The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-09-27

The Registration Act of 1876 provides:
Nee 10. At the time and place published by said
registration and lists as mentioned in the preceed
ing section, the said officers shall proceed 10 strike
from said books and said lists the names of all
persons known to them. as required in section of
this Act or wh9 mag rot he residents ofor entitled
10 'ate II TIC preeinct OF election district in which
they are respectively registered, who have died or
VINO 10 not possess the requisite qualifications or
who Will not possess said qualities before the
election next ensuing or who are DISQUALIFIED un-
the provision OF the second or third section Of the
lrst article OF the Constitution and register The
name OF every person WHO shall apply 10 thom to
be register, who shall satisfy said tilicers OF Reg.
ls,fs,,on tnat tney Gesss. Of viii possess the
suing, and Whp are not disquaigcd under the
second aud third sections OF the first article of the
Constitution; and also the name Of every person
whom IL Judge Of Court, to whom an appeal has
been taken from the decision of said Officers of
Registration. has decided to be entitled 10 he reg
istered as qualified voter Frer:dsa, that when
any person applying as aforesaid for registration
shall have been previously registered within this
State, tha ehicer Of Registration to whom such
application is made before rewis terinp such Der,ons
snail demand and receive from him the certiticotc
of his previous legal registration and cancel the
same, and they shall finally revise and complete
said lists.
The constitutional provisions above referred to
follows:
SEC. 2. No pcrs0a above the age of twentv-onc
years, e;nN ietct of larceny. or other infamous
ctme, unless pardoned by the Governor, shall
ever thereafter be entitled to at any election
IN thl: state: and no person under guardianship
as lunutic. or as n person cOmpos nentis
shall be entitled to vote.
SEC. }. If any person shall give, or offer to give
directly or indirectly, any bribe, present or re-
ward, or any promise. or any security for the pay
ment or the delivery of money, or any other thing
TO induce any voter to refrain rum voting, or to
procure Il vatr i,;f amy candidate. or person pro-
posed, or FltoI ilr AZ Electur for President and
FiceinfeSident Of the United States or Repre.en-
ta;ire in Congress. or for any office of profit or
trust, created by the Constitution or laws of this
State. or by the ordinances 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 OF causes to
lie given, an illegal vote knowing it iu be SUCH
at any election hereafter to ~ held in this State,
shall. on coaNlctHn Ia II tuuft Of Law, in addition
10 the !ai,ait.ps haW, Or hereafter 10 be- imposed
by law. lie forever disqualified to hold any office
of profit or trust Or to vote ut any election here
alter.
All male citizens, without distinction of color,
who entitled to registration under the proceed
ing sections are hereby notified to appear before
the undersigned az The places named above, be-
tween tho hours prescribed, OH one of the five
days, and he registered. They may otherwise be
excluded from voting ut the November election,
by the provisions OF the Act of Assembly and the
Constitution OF the State of Maryland.
JOHN WROTH,
Officer of Registration First datyiot.