Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-08

llllS INV.
SEC. SO. All male citizens of Maryland
above the aye of twcnly-onc years, posses
sing the qualifications hereinafter mention
ed, and who shall be first duly registered,
as prescribed in the subsequent sections
and sub-scctions of this Act, shall be cnti-
tied to vote for n Mayor, Alderman, and Il
member of the Common Council, as here
matter directed; all elections shall be by
ballot and no person shall be entitled TO
vote at any election who is not duly regis
tered as hereinafter required.
SEC. "a. The residents Of said City of
Frederick, qualified as hereinafter prrscri-
bed shall, on the last Monday in February,
in the year eighteen hundred and seventy.
four, and in every third year thereafter,
elect the Mayor and five 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
permitted to vote for Mayor in any other
ward except as hereinafter stated, than that
in which said voter actually resides, and
in and for which he is registered; and the
qualified voters of each aldermanic district
shall, at the polls in their respective wards,
vote for an Alderman; one Alderman shall
be- chosen from each OF said five Aldcrma-
mic districts, and shall be voted for III the
polls in the wards comprising said district,
by the qualified voters of such district, and
none others. The clcctous shall he held
at such place. in slich ward as the judges
of election of the ward may prescribe, and
the polls shall he kept open from nine
o'clock in the morning until five o'clock in
the afternoon.
SEC. 50. The Board of Common Coun-
Gil shall be composed of ten mrEhrrs, one
from each of said ten wards of the city,
who shall he elected in the manner follow
ing. that il to say: the qualified voters Of
cach Of said wards shall elect one member
of said Common Council: the election shall
be- by wards, and no person shall he emit
tied to vote for any but the member for the
ward Of which hr is an actual resident,
except as hereinafter statcd,) and in and
for which he is registered: the said election
shall be- held on the .ast Monday ih Erhin
arv, eighteen hundred and srvcn,v-tlrcr,
and ON that day in every year thrrraftrr
and ,lall hr held by the same Judges Of
rIcr'un hv whom. and at the same polls in
the several wards at which the elect! ION for
Mayor and mn Alderman may he held
when such election for Mayor, Aldermen
and Common C"lurlmcn shall occur oh
;hc game ,lnN and in the same year. and ~
4uc other places in tlr several wards as
may l% designated hy the Judges of ,lrr
ton for the respective wards" whcn al
election for mrlnI"r, OF the Common
Council only occurs; and the polls shall Il"
kent omen during he same hours hcrrinmt
ter named for the election Of Mayor and
Aldermen.
SEC 81. No person shall he Alderman
of said city unless lc shall he a, the time
of his election citizen OF the United states.
above the age Of iwrnty-onr years, ami
shall have been at the time of his election
Il resident Vi tie city one year. and IL resi-
dent Of the Allcrmanic district for which
he l.. elected for six month next preceding
hi- election, and shall he assessed on the
tax books of said city to the amount of
three hundred dollars
SrB-SEC l. The Governor shall, an
nuallv before the tenth day of DrCrlnhrr
appoint one person ~ officer Of reg i-tra
ton in each ward of Frederick city, who
shall be resident of the ward for which
he is appointed; and the said officer of re-
ri,,ration shall register in book to be
prepared for fhe purpose all male citizens
above the aye Of lWtnty-onr wears, who
shall have the requisite qualifications to
cniitlr them to vote for Mayor, Alderman
and "A member of the Common Council
Every NAL. person who shall be Il citizen
of the United States. and shall have rcsid-
I'd within the State Of Maryland for twelve
MONTHS and in the ward Of Frrdri ick city
b. ,,t1,.r. t, II Il h.
next preceding the election, shall be cnli-
tied to he registered; prorjd'd, always, that
where any person shall he legally register
Cd in any ut said w"rds, and shall remove
,hrrclrom to any other OF said wards, and
remain therein, he shall be- entitled to have
his name remain on the registry list of the
wand from which he shall remove as afoyc
said, and to vote therein until he shall re-
side in the ward which he shall have re-
moyrd 10 and resided in a sufficient time
to cnliilc him to register therein; and the
said officers OF rtgistratlon before register
ing any person a, a qualified voter shall
administer to him the following oath: ! do
.ulrmnv swear or affirm that | will true
answer make TO all questions necessary to
ascertain my qualifications or dsquoitira-
tuns under the Constitution, to be regis
tered rs a qualified voter; but nothing in
said oath tor aiiirmation) 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 be per-
mit,rd 10 register who is disqualified under
any Of the provisions Of the Constitution OF
Maryland, except in relation to color.
Srn-SEc 9 Any person who shall
swear or affirm wlllullv and falsely before
any such register in order to procure his
name to be placed upon the registration
list to obtain vote for Mayor, Alderman.
or Il member Of the Common Council, or
for any other purpose, i'll any election held
by or under the municipal authority of
Frederick city in amy of the said wards
shall be deemed guilty Of the crime of per,
inry,and shall he liable In prcScntmrnt and
Indictment therefor in the Circuit Court
for I'rcdtrick county. and on conviction
thereof slt Il hc fined not less than one
hundred nor more than one thousand dol
lars, or be confined in the Pcnicntiary
Ihousc ofthc State for not exceeding seven
wears and shall forever thcrrat or he dis,
qualified from holding any office Of profit
or trust created under the corporation of
Frederick city, or to vote at any election
thereafter held for Mayor, Alderman, or
member Of the Common Council, or held
lIy or under the municipal authority of
Frederick city for any other purpose.
SuB-SEC g. Each of said officers of re-
csiration, before cntcrn" upon the dis.
charge Of In dutt., shall qualify before