The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-05-12
LO2US-GenerNl.

Sec. 20. And be it enacted, That Immediately
after the expiration of the days on which said
officers of Registration shall have corrected said
lists, as provided in the preceding Section, they
shall proceed, withou. delay, to make, or cause
to be made two alphabetical lists, one of which
shall comprise the names OF those registered per-
sons, which said Officers of Registration have
striker from the list of qualified voters, and the
books of registration delivered to said Officers
by said clerks of Courts, and the other one of
said lists, shall comprise the names of those per-
sons whom said officers have added 10 the regis
try, and also the names Of those persons whom
the Judge of II Court, as aforesaid, to whom an
appeal hath been taken from the decision of an
officer Of Registration has decided to be entitled
to be registered -; said Officers of Registration
shall Immediately cause said lists to be published
by handbills, as hereinbefore provided by this
Act, commencing at the expiration of SIX days
from the end Of the sitting last mentioned /; the
said Officers of Registration, shall sit two conse-
cutive days during the hours aforesaid, for the
purpose Of revising said lists and books OF regis
ration, notice of the time and place of which
sitting shall be given by publication in news
papers as hereinbefore provided Immediately on
the expiration of said two days, said Officers o.
Registration shall make out the lists, as provided
in the twelfth Section of this Act, and said lists
and the said books of registration, shall be i'm
mediately returned in the manner stated in the
said last named Section.
Sec. II. And be it enacted, That the Board of
Police Commissioners for Baltimore city, shall
detail police officers sufficient to preserve order
at the places where said Officers of Registration
in Baltimore city, upon the written request of
the Register OF Voters, are discharging the duties
of their office.
Sec 10. And be 1t enacted That said clerks
of the Circuit Court of the several counties of this
State, and of the Superior Court Of Baltimore
city, shall receive said copies of the lists of quail
fed voters, and said books of registration, and
file said lists as other papers are filed, and care
fully preserve such lists and books and said
clerks shall permit examination of the same in
their presence. or in the presence Of their depu-
ties, and not otherwise and they shall not alter
mutilatc or deface or suffer others to alter
muiiate, or deface the said list of voters, or
books of registration and said clerks, when no.
tilted by the Sheriff that any one or more of the
lists of voters committed to his custody are mis-
sing, shall proceed without delay to make, or
cause to OF made, a fair and accurate copy or
copies Of said list or lists, and deliver the same
to said Sheriff at least twelve hours before the
opening of the polls, at the election next ensu-
ing. Provided, that in the counties the copy or
copies of said lists shall be delivered to the
Sheriffs of the several counties at least forty
eight hours before the opening of the polls at the
election next ensuing.
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That the Sheriff
of Baltimore city, and the Sherifs of the several
counties respectively, shall receive and safely
keep said copies Of lists of qualified voters de-
livered to them by the said Officers of Registra-
ton, and each Sheriff shall, on the second day
prior to each and every election, ascertain
whether he has in his possession all the copies Of
'aid lists committed 10 his custody, and if it
shall appear that one or more Of said lists are not
in his possession, he shall, without delay. serve
written notification. accurately describing the
missing list, on the clerk OF the court, that SAID
list or lists are not in the possession of the said
Sheriff, and said Sheriff shall receive copy of
said missing list or lists when rendered to him
by said Clerk, and said Sheriff shall deliver, or
caused to be delivered, on the day of each and
every election at the polls, at or before the time
Of opening said polls, TO the Judges of Election
thereat, the copy of the list of qualified voters
to the election precinct or district,
over which said Judges are to preside.
Sec. 20. And be it enacted, That the Judges
If Election shall receive from the Sheriff the
lists of qualified voters pertaining to their res
pective precincts or districts, and preserve the
same. without alteration, mutilation or deface-
uent, whilst in their possession, and shall, with
in two days after the close of the polls, return to
said Sheriff the said list Of qualified voters, and
The said Judges of Election shall not receive or
deposit in the ballot-box, the ballot of any per-
son offering to vote until they shall have found
his name in the list of qualified voters, and shall
be satisfied the person so offering to vote is the
person named in said list, and have checked it
thereon, and they shall receive and deposit In
he ballot box the ballot of every person offering
to vote whose name appears in said lists OF quail
fed voters.
Sec. 81. And be il enacted. That the Off
GERS Of Registration, for the several wards of
Baltimore city, shall receive a salary of five
hundred dollars for the year 1876, and all
annual salary of five hundred dollars thereaf-
ter, and those for the several counties shall
each receive four dollars rer day for each day
necessarily employed in the discharge of the
duties imposed on them by this Article; the
clerk of the Superior Court Ct Baltimore city
shall receive one cent for every ten words or
figures and pro rata for making certified copies
of said isls, and the clerks Of the Circuit
Courts for the counties shall receive the same
compensation for making certified copies of
said lists, and the said Clerks shall receive
twenty five cents for every certificate of re0is-
tra,ion issued by them under the seal of their
respective offices the Sherfis of the several
counties and of Baltimore city shall each re-
ceive one dollar for every list of qualified vo
ers delivered by them TO the Judges of cleo
ion, TO be paid to said Officers of Reg islraton
and Sheriff. for Baltimore city by the Mayor
ind City Council of Baltimore, and to the said
nfficers for the several counties by the County
Commissioners thereof respectively. and the
necessary expenses incurred by said officers OF
Registration for books, stationery, fuel, office
rent and for publication of notices aud lists of
voters for the several counties shall be paid by
The Comfy ommissionerst hereof respectively,
and by the Mayor and City Council of Balt-
more. The accounts Of the said Officers of
Registration shall be verified BY vouchers and
-uhject 10 the approval of the Maye- and City
Council of Baltimore and sail County Com
mssioners respectively. The Officers of Reg
istration in the City of Baltimore shall annu-
ally elect some practising member of the bar
of Baltimore city a. counsel for said Officers Of
Registration in said city, whose euty it shall
be to appear for said Officers of Registration
and against the appellant at the hearing of all
appeals from the decision of said officers, I'M
der the provisions Of this Act, and to assist
aid officers from time to time, at their re-
quest, by his advice, upon all legal matters
pertaining 10 the duties of said officers for his
services he shall receive an annual salary Of
three hundred dollars to be paid by the Mayor
and City Council Of Baltimore.