Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-15
ing the said city, and making said survey
and certificate and plst, in obedience to

ing the said city, and making said survey
and certificate and plat, In obedience to
this law. r.t ys7 g'I
!. SEC. 90. Al male citizens Of Maryland
above the age Of twenty one years, posses
sing the qualifications hereinafter mention
ed, and who shall be 1irst duly registered
as prescribed IN The subsequent sections
and sub. sections ofrlIis Act, shall be cnti.
+ tied 10 vote for q Mayor; Alderman, and a
member Of the Common Council, as here.
inat.tt directed; all elections shall be by
!. ballot, and no person shall be entitled 10
tyote at any election who il not duly regis
tered a. hereinafter required.
Sec. g. The residents u. said City Of
Frederick, qualified rs hereinafter prcscri'
bed, shall. on the last Monday in February
in the year eighteen hundred and seventy
four, and in every third year thereafter
elect tho Mayor and i've Aldermen for said
city, in the manner following, viz The
qualified voters Of each Of said ten wards
shall vote at the polls in their respective
! wards tor Mayor, and no person shall be
pelJnit,cd to vote for Mayor in any other
ward except az hereinafter stated, than that
in whic.. said voter actually resides, and
in and for which he is registered; and the
qualified vote. Of each al,lcrmanic district
shall, at the polls in their respective wards
vote for an Alderman; one Alderman shall
,e chosen from eaG. oi said five Al,lerma.
mic districts and shall bc voted for at the
polls in the wards con rrising said district
by the qualified voters e. such district, and
none others. The clcctio. shall be held
a, such places in such ward. s the judges
of election of lie ward may ~. scribe, ana
the polls shall he kept open rom n'nc
O'Clock in the morning until five O'Clock IN
/ the afternoon.
SEC. ~. The BOARD of Common &'"'ll'-
ell shall /. composed Of ten mcMhrrs, enc
from each of .nid ten wards Of the city.
! who shall bc elected in the manner follow
ing, ,hst il to say: ''thc qualified voters OF
each Ct .aid wards shall elect one member
! Of said Common Council; the election shall
be by wsrds, and no person shall oc cntl-
: tied to vote for any but the member tor the
ward Of which he is an actual resident,
(cxccpt AZ hereinafter stated and IN and
for which he is regstered the said election
| shall hc held on the ..et Monday in Fcbru-
arv. eighteen hundred and ecycnty-,hrcc,
and on that dav in every year thereafter;
and shall bc held hy the same Judges OF
, election i,v whom. and at the same polls III
the several wards Il, which the election for
! Mayor and an Alderman may be held.
when such election for Mayor, Aldermen
F.. and Common Cuun. linen shall occur On
the same day and in III" same year, and at
,lc other places in th' several wards ms
may he drsl lgna,ed l. y the judges of c'rc'
ton for the respective wards when an
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Council only occurs: and the polls shall hc
.c,h open during the >"mc hours hcrcinnf.
',r named for the election Of !iayor and
.\luc!lien.
SIC s.. No prrst,n shall he Alderman
of said city unlts llr shall hc at the time
Of his election arIiizcn "ttl, United States.
above tie age of twtnty-olc wears, and
shall have tn en- u, th, time Of his election
\ resident Of the city one year, and a resi-.
den, of the a,lcrmanic dstric, for which
ilc y elected for six month mex, preceding
his election. and shall hc assessed on the
tax hooks Of said ci', to the amount "t
three hundred dollars,
s,B-SEc. /. The Governor shall, M.
nunlly before the tenth day Of December,
appoint one person ~ officer Of rrSis'ra-
tun in each ward of Frederick city, who
shall he resident Of the ward for which
he Is appointed; and the said officer Of re.
.i>,rntion shall register in book to he
prepared for the purpose all male citizens
above the age Of tWen,y.onc wears, who
shall have the requisite qualifications to
rnttle them to vote for Mayor Alderman
and member of the Common Council
Every male person who shall be a citizen
of the United States, and shall h,va resd-
ed within the state Of Maryland for twelve
months, and in the ward Of Frederic city
wherein he offers to register, six months
mex, preceding the election, shall bc emit.
tied to b. registered; }ror,d<d, always, that
where any person shall he legally register
cd in any of said wards. and shall remove
thcrctrom tn ANY other nt said wards, and
remain therein, hc shall he entitled to have
his name rrunnin on the registry list Of the
wald from which he shall remove as atorr-
said, and to vote therein until he shall re-
side in the ward which lie shall have re-
mo led to and resided in sufficient time
to cntitlc linn to register therein; and the
said officers of registration, before register
ing any person as a qualified voter shall
administer to him the following oath: | do
solcmnly swear or affirm that | will true
answer make to all questions necessary to
ascertain my qualifications or disqualified.
tions under the Constitution. tu be regis
tered as a Qualified voter; but nothing IN
said oath Tor afIirmation) contained shall
be construed to authorize said register to
ask any questions touching any cause of
disqualification not expressly enumerated
+, in the Constitution of Maryland or Of the
United States and no person shall hc per
mttcd to register who il disqualified und' r
any of the provisions Of the Constitution OF
Maryland, except in relation to color.
;. SuD-SEc. 2. Any person who shall
T swear or affirm willfully and falsely before
any such register, in order to procure his
name to he placed upon the registration
list to obtain a vote for Mayor, Alderman,
or member OF the Common Council, or
for any other purpose, in any election held
by or under the municipal authority Of
Frederick city, in any Of the said wards,
shall he deemed guilty of the crime of per
juryand shall he liable to present,nent and
Indictment therefor in the Circuit Court
:, for Frederick county. aud on conviction
thereof shall be fined not less than one
hundred nor more than one thousand dol
lars, or be confined in the Penitentiary
[housc| of the State for not exceeding seven
years; and shall forever thereafter he dis
qualified from holding any office of profit
ar trust created iunder the corporation Of
Frederick city, or to vote at any election
thereafter held for Mayor, Alderman, or
member of the Common Council, or held
by or under the municipal authority of
Frederick city for any other rurpose,
SuB-SEc 8 Each Of ead officers Of re-
gistratiou, before entering upon the dis