Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-10-04


Notice to the Qualified Voters ofthe
Respective Election Districts IF
ST. Mary's County.
9cT0BER SITTING 1894.
TIE undersigned OfEicers OF Registration
a for the several election districts of Sc.
Mary's county hereby give notice that they
viii attend at the places named below, ON
Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, the lst. and, 3rd, 4tn
and 9Th days sfoctoher, 1894.
C,he same being designated in the Act of
Assembly as the October sittipg)
from O'Clock. q m, 10 8 O'Clock, D. m. of
each of the designated days for the purpose
Of registering The voters of said districts, al
prescribed b. chapter 573 of the Acts pass
cd by the General Assembly of Maryland.
at the January Session of 1890.
II Is thought proper 10 publish in connec-
ton with this notice extracts Of the regis.
tration law 50 fss rs they are applicable To
the counties. which bear particularly upon
the power and duty Of the Registrar and
the rights Of the citizen:
5. Each of the said officers Of registrs-
ton shah have in edition 10 the other
powers hereinafter conferred upon him or
which may be hereafter conferred upon
him by law during the respective times OF
his appointed sittings, the power ola justics.
Of the peace 20. preserve order and enforce
obedience 70 his lawful commands at OF
around his place Of regisfration to keep
the access 70 such place open and unob-
structed to prevent and suppress riots, tn
mutt, violence and disorder, and all other
improper practice at. around or near d,
his place Of registration tending to intimi.
dation or 10 the obstruction of the work oil
registration, or the revision of the registra-
ton, and 10 protect and keep safe the regis
tries Of voters hereinafter referred to while
in his custody and possession; he may
compel the presence of witnesses before
him while sitting as an officer of registra.
ton for all purposes connected with the
performance of the duties OF his Office by
summons and attachment; he may while
cANtAhk &c EuOn OtiCCI Vi ICElSIAttOu
init for trial any person committing at OF
around his place of registration any offense
forbidden by this article; he shall have the
power % issue any ofsaid summons, attach.
ments or commitments when sitting in any
county Of the State TO the Sheriff of said
county or TO any constable thereof; and
such processes shall be served by any re-
spectiye officers in the same manner as II
they were issued by the Judge OF court OF
record having jurisdiction of the subject
matter or by justice of the peace exercis-
ing 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 receive the same
fees and In like manner as is or may be by
law, provided that he shall receive fees in
other State cases, but no officer of registra-
ton shall charge or receive any compensa-
ton for any service performed under this
article except such as is provided by this
article.
The special attention Of citizens leaving
the State, temporarily, is called TO the fol.
lowing extracts from the Acts of 1890,
Chapter 573, Section IA: And after
the passage of this act all persons who shall
vscate and remove from the place of their
actual domicile, abode, dwelling place or
habitation within this State and shall take
up a domicile, abode, dwelling place or
habitation out of this State shall he conclu-
sively presumed to have lost their residence
in this State, and shall in consequence
thereof become 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 80 remove, and shall make and ack-
nowledge before him an affidavit declaring
that Notwithstanding such removal from
their domicile, abode, dwelling placeor
habitation, they do not intend thereby to
change their legal residence but they have
a fixed and definite purpose to return to
this State on or before six months proceed.
ing the next succeeding general election in
November, and If the persons making such
affidavits shall fail so to return and take
up their actual abode, domiciIe, dwelling
place and habitation in this State on or be-
fore six months next preceding such No
vember election. they shall be conclusively
presumed TO have abandoned such declared
intention and shall thereupon become dis.
qualified to vote in this State, and the off,
GERS of registration shall refuse to register
them as qualified voters, or shall strike off
their names from the registry iftheir names
be entered thereon.
And will also attend and sit with open
doors at the places hereinafter named. on
MONDAY, the 18th day of October, 1894,
from 8 O'Clock, A NJ, until 8 o'clock, p. M,
for revision and for hearing applications
for re instatement by persons whose names
have been stricken off the registration lists.
For the purpose Aforesaid the said off
GERS OF registration will attend on the dates
aforesaid, as follows.
The Officer of Registration for the First
Election District will attend at
ST LNIGOS, r. Il. Bureh d. Bro Store
The Officer of Registration for the Sec.
ond Election District will attend at
VALLEY LEE.
The Officer of Regissrst;,.n for tha 'Th,r1