The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-05-04
A BILL


A BILL
Entitled dn ici 10 rcpcGiibe Ici ~ ,ighf,,p
hundred and si1fy.f re. ch1ptsI I'm. Inn.
dr,d and sercniy;Jonr. ,,ti'i,d m LEI r,il.
ting 10 The Repatriation ~ the loi,rs of lie
State. dndto enact ofhsr j,rorisiop, Y,iniing
10 The Registration ~ Voters tn lieu E,reoC
Section |. lie IL enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. Tha: the act Of
eighteen hundred aud sixty.iiyc. chapter
one hundred and scventy.f1ur entitled an
act relating TO the Registration OF the
Voters OF the State. hc aud the same IS
hereby repealed. and the following sections.
20 be arranged in the Code OF Public General
Laws under an Article entitled Registration
be- and the same is hereby enacted in licn
thereof
Tide officers OF REGISTRATION II each
ward Of the city of Baltimore and each of
the counties OF the State appointed by the
Governor in the year eighteen hundred aud
sixty-six, under the provisions OF the four.
teenth section Of the Act OF eighteen hun
dred and sixty.tive. chapter one hundred y
scventy-four, IRE hereby continued in Office
for the period Of two years from tho date
of their appointment and until their succs-
sOrs shall qualify. and any vacancies now
existing in said Offices or which may occur
by death. resignation. refusal to act or other
cause. shall be filled by the Governor. and
after the expiration OF said two years. and
every two years thereafter. the Governor
shall appoint one officer of registration for
each ward ofihe city Of Baltimore and each
election district Of the several COUNTIES.
residents ofsaid wards aud districts respcc-
lively, and shall fill all vacancies in said
Offices the said officers hereby continued
in Office and so appointed as aforesaid shall
be styled officers OF registration. and shall
register n qualified voters. all white male
persons claiming and entitled 10 the rights
ofthe elective franchise. in the manner
prescribed in the following section Of this
Article the said officers shall receive for
their services the sum Of three dollars for
each day occupied ia the discharge Of their
duties, TO be paid by the Mayor and City
Council Of Baltimore. aud the County
Commissioners of the several counties Of
this State. and any yacauc.c: shall b. filed
by the Governor, and all such officers before
entering upon the discharge OF their duties.
shall take aud subscribe before the clerk OF
the Superior Court Of Baltimore city and
the clerks OF the several Circuit Courts
respectively, the oath prescribed in The
seventh section Of the frs, Article of :hc
Constitution, or the oath prrscr!bed for
Office. holders in the frs section OF iho Act
passed n; the presen, session orthc Gene raj
Assembly. entitled al Act 10 restore 10
full ciiizenshii and the right To vote aud
hold Office. all persons who may hc deprived
thereof by the provisions contained in the
fourth section Of the first Article of the
Constitution Of this State. generally known
as the enfranc hising Act.
2-The said officers OF registration shall
receive from the Clerk Of the superior
Court ofBatimorc city. and the clerks Of
the several Circuit Courts. the books Of
registration now in the Offices Of said clerks
and shall adopt aud use said
books for the purpose Of eiIecting tho regis.
tration provided for in this article and tho
said clerks shall Immediately upon the
and qualification OF said
deliver said books To them. aud
also duly certified copies Of the lists o.
voters now on record in their respective
Offices.
at shall he the duty Of said officers OF
registration upon receipt of said books and
lists OF qualified voters. 10 correct the same
by striking therefrom the names of persons
who may have removed from the county or
State. or who may have died or have beccmn
disqualified under the provisions Of tho
third and 9th sections OF the first article
Of the Constitution and all persons whose
names appear on..said hooks and lists as
qualified voters after the same shall have
been corrected as aforesaid. are hereby
declared to he legal and qualified voters.
and shall be entitled to vote at every cleo
ton hereafter held in this State the said
officers Of registration shall then add 20
said lists Of qualified voters, and register
rs such every white male person who shall
apply TO them TO be registered and satisfy
them that he possesses or before the day
Of the next ensuing election will possess
the constitutional qualifications of age.
citizenship and residence and Is not
disqualified under the provisions Of the
third and fifth sections OF the first article
Of the Constitution /: provided. however.
that before registering as a qualified voter
any person so applying. the said officer
'hnll administer TO him the oath prescribed
In the fourth section ofthe first article Of
The Constitution. or the voters oath pre-.
scribed 10 the first section OF the said
act referred 10 IN the first sec.
ion OF this article according as the person
applying shall cleo, 10 take one or the other
of said oaths, and no person who refuses
10 take one or the other Of said oaihs shall
BIO registered as qualified voter.
4-ln making the addition TO said regis.
Try OF qualified voters, the officers oil
registration shall first record the name oil
every person so applying and second.
administer TO him the oath as directed in
The preceding section Of this article, and
inter In the proper column OF said rcgistra.
Ion books the fact whether he has or not
been sworn. third, his age fourth. the place
II his birth 9Th, the time he has resided
n the city Of Baltimore or county in which
&c Is 10 be registered sixth, II natufalzed
he date OF his final papers or certificate OF
naturalization and the court. county and
State whence issued seventh. il disqualified
" means OF non .residence, alienage. infa.
ny, lunacy or non compos mentis. or bribery,
- described In the 9th section Of the first
Irticle OF the Consultation, tho cause Of
uch disqualification and eight. the name
u qualified voters, emitting from said eighth
column the names OF persons so "a above
disqualified. and inserting In lieu thereof
be names OF the witnesses, or In case oil
MANY or bribery. statement ofthc record
roof thereof and in what court the con.
'iction was had, or other proof by which
UGH disqualification vas established
Bit shall he the duty ofsnch officers Of
cgisantion 70 sit at some place convenient
. the voters, In the several wards OF the
ity OF baltimore aud the several election
districts OF the counties. for ten days
preceding the third day prior
o any election hereafter b. be held in this
,tnte, whether State. Federal or Municipal.
nd whether general or special, from .
'clock, A. NJ. to5 o'clock, y. VI. for the
'urposc OF discharging the outfits imposed