The Democratic advocate., 1881-08-27
REGISTRATION NOTICE :!
70 The Voters Of Carroll County.

THHE undersigned, Officers of Registration
Il for Carroll county, in compliance wit
the requirements of the Act of 1876, chapte
249, which makes it the duty of Officers o
Registration to sit at some place convenien
to the voters of their respective districts, fo
five successive days, commencing on the frs
Monday of September, in each year, for thu
purpose of discharging their duties, hereb,
give notice that they will attend as follows:
District No. J., on Monday, Tuesday ant
Wednesday, September 9th, 9th and 7th, a
Frank Elliotts Store, Taneytown; and or
Thursday and Friday, September Sth and 9tl
at the Residence of the Register, two mile.
south of Taneytown
District No. ., at William A. Anders Store
in Taneytown.
District No. 8. on Monday and Tuesday
September 9th and 9th, at Wisner's Hotel
Silver Run; on Wednesday, September Tlh,
at 1eiser's Store, on Deep Run; and on
Thursday and Friday, September Sth and
9th at the Residence of the Register, in Union
Mills
District No. 4, at the Residence of Mr..
Frank Frick, on the Davis Road, near the
Deer Park Chapel. Postoffice address, Small
wood.
District No. 5, on Monday, September 5th,
at j. NJ. Berry's, Sykesviile; Tuesday, Sep
tember 9th, at James frances Store, on the
| Washington Road; and on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday. September 7th, Sth and Sth,
at the Office Of the Register in Freedom.
District No. 9th, at the Residence of the
! Register, in Manchester.
District No. T. at the Office of Yingling &
Matthews, Insurance Agents, on Main street,
west of the Railroad, in Westminster.
District No. 8, at Lamotte's Hotel, in
/ Hampstead.
District No. 9, on Monday, September 5th,
at W. P. Anderson's Store, Mt Airy; on
| Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
/ September 9th, 7lh, Sth and 9th, at the
! Residence of the Register in Franklnville.
| District No. 10, on Monday, Tuesday and
| Wednesday, September 9th, 9th and 7th, at
| Daniel Lynn Hotel, in Middleburg; and on
| Thursday and Friday, September Sth and
9th, at Washington Shob's, in Keysville.
District No. IL, at the Residence of the
| Register ia New Windsor
| District No. -, at the Residence of the
Register in Union Bridge.
Oa Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, the 5th, 9th, IN. Sh and
oh days Of September, 1881, from 9 o clock,
4. A., 10 8 O'Clock, p. n
for the purpose of dischargiug their duty as
/ Officers of Registration, according to said Act
of the General Assembly.
The Registration Act of 1876 provides:
! SEC. 4. At the times and places Of which
/ notice shall be so given, the said respective
/ Officers Of Registration shall proceed TO strike
/ from the list of qualified voters the names of
/ all persons in their respective wards, or cleo
/ ton districts, known or made known TO them,
/ who have died or removed from the precinct
I or election district in which they have been
I registered, or who may not be residents there
/ Of or entitled to vote therein, or have become
/ disqualified under the provisions ofthe second
/ and third sections of the first article of the
/ Constitution, aud shall deliver TO any person,
/ whose name appears on the said list of quail.
/ ned voters, and who may be desirous Of reg
is;ering elsewhere, certificate of registration
aud shall strike from the books ofregistrafion
/ the names Of all persons SO applying for GER
Z tificates of registration, as alss the names Of
all dead, removed or disqualified persons, or
Z OF persons who may not be resident of the
I precinct or election district in which he is
I registered, or may not be entitled 70 vote
1 therein, under the Constitution and laws Of
/ this State, as the case may be; and shall also
7 state in such books the cause for each strik.
| ing of Of the names respectively, and to reg
I is,er the name OF every person who shall
apply to said officers TO be registered as a
/ qualified voter, who shall satisfy them that
| he possesses, or before the day of election
next ensuing will possess, she requisite quail
( hcaiions under the Constitution Of the United
States, and the laws made in pursuance there
Of and Of the Constitution OF the State of
E Il Il. 4 2 81. Z
zeuship and residence, and Is not disqualified
under the provisions Of the second and third
sections Of the FIRST article Of the Constitution;
and before registering any person as quail
fed voter, the said officers Of Registration
shall administer to him the following oath of
affirmation Il, do solemnly swear or
affirm, that viii true answers make to all
questions necessary 70 ascertain my qnalihca-
ton or disqualification to be registered as
qualified voter but nothing herein contained
shall be construed TO authorize said Registers
TO ask any questions touching any cause Of
disqualification not expressly enumerated in
the Constitution Of the State of Maryland, or
Of the United States.
SIC. 3. Said Officers Of Registration shall,
before striking from said list of qualified
voters and from said books Of registration the
name Of any registered person, diligently in
quire and accurately ascertain that said reg
issered person does not possess, or before the
election next ensuing viii not possess, the
requisite qualifications TO en.itle him TO be
registered as a qualified voter in such precinct
or election district, or that such person is dis
qualified under the provisions Of the second
and third sections OF the FIRST article of the
Constitution; and il it shall appear that said
registered person does not possess, or will
not possess said Qualifications, aud that he is
so disqualified, then said officer shall strike
the name of such person frsm said list Of
qualified voters and said books of registration,
but ii il shall appear otherwise, then said Off
Ger shall not strike the name of such person
from said books Of registration and from said
list Of qualified voters, and before registering
as a qualified voter any person who has APP
Piled TO said Officers of Registration to be reg.
istered as a qualified voter, said officer shall
diligently inquire and accurately ascertain
thai such person possesses or will possess, be.
fore the election next ensuing, the requisite
qualifications to entitle him 10 be registered
as q qualified v0ter, and that he is not dis
qualified under The provisions OF the second
and third sections of the irst article of the
Constitution, and if il 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 so disqualified, and when any person ap-
plying, as aforesaid, forregistration, shall have
been previously registered within this State,
the Officer of Registration to whom such ap-
plieaiiou is made, before registering such per-
son, shall demand and receive 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.
SEC %. That if any Officer of Registration,
Clerk ofa Court, Sheriff, Judge of Election,
or Police Commissioner shall knowingly re-
fuse or neglect to comply with any of the
provisions of the several Sections of this Act
imposing duties upon him, or if any Officer
of Registration shall enter upon the list of
registered voters the name of voter, or strike
from said list the name of any person already
entered thereon except at the time and place
prescribed by this Act, he shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on pre-
sentiment and indictment therefor, and con-
viction thereof, forfeit and pay fine of not
less than FIVE hundred nor more than one
thousand dollars for every such offence, or be
iunrisopal IL the discretion of the Court for