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

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the Clerk Of the Circuit Court for Frrdcr-
ick county; by taking and subscribing 10
the oath prescribed in the sixth section OF
the first article of the Constitution.
SUB-SEC. 4. The Register OF the City
of Frederick shall have n book of rcgistra-
ton prepared for the officer of registration
for each of said wards, and the said book
shall be so ruled or printed as to- enable
the officer of registration to designate by
the street, lane or alley, or other local DC
Scription, the residence OF every person
who shall register and he entitled to vote
in the said ward for Mayor, Aldermen, or
Common Councilmcn, or for amy other
purpose, at any election held lW or under
the municipal authority of Frederick city:
and the said officer Of registration shall,
aflcr advertisement inserted once week
for two weeks in at least one ncwswapcr
published in Frederick city, and by hand
bills, or such other notice as he may deem
proper of his intention SO to do, proceed ut
some convenient place in his ward, to be
designated in his said advertisement at the
hour of nine o'clock in the morning,on the
third Monday of january, and annually
thereafter, to open said book of registration
and the same keep open until five O'Clock
in the afternoon Of said day. for the pur-
pose of registering all the qualified voters
of his said ward, who shall be entitled UNI
der the provisions of this article to be reg
isicrcd, and to vote at amy municipal elrc-
ton held hereunder, and who shall apply
for registration; and the said officer OF reg
is,ra,ion shall cause said list to he publish
cd in one newspaper in Frederick city, and
also bv hand-bil. posted in such public
places in his ward aS he may select
SuB-SEc. 5. For the purpose Of corrcr-
ting said books of registration, and said
lists AS puhll cl hy said officers OF regis
tration respectively, they Shall sit AT some
convenient place in their respective wor'lr
from nine O'Clock in the morning until five
o'clock in the afternoon. on the second
Monday of February, and annually there
after, having given n, least five days prior
notice, bv adv crtermrni inserted in some
ncwspaljc published in Frederick city and
by hand-hils set upat public places in their
respective wards. ut the time and par" of
sitting to correct said lists; and al the time
and place published Ivy said officers of reg
ietrarion for rorrccti.g said hooks "l regis
tration and lists a. published hy sail OIL
GERS respectively, they shall proceed t.
.ir,nc from said lists persons known or
made known To tiirla To nave dird, or WHO
do not posses the ir4ui, ,tc qualifications,
or who will not poe,r>> said qlilIllcal!on~
hciurr the election neat "nsGlnE, O, who
are disqualified under tn second and third
sections of article first of Tie Constitution,
and to register Tie name % every person
who -ln!l apply 10 ilrm |" lr registered
who shnll satisfy said officer ot REGISTRATION
that he po~>r>>,s. or will po>s,>s The r'tlu:.
-iir Qualifications h,iolr lhc election neat
ensuing, and That he is not Disqualified 'tt.-
der The second and ihirl sections Of Tie
first article Of t!r Constitution; and also
the name OF every person whom " JEf.gr
Of the tirrui, Court 'ur Frr,rlirN county,
to hirh an appeal, (which l. hereby ar-
thorilcd in the same manner and for thc
same cause. stated in section fourteen, OF
chapter four hundred and tily-nn", oi ilr
law. of eighteen hundred and ~cyrntvJ
shall he taken from the decision Of amy Of
ti'cr ol registration shall decide 10 hc cnti-
tied To he registered H. Il qualified voter;
but after the lrsl r",stration under ting
Act the old rer' s,ra,iun lists shall hr used
AZ Il hl-i~ OF the new registration Hnd no
person whose maine appears ON tine la~l re-
gi>trv list OF any ward shall have his name
stricken lhrrrilom because of his ttiljIc To
again apply for registration, and after the
first rrgislrntion it shall |c the duty OF tlir
officer of registration, when giving notice
~ aforesaid of the time and place hen he
will 81, to correct the registry ll-t OF his
ward to publish in the same manner that
said notice is published, Il list ol all names
stricken from the registry list vi his ward
and n separate list of all the names placed
upon said lists since the registration OF the
year before.
SrE-SEC 6. Every such officer of reg
ieraijon Shall, seven days before ANY mu-
nicipal election in said city, deliver thr
books containing the name. of the quail
fled voter, Of his ward, arranged III alpha
brtical order, noting opposite 10 the name
of each prTson whether white or cOlur'd,
and the street lane, al'ey or other local de-
.igna,ion OF his residence, to the Register
of Frederick city, whose dut,,. it snail he
to safely keep said book, and permit no
person to have acrrS. to ii excerpt in his
presence or in the prrHrncc of ""c of his
deputies, until the morning of election,
when the said Register shall 3rIiYer 10 the
Judges Of election for each wHrl III" book
of registration of said ward and the said
Register Of Frederick city sha,! ta,c and
subscribe an affidavit, written in r'ch of
said books, proving the same to I've the
book delivered to him by the officer OF re-
gislra:on of the ward, to the judges Of
election in which t is given and at the
same time the said Register Of Frederick
city shall deliver TO the Judges Of c.cction
of the respective wards An accurate list of
the names of the resident voters of their
respective wards, with their color and res
nc p>cc opposite their respective
names. to he used as the list to he voted
from, and checked of.
SrB-SEC. !. 1t shall he the duty Of raid
officers of registration of the respective
wards, to cause list Of the qualified voters
in their respective wards nj tnr city to hc
published in at least one newspaper in
Frederick city, and in hand-hill form, and
to have the registry list of each ward post
I'd up in at least five of the most public
places in said ward, for at least five days
before the second Monday Of February
preceding the first election TO be held un-
der the provisions of This Act and said lists
shall state the name of each and every re-
gislered voter Of said ward, and state OPP
pustr the name of each whether white or
coorcd, and any person who shall erase
from or add TO any Of said lists Of qualified
voters. after the officer ot registration shall
have delivered the said books OF rcgislra-
ton to the Register of Frederick city, be-
fore and pending the election next ensuing,
hall be guilty of a mislcmeanor, and liable
to prrermtmcnt and Indictment in the Cir
cult Court for Frederick county, and on
conviction thereof shall I've confined in the
Penitcntiarv hou!cl OF the state Of Mary