Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-22
ing the said city, and making said survey
and certificate and plat, in obedience to

this law.
/ SEC. e9. All male citizens Of Maryland
above the age Of twenty-one years, posses
sing the qualifications hereinafter mention
ed, and who shall be first duly registered,
as prescribed in the subsequent sections
and sub-sectione Of this Act, shall be enti-
: tied to vote for Mayor, Alderman, and a
member of the Common Council, as here
inafler directed; all elections shall be by
ballot, and no person shall be entitled to
vote at any election who Is not duly regis
tered az hereinafter required.
SEC. 81. The residents Of said City OF
Frederick qualified as hereil. after prcscri-
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 AZ hereinafter stated than that
in which said voter actually resides, and
in and for which he is registered; and the
qralified voters of each aldernanic 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 at the
polls in the wards comprising said district
by the qualified voters of such district, and
none others. The elections shall he held
at such places in such ward as the judges
of election OF the ward may prescribe, and
the polls shall be kept open from nine
o'clock in the morning until five O'Clock in
the afternoon.
SEC 80. The Board of Common Coun-
Gil shall he composed of ten mrytsrs, one
from each of said ten wards of III" city
who shall be elected in the manner follow
ing, that is TO say: "the qualified voters OF
each Cf said wards shall elect one mcm'er
of said Common Council the election shall
be by wards, and no person shall be "nti.
tls,i to vote for any but the member for the
ward of which he il an arfs!al resident
: except as hereinafter stated, and in and
for which he is registered. the said ~, Ciion
shall hc held on the ast Monday in frbrn-
ary, eighteen hundred and sc,,n.v- three
and on that day in every year thereafter;
and shall br held Nv the same judges OF
election by whom, and at the same polls in
Tia" several wards at Nhic!l the election iUr
Nl1N'i 'HN hI iN' ii'h'i ~ Nv ''
w!.s'u such election for haNor, Aldermen
and Common (uunrillntn shall occur ON
tie same day and in lhc same year, and AT
eIF other places in TIM several wards a,
mav be- designated hv thu judges al "]rT'
linn for the respective wards, when AL
c!ltiUn for mcnhtrS ui the OmmOn
Council only occurs; and Ia" polls shall h,
k,.,, open during the sam. hours h,,cinat.
ter named for the election at Mayor anI
Aldermen.
SEC. 81. No person shall be Alderman
of -ald city unlc>, he shall he a, Ii" tim'
ni nis election a citizen Of the United STATE :
above Tie age Of tWentv.onr wears, and
shall have been at the tim" Of his election
resident OF the city one year, and Il resi-
dent OF lhc uldrrnlHnir disiriC, tor which
he is elected for siN month next preceding
hi, election, and shall h- assessed on ia,
tax books OF said city L" the amount o
tire" hundred dollars.
SrB-SEC I. The Governor shall an
nuaIIv before the tenth day of December
appoint one person as officer of rey-tra
ton in each ward of Frederick city, who
shall be a resident of the ward for which
he II appointc,l; and the said officer of re-
gistratiUn shall register in a book to be
prepared for the purpose all male citiurr,
above the age OF twcniy-ont years, who
shall have the requisite qualifications tt
cniitlc them to vote for Mayor AldermnI
and member of the Common Council
Every male person who shah he a citizri
Of the United States, and shall have rcsid
ed within the State of Maryland frtwclvt
months, and in the ward OF Frcdt. ick city
wherein he offers to register, six months
next preceding the election, shall he "nti
tied to be registered; prortnied, always that
!: where any person shall he legally register
Cd in any OF said wards, and shall remove
thcrefrom to any other Of said wards, anc
remain therein, he shall be entitled to have
his name remain on the registry list OF th'
wald from which he shall remove as atorr
said and to vote therein until he shall re-
side in the ward which he shall have re-
, mo,cd to and resided in a sufficient tin'
to entitlc him to register therein; and th'
, said officers of registration, before register
ing any person as a qualified voter shal
administer to him the following oath | d'
. solemnlv swear or affirm that | will trl'
, answer make to all questions necessary t'
ascertain my qualifications or disqualified
llOLS lHt NouStiIullout w w 'NS'''
| tered as a qualified voter but nothing II
said oath Tor afirmation) contained shal
r be construed to authorize said register tC
ask any questions touching any cause o
| disqualification not expressly enumerated
f in the Constitution Of Maryland or Of Tho
United States; and no person shall be- per
. mitted to register who is disqualified under
any Of the provisions Of the Constitution o
Z Maryland, except in relation to color.
? SrB-SEc. 2. ANY person who shal
f swear or affirm willfully 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 a member of the Common Council, Ol
1 for any other purpose, in any election helt
hv or under the municipal authority o
Frederick city, in any OF the said wards
shall be deemed guilty Of the crime of per
Jury and shall be liable to presentmcnt ant
Indictment therefor in the Circuit Cour
;, for Frederick county, and on convictlor
I thereof shall he fined not less than ont
hundred nor more than one thousand dol
lars, or be confined in the PcnitrntiarI
+, house ofthe State for not exceeding sever
l years; and shall forever thercat cr be dis
:, qualified from holding any Office Of profit
or trust created under the corporation %
Frederick CITY, or to vote at any election
thereafter held for Mayor, Alderman, or
member of the Common Council, "r helc
by or under the municipal authority o
,, Frederick city for any other purpose
SUB-SEC 3 Each Of said officers of re-
g,st!a:.on, before entering upon tn" dig
p charge Of his duties, sLa.l qualify before