Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-09-27

| The undersigned Officers of RegiStTa-
| ton for the several election districts Of ST.
Mays county hereby give notice that they
win attend at the places named below, on
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
| THURSDAY and FRIDAY, 1st, End
| 3rd., 4th. and 9Th. days of October, 1855
| (the same being designated in the Act of
Assembly as the October sittings,
from 8 O'Clock. a. IN. 10 o'clock, p. m Of
each of the designated days, for the pur-
pose Of registering the voters Of said dis
tricts and hearing appeals, as prescribed by
chapter l55 Of the acts passed by the Gen.
| eral Assembly of Maryland, at the January
/ Session of 1888. Sections 3, 5 and Z OF the
new law provide As follows
Section 3. That said several officers If
| registration for the respective election dis
| tricss in the counties of this State, instead
| OF sitting five days in September and two
| days in October in each year, as prescribed
/ by said act Of eighteen hundred and eigh-
| ty-two, section 10, shall sit for the purpose
1 of performing the duties imposed upon
! lhem by said act, and by this act, daily iJr
| two successive DAYS in the month of May,
/ for three successive days in September and
! for five successive days in October in every
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said counties; said sittings in Nav and Sep
| TENDER 10 commence ON the second Mon
! day Of said months respectively, and the
/ October sittings 10 commence on the first
| Monday in October. Said sittings shall N
! like manner be called the May, September
and October sittings. The said respective
| Officers OF Registration shall sit al said sew
| eral sittings in the several counties with
open doOrs from eight O'Clock, a. N. until
| six o'clock p. III. on each day Of their ses-
| sions, and their proceedings shall be public
| and open TO free inspection, without any
| obstruction whatever. The places of their
| sittings shall I've selected as prescribed IN
said act Of eighteen hundred and eighty
two, chapter twenty-five.
Section That the said several officers
OF Registration shall give notice signed 10y
him or them of the times and places of his
or their several respective sittings for five
days before his or their several respective
sitttings in May, June, July, September
and October, by publication as prescribed
in the said act of eighteen hundred and
eighty two, chapter twenty-five; and should
changes Of the places Of their sittings be-
| come necessary, due notice thereof shall be
given as provided by section fourteen of
said act.
Section Z. That said Officers of Reristra-
ton, when sitting al their respective Nav
June July and September sittings and the
first sitting in October, shall register rs pro.
vided in the said act of eighteen hundred
and eighty-two chapter twenty-five, all
qualified voters who shall present, them
Selves for registration; and in addition to
said work Of registration they shall care
fully revise and scrutinize the said rTtfs-
tries so received by them from said clerks
OF the several circuits courts and the supe-
rior court of Baltimore city, 10 the end that
al errors therein shall he corrected: and
the names Of all voters entered therein who
shall have died or become for anv reason
disqualified, or who for any cause shall
have ceased TO be entitled 70 remain on
said registration books, shall be stricken of.
In order that the work OF striking off from
the registries the names of all dead and dis
qualified persons, and Of all persons erron-
eously or improperly placed thereon, may
be thoroughly and accurately accomplish
ed. it shall be the duty of said several Of
ficcrs Of Registration at their Nav sitting
10 30 carefully over the whole list Of names
upon said reglstrleS an their respective pre-
Cints and election districts, and 10 note for
striking OF the names of all persons whom
from their own information, or from infor-
ton furnished to them from Others. they
have good reason TO believe 10 be proper 10
be stricken OFF Having made out his list,
which shall be at all times open 10 pnbiic
inspection, il shall be their duty Ia address
written notices TO all the persons whose !
nantes are set down thereon, except those |
known 10 be dead, calling on said persons
to appear before them on or before The first
day of July sitting in the city OF Baltimore. !
and the first day Of the September sitting in
the counties, 10 show cause why their names
should not be stricken from said registries, F.
which notices shall Ike served in Baltimore
city by the police Of Baltimore city, and in I
the counties by the sheriff Of the several /
counties, upon all such persons who can be
found by them, and said notices shall also
be sent by mail TO said persons addressed
to them 81 the place from which they were
registered. Should no cause, or. in the
judgment Of said Officers of Registration,
an insufficient cause 10 the contrary be
shown BY the first day of their July Or Sep
tember sitting, as the case may be, il shall
he the duty of said Officers Of Registration,
during said sittings, TO strike off the names
OF all persons on said list: but if said Off
Gers Of Registration shall be satisfied by
competent sworn testimony produced
before them, or from their own knowl-
edge or information, that any Of said
persons, notwithstanding their failure 70
( appear IN aus"CI 10 SAID uDtcp, are
in reality entitled to have their NAMES
retained on said registration books. then
the names of said persons shall be 80
retained; moreover, whenever any sucges-
ton shall be made 70 them in writing.
/ signed by any person, that said registration
/ books contain any specified name or names
which should he stricken of, j; shall be
their duty 70 diligently inquire into and
| investigate every such suggestion, and 70
| strike OF every name which, upon such
investigation, they shall ascertain TO have
been improperly registered in the first
instance, or 70 be no longer entitled 10
remain upon the registration books, for
any lawful cause. Within three DAYS after
the sittings in May, June, July and Sep
tenber, and the irst sitting in October in
the city Of Baltimore, and after the May,
September and October sittings in the
counties, said Registration Officers shall
publish, as provided in said act Of eighteen
hundred and eighty-two, chapter twenty
two, the two alphabetical lists required 10
b published by section twenty-one Of said
act; and shall also put up and retain during
their subsequent sessions, in q conspicuous
place IN the room occupied by them as
registration offlce, two Of said printed al
pllabetical lists; and the said Officers Of
| Registration, within three DAYS a1eT the
, close respectively Of their sittings in May,
June, July and September, shall seRd by
mail, and through the police Of Baltimore
CITY and Gae sheriff in the several counties,
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