The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-05-23

whom shall hold Office or employment undel
the government of the United States or thu
State of Maryland or Of the city of Baltimore
and they must not be candidates for office al
the next ensuing electionj their appointment
shall be made In the manner particularly Pre-
scribed in article four of the Code of Public
Local Laws, title "City of Baltimore" sub
title Elections"
3. Each of the said officers of registration
shall have in addition to the other powers
hereinafter conferred upon him, or which may
be hereafter conferred upon him by law dur
ing the respective times of his appointed sit
tings, the power of a justice of the peace to
preserve order and enforce obedience to his
| lawful commands at or around his place oil
registration to keep the access to such place
open and unobstructed to prevent and sup
press riots, tumult, violence and disorder, and
all other improper practices at, around or
near to his place of registration tending to in
| timidation or to the obstruction OF the work
of registration, or the revision of the registra.
tion, and to protect and keep safe the regstries
of voters hereinafter referred to while In his
custody and possession; he may compel the
presence of witnesses before him while sitting
ROoSS
connected with the performance of the duties
of his Office by summons and attachment; he
may while sitting as such officer of registra-
ton commit for trial any person committing
at or around his place of registration any
ofense forbidden by this article; he shall have
! the power to issue any OF said summons, at
tachments or commitments when sitting in
any county of this State to the sheriff of said
| county or to any constable thereof, and when
sitting in the city of Baltimore, TO the mar
shall of police Or to any police officer of said
city; all such processes shall be served by
said respective officers in the same manner as
if they were issued by the judge Of q court OF
record having Jurisdiction of the subject
matter or by justice of the peace exercising
police powers within such respective jurisdic-
| tions; the sheriff or any constable In any
county of this State who shall serve any of
said processes shall receive the same fees and
in like manner as 1t Is or may be by law
provided that he shall receive fees in other
State cases, but no officer of police in the city
of Baltimore shall charge or receive any fee
for any service performed under this article
and no officer of registration shall charge or
receive any compensation for any service per-
formed under this article except such as Is
provided by this article.
5. The term of Office of each and every
registration in any county of this State, shall
commence on the first Monday in May next
ensuing his appointment, and shall continue
for two years unless such officer shall be
sooner removed from Office for incompetency
or misconduct or become disqualified by sick
ness from performing the duties Of his Office !;
in case it Is made known to or found out by
the governor that any officer of registration
appointed by him for any of said counties is
or may be unable to perform his duties under
this article within the time appointed for the
performance of the same, the governor shall
have power to appoint capable assistant to
said officer of registration to serve until the
registry or registries of voters or lists of quail.
flied and registered voters then in charge of
the said officer of registration shall be COM
pleted, such assistant officer Of registration so
to be appointed shall possess the same quail.
fications required by the officer ofregistration
whom he may be appointed to assist and shall
possess all the powers of said officer, but in
all controverted questions when both officers
are present in which the opinion of the officer
and assistant officer of registration may differ,
the decision of the principal officer of regis
tration shall prevail the term of office OF the
officer of registration for the city of Baltimore
shall be for one year as prescribed by article
four of the Public Local Laws, title City of
z. The governor shall cause the books to
be prepared at the expense of the State which
shall be necessary for the use of the respective
officers of registration for the registration
of the names and facts required by this
article 10 be registered; there shall be
thus provided for the purposes afore-
said, two registries of voters for each election
precinct in the city of Baltimore, and two
registries of voters of each election district in
each county in this State when such election
district is not divided into election precincts; ;
for each election district in any county in this
State which is divided into election precincts
there shall be two registries Of voters for each
of the election precincts into which such cleo
ton district is so divided; said registries of
voters shall be uniform In their general char
acter and shall each be of sufficient size for
the uses for which 1t is intended each OF the
said registries of voters shall be so arranged
as to admit of the alphabetical classification
of the names to be recorded therein, and shall
be ruled in parallel columns for the entry of
the following particulars: First, of the name
of the person applying TO be registered; second,
his color third, whether sworn or affirmed ;
fourth, his age fifth, the place of his birth !;
sixth, the place of his actual residence or
domicile by street and number, if any; seventh,
the time Of his residence in the city of Balti-
more, and in the ward in which he shall apply
to be registered; or in the county and cleo
ton district in which he shall apply to be
registered eleventh, remarks; there shall
also be columns for the check mark showing
that the voter has voted.
s. The governor shall cause to be deliver
ed to the sheriff of each county in this State
before the second Monday of July, in the year
eighteen hundred and ninety, addressed to
ooob officer IF roUiatra tiOn IF each plQcti0n
district in said county which is not divided
into election precincts, two of said registries
of said voters of sufficient size for the uses for
which they are intended in said election dis
trict; he shall cause to be delivered to the
sheriff of each county in this State before the
day hereinbefore last named, addressed to each
officer of registration of each election district
In said county which Ia divided into election
precincts, two OF said registries of voters for
each of said election precincts of sufficient size
for the uses for which they are intended in said
respective election precincts in which the
names CT ali the registered voters now contain
ed in the registries, now in the custody of the
clerks of the several circuit courts shall be &C
curately transcribed by said officers of regis
iration respectively; and he shall also furnish
from time to time hereafter new registries to
the several officers of registration whenever
upon their requsition the same shall be found
to be needed; he shall cause TO be delivered to
the board ofsupervisors of elections in the city
Of baltimore, before the second Monday of July,
in the year eighteen hundred and ninety, two
of said registries of voters for each one Of the
several precincts of the respective wards of
said city addressed to the officers of registra.
ton of said precincts respectively, of sufficient
size for the uses for which they are intended !;
each of said sheriffs and the said board of
supervisors of elections in the city of Balti-
more shall forthwith deliver the said respec-
tive registries of voters so delivered to them
respectively by the governor to the respective
officers of registration to whom they are re-
spectively addressed; and the said respective
officers of registration on receiving the same
shall Immediately receipt therefor to the gov.
ernor and to the officers from whom they
were respectively received and 1t shall be
the duty of the governor when he shall send
the several books above required to the several
officers of registration and to the board of
supervisors Of elections in the city of Balti-