Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1876-05-12
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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 TO the regis
| try, and also the names of those persons whom
the Judge of IA 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 herenbetore 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
tration, notice of the time and place of which
sitting shall be given by publication in news
papers as hereinbeiore provided Immediately on
The expiration of said two days, said Officers Of
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
medately returned in the manner stated in the
said last named Section.
Sec H. 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
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of their office.
Sec 49, And be it 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 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 otherw Use and they shall not alter,
mutilatc or deface or suffer Others to alter,
mutilate, or deface the said list of voters, or
books of registration ; and said clerks, when no.
! titled 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 oe 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
Sheriifs of the several counties Mt least forty
eight hours before the opening Of the polls at the
| election next ensuing.
Sec TO- And be it enacted, That the Sheriff
of Baltimore city, and the SherilIs of the several
counties respectively, shall receive and safely
| keep said copies Of lists of qualified voters de-
| vered to them by the said Officers of Registra-
ton, and each Sheriff shall, on the second day
whether he has in his possession all the copies OF
| said lists committed to his custody, and if il
shall appear that one or more OF SAID lists are not
in his possession, he SHALL without delay. serve
Il written notification. accurately describing the
missing list on the clerk Of the COURT that SAID
hist or lists not in the possession OF the SAID
sheriff, and said Sheriff shall receive a 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
hereat, the copy Of the list OF qualified voters
pertaining to the election precinct or district
over which said Judges are to preside.
Sec. 20. And be it enacted, That the Judges
Of 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, mutation or deface-
ment, 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 1t
thereon, and they shall receive and deposit IN
The ballot box the ballot of every person Offering
TO vote whose name appears in said lists OF quail
fed voters.
Sec. 81. And be it enacted. That the Off
GERS OF Registration, for the several wards Of
Baltimore city, shall receive salary OF hive
| nundred 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 per day for each day
necessarily employed in the discharge of the
! duties imposed on them by this Article; the
| clerk of the Superior Court Of Baltimore city
| shall receive one cent for every ten words or
| figures and pro rata for making certified copies
| of said lists, 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 -6ve cents for every certificate of regis
| tration issued by them unde- the seal of their
respective offices the Sherihs 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
lion, to be paid to said Officers Of Registration
and Sheriff. for Baltimore city by the Mayor
| and City Council of Baltimore, and to the said
officers 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 aud for publication of notices and lists of
voters for the several counties shall be paid by
| the Comfy Com missionersl hereof respectively
and by lne mayor anu titN tOuUClt % Ddlt-
more The accounts Of the said Officers Of
Registration shall be verified BY vouchers and
subject to The approval of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore and said County Com
missioners respectively. The Officers Of Reg
stration in the City Of Baltimore shall ANN
ally elect some practising member Of the bar
Of Baltimore city a. counsel for said Officers Of
Registration in said city, whose enty il shall
be to appear for said Officers Of Registration
and against the appellant at the hearing Of all
apueals from The decision of -aid officers, 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
aiming to The duties Of said officers; for his
services ne shall receive annual salary Of
three hundred dollars to be paid by the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore.
Sec % And be it enacted, That if any Officer
of Registration, Clerk of Court, Sheriff, Judge
| of Election or Police Commissioner shall know
ingy refuse OF neglect 10 comply with any Of
the provisions of the several Sections Of this Act
| imposing duties upon him, if any Officer Of
Registration shall enteru7on the list Unregistered
! voters the name of a voter, or strike from said
/ list the name Of any person already entered
/ thereon except at the time and place prescribed
/ by this Act, he shall be deemed guilty Of mis-
/ demeanor and shall, on presentment and indict-
/ ment therefor, and conviction thereof, forfeit
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