Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-09-06
REGISTRkIIoH DTIcg.
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from . O'Clock 9. n. 10 oc'o:k, p. N. OF
e. Il of the desgnated days, for tie pur-
pose vi registering the voters OF said LiS-
til -, q prcscr 1;i IL chapter 155 OF the
acts paSs,d by tle GsreTai Assembly of
Maryland, at tae Jsnuary s. s.on OF 1888,
sections ., 5 and z OF The new law pro
vide as follows:
Section 3. That sad several officers of
reg STRAIT IN for the reSppr:ive elscto dis
tricts u the counties of .h;s sac, instead
of 81 az i've Gays II Sep.em Jer ana two
d vs. o ;obsr il each year, is p-e>c.ibed
b. -. &c. OF ei 'itael hGnc-ei and Sh-
ty-.wO, on ID, sh II s.. for the purpose
oi Pro Al y the duties -mpo ed u Jon
, II by :, and by tais a1t, dai Y .or
,wO Sc We C-yS N the monIh o. Nay,
lpr three So 6 W Gays in september aud
~ i've ST We DAYS n OctoGer in every
wear Ia " ca an e Lion she'll be he'll in
said cOu- z "a i s.tt.ngs in Nay and Sep
tembcr 10 commence on tasS eccnd Mon
day o. sad months res y ...veiy, and the
October sItt.n-s TO col -Lence on the Iirst
Monday al Oc.ober s, q 81 ;in@s saa in
like MAJ ner be called toe May, : cpl mher
and October sittin =. The said .e>pec.4ve
Officers OF Rer straliJn aall a. -. j sew
eral : rs in tine several couaties with
open d ors from eight O'Clock. =. IN. IN il
SIX o. rCi p. m on e, al day {. the s"S-
slonS, and their procC ad. ngs hail be public
and open 10 free inspection, without any
obstru ton whatever. The places o. their
sittingS shall be selected as prescribed in
said act of eighteen hundred and eighty
two, Cl: Dter TIVE lty-. 20.
Sec on That the said several officers
of Re - ton shall give nos.ce signed by
l., e .,la Of l,s-
o- ll".r several respectiye sittinGs Tor five
days -.ore his or their several respective
sitiI,UES in May, June, Jul 'ptember
and Ca-ober, by publication as pres ribed
in the said ACT of eighteen hundred and
eighty two. chap tertwenty-two; and should
changes OF the places OF the siitings be-
come necessary, due notice thereof shall be
given rs provided by section fourteen Of
said act
Section Z. That said Officers of Reyistra-
ton, when sitting at their respective May
June July and September sittngS and the
first sitting in October, shall g.ster as pro-
vIded in the said act of eighteen hundred
and eightv-two chapter twenty-five, all
qualified voters VINO shall present them
sely ess for registration; and IN a. Gi;iOn To
said work OF registration they shall care
fully revise and scruIiniZe Tue s. q re.,is-
tries 50 received by them from sd 4 clerks
81 the several circuits courts and the supe-
Tor court Of Baltimore city, 10 the end that
all errors therein shall be corrected; and
the lanes of all voters ent cred therein who
shall have died or become for any reason
disqualified, or who for any cause shall
have ceased 70 be entitled TO remain on
said registration books, shall be stric.spn 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 erTon-
eOusly or improperly placed the con, may
be thoroughly and accurately accomplish
ed, il shall be the duty of said several Of
ficers of Registration at their May sitting
10 60 carefully over the whole list OF names
upon said registries in their respective pre-
Cints and election districts, and TO note for
striking of TN names Of all persons whom
from their own information, or from in ior-
ton furnished TO them from Others, they
have good reason to believe TO BE- proper TO
be stricken of. Having made out his list,
which shall be at all tines open 10 pnblic
inspection, il shall be tuti- du.y 10 adde's
written notices to ali the persons whose
names are set down thereon, except those
known 10 be dead, calling ON said persons
- 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, TO show cause why their names
should not be stricken from said registri ),
which notices shall be served in BALTIMORE
city by the police Of Baltimore city, and in
the counties by the sheriff OF the several
counties, upon all such persons W 40 caa be
found by them, and said notices shalt also
oe sent by mail 70. said persons addressed
70 them 1T the place from which they were
registered. Should no cause, or, in the
Judgment Of said Officers o. Registration,
IN 'RSuiii cieat csuss n sae contrary be
showa by the nFsT ca eJuTor Sen.
lember sitting, as the case NAV lie, il shall
be the duty OF said Officers OF Registration.
during said sittings, 10 strike of The names
OF all persons on said list: bat Ii said OH
GERS of Registration shall be satisfied by
competent sworn testimony produced
before them, or from their ow a kpowl-
edge or information, that any OF said
persons, noiwiths .nding tsk4r failure 10
appear in answer to said no.ile. are
III reality entitled 20 have the names
retained on said regisE ton books. then
M names o. sid pe'sors shall be 20
retained, moreover, wheneY' any su--ss-
ton shall be IIade TO them in WI. ny.
signed by any perSon, that SID re.is r. on
books contain any So cited name or n. mes
which should be slr.cAen OF, il sla., be
their du.y TO diligently inq6.re INTO and
invest gate every such sGgs st.on, an TO
siuke a.. every name " i h. upon such
invest. -ALon, iasy shall a ere i 10 have
been Improperly rey s.eTei in ths frst
instance, or Ia be no ior emf. ,csI To
gcna.I upon the re- s.cst.on boOAs, for
anv iav.uI Ssu :. N,..A.n:.lSee Gavs Z Ter
iae ~ in =. y, Jrre, Jr'y an Sep
lemby-. nj tie E-st :. q IL OS,o5es in
the 4. : o. 3 tan ,re, and alter the II ',
Sep,cEll er cad @ ..o5sr sii1ags in the
COUNTS, said Re- strst On ON ers 81 Il
pub. n. a provided in II &C. Of e;s,a zen
hundred and ei-h.y-two. caaq.er twenty
two. the Two q. .'ua0s;. al lis.s 7sqz.s u 10
be published by ssciion txenty-oas o. sid