The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-09-30
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
THE I'd and Sd DAYS OF
OCTOBER, 1876, FROM 9
O'CLOCK A. N. TO 6
O'CLOCK P. NJ,

for the purpose of correcting registration lists accord
ing to the provisions of section 10 of said chapter 49
of said Act OF the General Assembly.
The Registration Act of 1876 provides:
SIC. TO- At the time and place published by said
Officers OF Registration for receiving said books of regis
raton and lists mentioned i'll the preceding section
the said officers shall proceed to strike from said book
and said lists the names of all persons known made
known to them required in section Of this Act or
who may be residents of entitled vote in the
precinct or election district in which they
lively registered. who have died who do possess
the requisite qualifications. who will possess said
qualifications before the election ensuing who
are disqualified under the provisions, of the second
third sections of the first article of the Constitution,
and to register the maine of every person who shall
apply TO them To he registered, who shall satisfy said
Officers of Registration that they possess. will pos
the requisite before the election
ensuing. and who disqualified under the second
and third sections of the first article of the Constitu
ton; and also the name of every person whom Judge
Oi Court. to which appeal has been taken from the
decision Of said Officers of Registration has decided
be entitled to be registered qualified voter pro-
rhcd that when person applying aforesaid for
registration shall have been previously registered
within this State. the Officer of Registration to whom
such application is made, before regis term. such per
son. shall demand and receive from him the certificate
of his previous legal registration and cancel the
and they shall finally revise and complete said lists.
The constitutional provisions above referred to are
as fol ows
SEC > No person above the age of twenty one wears.
convicted q" larceny. other infamous crime. unless
pardnncd 10y the Governor. shall thereafter be
entitled To vote at election in this State; aud
person under guardianship. unatic as u person
hOl cOmpoS mentiS. shall be entitled to vote
SEC. 3. If any person shall give. offer to give.
directly or indirectly, any hre present. reward,
promise, any security for the payment the
delivery of money. any other thing induce any
voter to refrain from casting his vote, prevent
him. in any way, from voting To procure for
any candidate or person proposed. voted for. a.
Eector of President and Eco-Presd-nt of the United
States or Representative in Congress- any office
OF profit trust, created by the Constitution laws
of this State by the ordinances authority of the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore the person giving
offering to give and the person receiving the same
and any person who gives, to be given All
Illegal vote knowing il To lac such at election be
hereafter held in this State shall. conviction in
Court of Law. in addition to the penalties now here
after to be- imposed 10y law, Ice forever disqualified
hold any office of profit or trust, to any
election thereafter.
All male citizens, without distinction of color, who
entitled to registration under the preceding Sec
lions, are hereby notified to appear before the under
signed at the places named above, between the hours
prescribed OF the two days and be registered
They may otherwise he excluded from voting at the
November election, by the provisions of the Act of
Assembly and the Constitution of the State of Mary
land