The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-07-21


entered or improperly entered as qualified
voter in the registry of voters of snch election
district, or election precinct, he shall have the
right to appeal forthwith from such decision
or action, to the Judges, or to Judge of the
Circuit Court of the county in which such
election district or election precinct, Is sit
uated, in which such matter Of complaint
arose. or to one of the Judges OF the Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City, if such election pre-
CnCt, in which such matter of complaint
arose is situated in said city, by petition, YER
flied 10y oath of affirmation, nj any time before
the time appointed by law for delivering the
poll book, or list Of qualified and registered
voters Of such election district, nr election
precinct, to which his petition may relate, to
the Judges OF election uf such election district
or election precinct; such petition shall fully
state the matter whereof complaint is made
there shall be filed herewith, as exhibits, GER
titled copies Of all the entries in the proper
registry of voters, or list Of qualified and reg
istered voters of such election district, or
election precinct which relate to the subject
matter of said petition and the officer of
registration of such election district, or elec
ton precinct, and the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for the county, in which such election
district, or election precinct, IL SituNterf, or
the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore
City, if such election precinct is situated in
said city, shall be named in and made (lefrn
dants to said petition such Judges or Judge
If such petition or such petition and exhibits,
show prima .facie cause Of complaint, shall
order summons to he issued forthwith 10
said officer of registration and To said Clerk
directing them to appear and answer forth
with. upon oath or affirmation and in person
or otherwise, rs said Judges or Judge may
direct said officer of registration shall not
be required to appear in person upon any day
appointed lay this Act for the performance
of his duties under this Act, but at such times
may appear by counsel if the said Judge
or Judges after considering said petition
and answer or answers and hearing such tes-
timony rs may be adduced for or against said
petition, shall determine that said petitioner
ought to he registered in such election dis
trict, or election precinct, or has been unlaw
fully refused registration in such election dis
trlct, or election precinct, or that the name of
such petitioner has heen unlawfully stricken
from, or incorrectly entered in the registry of
voters of such election district, or election
precinct, or unlawfnlly omitted from, or in
correctly entered in the poll-boOk of such
election district, or election precinct, or that
the person named in such petition has been
unlawiully placed ON the registry of voters or
poll-book of such election district, or election
precinct, they or he, shall order said clerk
and officer of registration to enter the name
of such petitioner, or to enter again, or to
enter correctly, the name of said petitioner as
qualified and registered voter, and his resi-
dence, in the proper registry of voters and
pOll-bOok of such election district, or election
precinct, then in the custody of such clerk or
officer of registration; and shall order the said
officer of registration to enter the proper name
md rncilnnan IF clrh IN l,n
poll-book of such election district, or election
precinct, which may then be in the custody
of the Sheriff of this county, or may then be
in the custody of the Board of Police Com
missioners for the City of Baltimore /; or shall
order the said clerk and officer of registration
to strike the name of the person named in the
petition whom they or he may determine to
have been improperly registered from the
proper registry Of voters and list of qualified
and registered voters then in the custody of
such clerk or officer of registration and shall
order the said officer of registration to strike
said name from the poll-book or list of quail
fled and registered voters of such election
district or election precinct, which may then
be in the custody of the Sheriff of his county,
or of the Board of Police Commissioners for
the City of Baltimore; it shall be the duty
of the said clerk, and of the said sheriff, and
of the said Board of Police Commissioners
for the City of Baltimore, respectively, to
produce, on the exhibition of such order of
said Judges or Judge, by such officers of reg
| istration, the registry of voters and poll-book
or the poll-books to which such order relates,
if the same be then in his or their custody, TO
| the end that such entry, or striking out, may
be so made as ordered by said Judges or
Judge; when any name is SO entered as n
qualified voter in any registry of voters, or
is so stricken from any registry Of voters or
| poll-book or list of qualified and registered
voters, there shall be noted in such registry of
voters, or memorandum of the order direct
| ing the same, and the date of such order and
| the name and title of the ofiicerb by whom the
| same was done, and the date of such entry or
| striking out in every such appeal if it shall
| appear to the said Judges or Judge, upon the
| consideration thereof, that the officer of reg
| istration from whose decision or action such
appeal was taken acted in good faith in so
| deciding or acting, the cost of said appeal
shall be paid by the Mayor and City Council
| of Baltimore, if the appeal related to any cleo
ton precinct in said city or by the County
Commissioners of the county in which the
| election district is situated to which the said
| appeal related but if said Judges or Judge
shall upon consideration of such case, be of
the opinion that said officer of registration
did not act in good faith in the matter where
of complaint is made, they or he may adjudgc
that the costs of said appeal shall be paid by
| said officer of registration if said appeal is
dismissed by said Judges or Judge the cost
thereof shall be paid by the petitioner, but no
attorneys appearance fee shall, i'm any case, be
taxed as part of the cost of such proceedings
SEC. 90. And he ii enacted, That for the pur-
| poses of any new or special election to be held
in this State in any year, the registries of
voters and the lists of qualified and registered
| voters in the several election districts and
election precincts of this State, which were
| returned to the respective proper clerks of
| Courts in this State, subsequent to the last
| preceding October sittings of the respective
officers of registration shall be subject to such
corrections as may be made in them respec-
lively, by the order Of the proper Judge or
Judges as herenbefore provided the registres
of voters and the lists of qualified and regis
tered voters in the several election districts
and election precincts of the State, for the
purposes of said new or special election.
SEC. "a. And be G enacted, That no officer
of registration in this State shall register any
name in any registry of voters, of which he
| may have the custody as an officer of
registration, or strike any name from any
such registry of voters, or make any other
entry in any such registry of voters, except
upon day appointed by this Act for public
sitting of such officer of registration, nor ex-
cept between the hours appointed by this
Act, for his sitting on such day, except by or
| under the order of the proper Judges or
Judge, MS in this Act provided
SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That copy of
any registry of voters, or poll-book, relating
to particular person, or to particular per-
| sons, certified by the Clerk of the Court in
whOcn nuetn1y crnb ranictrv nf oil
seal of his Court, certified by the officer of
| registration in whose custody such registry
of voters or pollbook may then be, by his
own hand and by his official title, or of all the
entries in any poll.book relating to any par
ticular person or persons, certified by the
Board Of Police Commissioners for the City of