The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-10-12
Look at the Names.

On the 18th, 29th aud Both days of October
the registers of Baltimore county sit in the respec-
tive districts and precincts for the purpose ofad-
ding new names to the lists, striking of sny who
have died or removed and for the purpose OF max
ing any corrections in spelling of names, &C., that
law, justice and right may require
Ii any fraudulent registrations have been mace
by any one imposing upon the registration OFF,
Ger, if any one has been registered who is not
bona de resident of the place where be is register
ed, il any foreigner has been registered without
having his naturalization papers, if any mans
name appears upon the list that should not De
there, it is the duty of any citizen, knowing the
fact. to call the attention OF the officer OF regis
tration to it. When bis attention is called TO it,
il is his duty to investigate the matter and when
he is satisfied of the correctness of the informa-
ton it is his duty to strike such name from the
list of voters. All these things cannot be seen
into by the registration officer. 1t is impossible
for him to know all or half of these things. IL
this were the case it should not be necessary to
have the names published. The names are pup
lished for the purpose of letting every man know
lust whose name is on the list and whose is not.
Then the law contemplated that every good cltl'
zen would feel interest enough in the purity OF
the ballot-box TO communicate such information
in bis possession to the register of bis district as
will enable him to return correct list Of the leg
al voters of that district This is eUery man da-
tn. 1t cannot be correctly arrived at unless
this is done. No registration officer can tell who
has died in his district during the past twelve
months If a dead mans name is left on thelIst,
some able bodied voter may feel disposed to do
this dead mans voting for him on election day.
The registration officer cannot be expected 10
know who has removed from his district during
the year. Some may go out of the State. They
will not care to bother themselves about getting
a transfer. Some remove to other parts OF the
State and do not take interest enough in the mat
ter to send for their transfers to be registered in
their new residences Some fellow, anxious TO
serve his party on election day, may voteon these
names Thus it is easily seen that it is every
mans duty to look after the registration list as
advertised and see that be does bis part towards
making the books correct record of the legal
voters of the district.
ANY one who has been convicted of felony
and confined in State prison is not entitled to
registration unless he has been pardoned by the
proper authority. 1t is not impossible that some
of this character may get their names on the re-
cord They should be stricken of.
1t is the duty, then, of every good citizen to
watch the published lists and see whose names
are there that should be off. When one is dis
covered, you should make memorandum of it,
and call the registration officers attention to the
same.
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty"
We are in favor of every legal voter having his
vote. We are opposed to any man voting who
is moi entitled to it, and we are opposed TO any
one votiog for another. Once on one ddyis often
enough. If every man does bis duty there can
be no doubt that these will be rigidly executed.
Look at the lists, have your name put on, if it
has been left off by mistake or otherwise, and
have those stricken off that should not be there.