The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-09-25

| for the purpose of dischargn% their duty as Off
GERS of Registration, according to the said Act of
the General Assembly.
The Registration Act of 1876 provides:
See. 10. At the time and place published by sail
Officers of Registration Tor receiving said books of
registration and lists mentioned in the proceed
ing section the said officers shall proceed to strike
from said books ana SAID lists the names OF all
persons known to them. as required in section of
this Act. OF who may not he residents OF or entitled
10 vote in the precinct or election district in which
they are respectively registered, who have died or
who do not possess the requisite qualifications or
who Will not possess said qualifications before the
election next ensuing or who are disqualified un-
the provision OF the second third section of the
first article OF the Constitutions aud to register the
name OF every person who shall apply to them to
lie register. who shall satisfy said Officers OF Reg
iStratlon that they possess. will possess. the
quisite qualifications before the election next ell
suing, and who are not disquaged under the
second and third sections OF the first article of the
Constitution: and also the name Of every person
whom Il Judge OF n Court to whom an appeal has
been taken from the decision of said Officers of
Registration, has decided to he entitled TO be reg
lstered as qualified voter: pforided. that when
any person applying as aiOr said for registration
shall have been prev iouSly registered within this
State. the Officer OF Registration to whom such
application is made before registering such persons
snail demand and receive from him the certificate
of his previous legal registration and cancel the
same. and they shall finally revise and complete
said lists.
are us follows:
SEC =. No person above the age of twcnty-onc
years, convicted of larceny. OF other infamous
crime, unless pardoncd by the Governor. shall
ever thereafter be entitled to vote at any election
in this State: and no person under guardianship.
as n lunatic. or AS person non compos mentiS.
shall be entitled to vote.
SEC 3. If any person shall give. or offer to give.
directly or indirectly, any bride. present. or re
ward or any promise, OF any security for the pay
.lf
to induce any voter TO refrain from voting. or To
procure vote Tor any candidate. or person pro
posed. or voted for as Elcctor Tor President and
Nice-President OF the nlted States. or Reprcsen-
tativc in Congress or for any office of profit
trust, created 10y the Constitution 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 tu
be given, an illegal vote, knowing it to be such
at any election hereafter To he held in this State
shall. on conviction i'll Court OF Law, i'll addition
to the penalties now. or hereafter to he, imposed
ny law, be forever disqualified To hold any office
o profit OF trust or 10 vote at any election here
after.
All male citizens. without distinction of color,
who are entitled to registration under the prcccd
ing sections. are hereby notified to appear before
the undersigned. at the places named above. be
tween the hours prescribed. on one of the i've
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 Maryland.
JOHN WROTH,
Officer of Registration First district.
JOSEPH T. HEDRICK.
Officer of Registration Second district.
JOHN FRAZER,
Officer of Registration Third district.
W. X. MAHAN,
Officer of Registration Fourth district.
GRANVILLE 5. JEFFERlS.
officer OF Registration Filth district
SAMUEL !. JENNESS.
Officer OF Registration Sixth district.
JOHN b. ABRAHAMS,
Officer of Registration Seventh district.
JOHN ]. BENNETT,
Officer of Registration Eighth district
H. II. DUYCkINCk,
Officer of Registration Ninth district
Sept is, 1SSo-3w