Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-09-12
Registration Notice.
Notice te the Qualified Voters Of the
Respective Election Districts OF
St Mary's County.
SEPTEMBER SITTING 1895.

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ST. Mary's County.
SEPTEMBER SITTING 1895.
THE undersigned Officers of Registration
Il for the several election districts Of St
Mary's county hereby give rotice that they
will attend az the places named below, or
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the
18th, 18th and 18th Of September 1895.
(ihe same being designated in the Act OF
Assembly as the September Sitting
from 8 O'Clock, a. m, to o'clock. p. m, OF
each of the designated days tor the purpose
of registering the voters of said district, as
prescribed by chapter 573 Of the acts pass
ed by the General Assembly of Maryland,
at the january Session OF 1890.
tits thought proper 10 publish in connnec-
ton with this notice extracts Of the regis
tration law so far as they are applicable 10
the counties, which bear particularly upon
the power and duty Of the Registrar and
the rights Of the citizen:
3. Each Of the said officers of registra-
ton shall have in addition 70 the other
powers hereinafter conferred upon him or
which may he hereafter conferred upon
him by law during the respective times Of
his appointed sittings, the power OF justice
of the peace to preserve order and enforce
obedience TO his lawful commands at or
around his place Of registration; 10 keep
the access TO such place open and unob-
structed; TO prevent and suppress riots, tu-
mults, violence and disorder. and ell other
improper practices at, around or near TO
his place Of registration tending TO intimi-
dation or 10 the obstruction Of the work of
registration, or the revision Of the registra-
ton, and 10 protect and keep safe the regis
tries of voters hereinafter referred 20 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 hy
summons and attachments; he may while
sitting as such officer of registration com.
NIT TOR trial any person committing at or
around his place of registration any offense
forbidden by this article, he shall have the
power to issue any of said 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-
spective officers in the same manner as If
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
Jurisdiction; 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 lees in
other State cases, but no officer of registra.
ton shall charge or receive any compensa-
ton for any services performed under this
article except such as 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 asser
the passage of this act all persons who shall
vacate and remove from the place OF their
actual domicile, abode, dwelling place or
habitation within this State and shall take
up domicile, abode, dwelling place or
habitation out of this State shall be 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 60 in
person before the Clerk Of the Circuit
Court for the county from which they
nowledge before him an affidavit declaring
that Notwithstanding such removal from
their domcile, abode, dwelling place or
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 preced-
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, domicile, dwelling
place and habitation in this State on or be-
fore six months next preceding such No.
vember election, they shall be conclusiyely
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.
In compliance with the provisions of said
Act OF Assembly, the respective officers of
Registration for st. Mary's county will
meet TOR their September Sitting" on
the days and between the hours aforesaid,
for the purpose of registering the voters of
their respective districts as aforesaid at the
following places, to wit:
The Officer of Registration for the First
Election District will attend at.
ST. LNIGOS, Z. e. Burch d Bro, Store.
The Officer of Registration for the Sec.
ond Election District will attend at
VALLEY LEE.
The Officer of Registration for the Third
Election District will attend at
LEONARDTOWN.
The Officer of Registration for the Fourth
Election District will attend at
PTTCO.
The Officer of Registration for the Fifth
Election District will attend at
MECHANTCSVILLE.
The Officer of Registration for the Sixth
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