Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-27

ing the respective times Oh DIS appointed SIT
tings, the power eff justice Of the peace 20
preserve order ard enforce obedience to his
lawful commands at or around bis place Of
registration; 10 keep the aecess 70 such place
open and nnobsgrneted; ID prevent and sup
press riots. tumulg violence aud disorder, and
III other improper practices afs abound or
near 10 his place If registration tending 10 lu-
timidati0n or TO the obstruction Of the work
oil registration, or the revision % the regis
tTation, and ta protect and Keep safe tue reg
istries ST voters hereinafter re ierred to while
in his custody and possessions he may compel
the presence q 4 witnesses before him while sat-
ting as an officer os registration Tor all pur-
poses connected with the performance OF the
duties Of his office hy summons and attachments
be may while sitting as such officer 81 regis
tration commit Tor trial any person commit
ting az or around bis place ofregistratlon any
ofIenSe forbidden BY this article; he shall
have the power TO issue any 81 SAID summons,
attachments or commitments when sitting IN
any county Of this State 10 the gheriH of said
county or to any constable thereof; all such
processes shall be served by said respective
officers in the same manner as ii they were is
sued by the Judge Of court Of record having
jurisdiction 0f the suit ject ma tier or by JUS
tiee OF the peace exercising police powers
within such respective jurisdictions; the sheriff
or any constable in any county In this State
who shall serve any Of said processes shall re-
ceive the same fees and in like manner as it Is
or may be by Law provided that he shalt re-
ceive fees in other State cases, but no officer
of re gistration shall charge or receive any
compensation for any service performed under
this article except such as IS provided by tins
article
Sec. Il. All persons who prior to the pa
sage of this act shall have vacated or removed
from or have gone with their parents from the
place of their actual abode, domioile, dwell
ing-place or hsbitation within this State, and
shall have taken domicile. dweilng-pace,
abode or habitstion out of this State, shall be
conclusiveiy presumed to have thereby IN
tended to abandon their legal residence 10 this
State, and TO have surrendered their right 10
registration as ,egal voters in the State unless
within thirty days after tue passage of this
act thes shall 90 in person before The clerk 0 (
the circuit court for the county from which
they shall have so removed and make and
acknowledge before such clerk an affidavit
that when they so removed they did not in
tend to change their legal residence within the
State, but that they had fixed purpose 20
return at a definite time, aud they intended 10
return to this state and to take up their
actual domocile or ha0itstiOn therein, on or
before six months next preceding the Tuesday
after the first Monday o. November, eighteen
hundred and ninety; and unless the person
respectively making such afiidavits shall ac-
tually return to this State and shall actuallY
take up their abode, d0mcilc or habita ton
therein six months before the Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, eighteen hun
dred and ninety, they shall be conciusively
presumed to have lost their legal residence
therein and shall not be entitled to registration
thereinas legal voters, and the officers Of reg
istratoI shall strike of their names from the
registry, if they be entered thereon; and after
the passage OF this act all persons who shall
vacate and remove from the place of their
actual domicile, abode. dwelling place or habi-
81 of tot Sta1E ha In
presumed to have lost their residence in this
State, and shall in consequence thereof be-
come disqualified to vote, unless at or about
the time of such removal or within ten days
thereafter they shall go in person before the
clerk of the circuit court for the county from
which they shall so remove, or before the clerk
of the superior court of Baltimore city, if
such removal be from said city, and shall
make and acknowledge before him an afiida-
Wit declaring that notwithstanding such re-
moval from their domicile, abode, dwelling
place or habitation, they do not intend thereby
to change their legal residence but that they
have fixed and definite purpose to return to
this State on or before six months preceding
the next succeeding election in NOVEMBER
and if the persons making such
aflidavits shall fail so to return aud take up
their actual abode, domicile, dweliDg-place
naturalization in this State on or before six
months next preceding such November cleo
Us
have abandoned such declared intention and
shall theFeupon become disqualified to vote in
this State, and the officers of registration
shall refuse to register them qualified voters,
or shall strike off their names from the reg
istrY if their names be entered thereon; the
clerk before whom such affidavit shall be
made, shall retain, indey and record the same.
and shall be entitled to demand and receive
for each Acknowledgment the sum of thirty
cents, and for indexing aud recording the aii-
davits and acknowledgement thereto, the same
compensation as is allowed by law for index
ing and recording deeds, such costs to be paid
TO said clerks by the commissioners and mayor
and city council of Baltimore respectively
such aiiidavits shall not be admissible in evil
dence as evidence Of the right of the persons
making the same to registration. unless they
are recorded within five days from the date of
the acknowledgment thereto, and duly GER
tilted copy thereof shall be receivable in evil
denee in the same manner as a certified copy
of deed; false swearing In any such alfiday-
its shall be deemed to be perjury, aud shall be
punishable perjury is by the Code of Pub
lie General Laws, article twentg-seven, title
"Crimes and Punishments," subtitle HPer-
iury;" said officers Of registration shall re.
quire the production of such aiiidavits duly
recorded, or a duly certified copy thereof In
all cases where they shall have reason to SUE
peet that the person APPLYING to be registered
as qualified voter has lost bis residence by
reason of his removal from the State as here
inbefore mentioned, and they may also in such
cases put any question which they may deem
proper to such applicant, concerning the place
when he dwelt in the county or legislative die
trict before such removal out Of the State,
his occupation before such removal and sine e,
the time when he so removed, and when he
and all other pertinent facts and cir
cumstances touching the right OF such person
to be registered, and they may require the
truth Of the answers Of all persons to such
questions to be Gorroborated by ind ependeat
evidence If in their discretion they shall think
proper; and II in answer to their questions or
upon testimony produced before them it shall
appear to their satisfaction that the person APP
plying 10 be registered had left the State with
out any intention Of returning at some def
mite time in the future be shall not be entitled