The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-08-11


The Registration Act of 1876 provides:
SEC ;! AT the times and places Of which motto. shall
be So gwen the said respective Officers of Registration
snail proceed to strike from the list of qualified voters
the names of all persons in their Respective wards mr.
election districts, known made known to them ho
have lied or Removed from the precinct election
district i'll which they have been registered or who
may not be residents thereof entitled to vote therein
or have become disqualified under the provisions of the
second and third sections OF the article of the Con-
stuon. and shall deliver to any person who's. nam.
appears ON the said list of qualified voters and who
may lie DESTROYS registering ELSEWHERE. cer,itc.t
oil registration, and shall strike from the books of
registration the names Of all persons applying for
oertihc"tes Of registration as also the Of all
dead removed or disqualified persons persons who
may not he resident of the precinct or election Dis,
trct in which he is registered NAV not be filed
I" vote therein Under the Constitution and laws of
'his stare, as the case may be: and shall also
such books the cause for such striking off of the names
resp'efriy and to register the maine of every person
VINO shall apply to said officers to he registered AS
qualified voter, who shall satisfy them he Possesses
or before the day of election ensun. will possss
the requisite qualifications under the Constitution ot
the United States, and the laws made in pursuance
thereof and of the Constitution of the State of MARY
land and the qualifications of age, citizenship aud resi-
drnce, and is not disqualified under the provisions of
the second and third the first article of the
Constitution: and before registering any person AZ
Qualified voter the said Officers OF Registration shall
administer 10 INN the following oath, affirmation:
l. -, do soemhly swear affirm, that l will
true answers make to all questions necessary to ascer-
tam my qualification disqualification 10 be Registered
qualified voter" but nothing herein contained
shall lie construed to authorize said r. gisters to ask
any questions touching anv cans, OF di.on,Iifr,t;
not expressly enumerated in the Constitution of the.
State OF Maryland, or of the United States.
SIC .. Said Officers of Registration shall befr.
striking from said list of qualified voters and from said
oks OF registration the of uIy Registered n.r.
nlgehty inquire and accurately ascertain that .nid
registered pers" does not possess be fore the ecnn
next ensuing VIII not possess, the requisite qua ica-
tiuns 10 entle him to be registered AS uualit.l
III such precinct election district that such person
IS disqualified under the provisions of the second and
third sections OF the first article of the Constitutions
and II 1t shall appear that said registered person doe.
not possess or will not p"sscss eaid qualifications and
that he Is disqualified then said officer shall strk.
the name OF person from said Ii.t of ,,u,Iif,
voters ana SAID books of registration, but if it shall
appear otherwise, then said officer shall not strike the
name OF surh person from said books Of registration
ana from SAID list of qualified VOTERS before rcps-
orins qualified any person who has appied
to sud Officer or Registration be registered AS n anal
ed voter said officer shall diligently inquire and ac
curaely ascertain that such person possesses or will
POSSESS. before the election ensuing the re,u,t
I'iahc'ions TO ente him Ia he registered as "A quail
h voter and that he is under the pr,
VISIONS OF the second and third sections of the first
article OF the Cons tuition, and if it shall app ar that
s'1 person $" applying possesses will possess before
std ia. ol tl, ciiun said quat atois, and not ST
Disqualified then said Officers Of Registration shall
register the name of such person qualif d voter
but they shall not register the any person no
does MOI or VIII not possess said qualifications is so
disluaiihed aud when any person applying as afore
SAID for REGISTRATION shall have been previously regis
teicu WITHIN tins State, the Officer of Registration to
whom such application is made, before registering such
person, shall demand and receive him a certificate
of his previous legal registration and such certicat.
of previous registration shall be cancelled by the officer
who shall register such person anew.
The constitutional provisions above referred to are
follows:
Sic 9 No person above the age of twent y-one Years
convicted of larceny. or other infamous crime unless
pardoned by the Governor shall ever thereafter be
entitled to vote at election in this and no
person under guardianship as lunatic or a. person
non toMpos mtnttS. shall he entitled 10 vote.
SIC. ). If any person shall give or Offer to give
directly or indirectly, any bride, present reward or
any PROMISE or any security for the payment the
delivery of money, any othsr thing induce any
voter to refrain from casting his vote, prevent
him, in any way from voting procure a vote for
an eahaidn ate or person proposed or voted for as
States, or Representative in Congress- any office
Of profit or trust created by the Constitution OF
tins STATE, or by the ordinances authority 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, to be given, an
Illegal vote, knowing 1t to be SUCH at any election to
he hereafter held in this State SHALL conviction in
Court OF Law in addition to the penalties here
after To be, imposed by law, be forever disqualified to
hold any office OF profit trust at any
election thereafter.
All male citizens without distinction Of color who
entitled to registration under the preceding sec
tions, hereby Notified to appear before the under
signed at the places named above between the hours
prescribed of the five days. and be registered
They may otherwise be excluded from voting at the
November election, by the provisions Of the Act of
Assembly and the Constitution of the State of Mary.
land
JOHN wROTII
Officer Of Registration First district.
NOBLE BIDDLE,
Officer Of Registration Second district
WILLIAM o. GILMoUR,
Officer of Registration Third district
W. r. MAIAN
Officer of Registration Fourth district!
GRANVILLE S. JEFFRIES,
Onlcer Of Registration Fifth district. |
JOSEPH GoLIBART
Officer of Registration Sixth district |
D. NJ. McCLENAHAN,
Officer of Registration Seventh district. |
JOHN j. BENNETT
Officer of Registration Eighth district. |
II. II. DUYCKINCK,
Officer of Registration Ninth district |
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