The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25
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said officer shall diligently inquire
and accurately ascertain that such
person possesses or will possess, be-
fore the election next ensuing, the
requisite qualifications to entitle him
to be registered as qualified voter,
and that he is not disqualified under
the provisions of the second and third
sections of the first article Of the Con-
stitutiOn, and if it shall appear that
said person so applying, possesses
or will possess before said day of
election, said qualifications, and is
not so disqualified then said Officers
of Registration shall register the
name Of such person as qualified
voter, but they shall not register the
name of any person who does not or
| will not possess said qualifications or
is disqualified. and when any person
applying, as aforesaid for registra.
ton, shall have been previously reg
istered within this State, the Officer
of Registration to whom such appli-
cation is made, before registering
such person, shall demand and re-
ceive from him a certificate of his
previous legal registration, and such
certificate of previous registration
| shall be cancelled by the officer who
shall register such person anew.
Unconstitutional provisions above
referred to are as follows:
SEC. 3. No person above the age of
tWenty-one years, convicted cf lar
cency, or other infamous crime unless
pardoned by the Governor, shall
ever thereafter be entitled to vote at
any election in this State and no per-
son under guardianship, as a lunatic,
or as a person non cOn1pOs nle1ltiS,
shall be entitled to vote.
SEC. 8. If any person shall give, or
offer to give, directly or indirectly,
any bride, present, or reward or any
security for the payment, or the de-
livery of money, or any other thing,
TO induce any voter to refrain from
casting his vote, or to prevent him
in any way from voting, or to pro-
cure vote for any candidate or per-
son proposed, or voted for, as Flee
tor of President and Vice President
of the United States, or Representa-
tive in Congress, or for any office Of
profit or trust, created by the Consti-
tuition or laws of this State, or by the
ordinances or authority of the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, the
person giving, or offering to give,
and the person receiving the same,
and any person who gives, or causes
to be giving an illegal vote, knowing
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hereafter held in this State, shall on
conviction in Court of Law, in addi-
ton to the penalties now, or hereaf
ter to be, imposed by law, be forever
disqualified to hold any office Of pro-
tit or trust, or to vote at any election
thereafter.
All male citizens, without distinc-
ton of color, who are entitled to reg
istration under the preceding sec
tor, are hereby notified, to appear
before the undersigned, at the places
named above, between the hours pre-
scribed, on one of the five days, and
be registered. They may otherwise
be excluded from voting at the No
vember election, by the provisions
of the Act of Assembly and the Con-
stitution Of the State Of Maryland.
JOHN II. BECKMAN,
Officer Registration First District.
JAMES II. RUSH,
Officer Registration Second District.
ISAIAH FULLER,
Officer Registration Third District.
w. II. BARNARD,
Officer Registration Fourth District.
DANIEL HINEBAUGH,
Officer Registration Fifth District.
THOS. BROWNING,
Officer Registration Sixth District.
w. II. HALL,
Officer Registration Seventh District.
l. l. THOMPSON,
Officer Registration Eighth District.
j. FACENBAKER,
Officer Registration Ninth District.