given any
aid, comfort, countenance or support tC
those engaged in armed hostility to the
United States, or in any manner ad
hered to the enemies Of tho United
States, or unlawfully sending within the
lines OF such enemies money or goods
or letters or information, or who has dis
Loyalty held communication with Tho
enemies of the United States, or whC
! has ndvised nnv nersDn to enter the ser