The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-05-16

of the names. addresses, color and ages
| of all persons registered in any ward IN
said city Tor in any election precinct OF
district. of said county, for the sum OF
| fifteen dollars per ward in said city, anu
1 two dollars for a single precinct, ana LOT
the sum of half a cent for each voter 8
name on said registry in the counties
which said sum shall be applied towards
paying the expenses Of making sara cert-
| ned copies. 1t shall be the duty of the sara
supervisors 10 make proper provision IL, ~
advance, so that they will be able 10 make
and furnish such copies when ordered
as hereinbefore required.
| %. Any person who feels aggrieved by
| the action of any board of registry in re
fusing to register him as qualitied voter,
or in erasing or misspelling his name, OF
that of any other person on the registry,
or in registering or failing TO erase me
name of any fictitious, deceased or as
qualified person. may at any time, either
before or after the last session OF the
board of registry Out not later than the
! Saturday next preceding the election, II
| in the City of Baltimore, and not later
than the Tuesday next preceding me
! election, If in the counues), tle peutlou
| verified by affidavit in the Circuit Court
for the county, or IL the cause of COM
plant arises in Baltimore City, in any
court of Baltimore City, setting forth
| the ground of his application, and asking
/ TO have the registry corrected. The court
| shall forthwith set the petition for hear
! ing, and direct summons to be issued re-
| quiring the board of registry TO attend
! at the hearing or by counsel; and when
| the object of the petition is to strike OH
| the name of any person alleged to be nc
| titious, deceased or disqualified, summons
shall also be issued TO such person. which
| shall be served by the sheriff within the
| time therein designated, at his place OF
residence given in the registry. II the
| petition shall allege that any person reg
/ istered in any precinct does not reside IN
! such precinct, Il shall be sufficient for the
! petitioner to show that the person to
! whose registration he objects did not at
J the time when he, was SO registered re-
/ side Mt the particular house or place de-
scribed as mis- residence on the registry;
| but the person to whose registration OBJ
| lection is SO made shall have the right
/ to show by affirmative proof that, al
though he may not have had legal resi-
dence at the place described by him as
/ his residence at the time of his registra-
ton, he had at such time legal resi-
dence in the said precinct. In deter1nin-
I ing whether any person is or is not a
! resident of any voting precinct 1t shall
| be presumed that If a person is shown to
| have acquired a residence in one locality
| he retains the same until it is affirmative
: ly shown that he has acquired q resi-
I dence in another locality, and 1t shall also
be presumed that If a person is shown
not to reside at the dwelling given in the
! entries relating to him on the registration
| books, he is not a resident Of the said
precinct unless it should be affirmatively
| shown that he is such resident, and the
1 entries made in such registration books
! shall not be considered by the court as
| evidence of any fact therein stated, but
| the case shall be heard sc novo. AT the
hearing evidence, subject only to the
| ordinary rules OF evidence (as modified
| by the provisions of this section), may
! be introduced for or against the appli-
I cation, and the judge shall dispose of the
matter summary by granting. or re-
| fusing the order prayed, and the clerk
| OF the court shall make minute of the
proceeding. The costs of proceedings in
! all such appeal cases shall from and after
the passage of this act be one-half of those
| provided for and usual under existing
law. If the board of registry shall have
returned the registers to the supervisors
of elections, certified copy. Of any such
| order granted by the court shall be deliv-
| cred TO said supervisors, who shall,
| thereupon. make the required correction
| upon the proper registers, and under the
! head of remarks" note that the same
was made under such order of court. The
court may enforce any such order by at
tachment, as in proceedings for con-
| tempt No person admitted TO the reg
| istry, by order of court shall be protected
by such order If prosecuted for false
registration or false voting. In all such
cases the petitioner may be represented
| by counsel, and in disposing of the petit
| ton the court shall have discretion to
impose the costs upon the petitioner, the
| county commissioners, or the Mayor and
| City Council of Baltimore, or the board
Of registry or any member d oet or members
| quire; but no attorneys appearance fee
| shall be taxed as part Of such costs. In
baltimore City the Supreme Bench shall.
| from time to time, assign judge or
! judges before whom, or any of whom,
| such petitions shall be heard, and neither
party shall have any right of removal.
| Exceptions may be taken to any rulin g
| of the court at the hearing of any such
petition, and appeal allowed to the, Court
| Of Appeals as in other cases; all such
appeals shall be taken within five days
| from the date of the decision complained
! of, and shall be heard and decided by the
| Court of Appeals as soon after the trans
! mission OF the record as may be prac-
ticable.
"a. In the counties a new general regis
| tration shall be made by each board of
registry. at intervals of eight years after
| that herein provided for by Section 16-
that Is to say, prior to every alternate
presidential election after that of 1896, such
in the same way and under the same rules
| and provisions, in all respects, as are
herein prescribed for the first general
| registration hereunder.
| %. In the City of Baltimore there shall
be an annual registration. which shall be
| conducted under the same rules and pro-
prescribed for the first general registra-
| ton under this article; except that when
| ever in a year in which there is not q
general registration in the counties, any
| person applies for registration in Balti-
more City who was a registered voter
! in any election district or precinct In any
| county of the state at the close of the
| last preceding registration in said city
| he shall be required, before he shall be
| entered as a qualified voter, to produce
| and file removal certificate in the form
| AACA GAA4shA1C SCI AL Ill
INTERMEDIARY REGISTRATION.
rs. Before every November election held
| in the counties between the general regis
| tration hereinbefore provided for, the last
| general registration shall be revised by
| where such election is to be held; and
| for that purpose the board OF registry
shall meet on the Tuesdays. respectively
| FIVE and four weeks preceding the regular
| fall election. and shall hold session from
| eight o'clock A. NJ. to seven o'clock p
| NJ, and names may be added on the reeis-
| tiers IN the same way, upon sworn appli-
| cation, as in the case of a general regis
| tration. and all the same forms and re-
quireinents shall be observed. If it shall
appear that any applicant had been upon
the registry in any other precinct of any
J county at any time since the beginning
| of the last general registration for such
| precinct, his name shall not be added TO
| the registry where application is made
until he produces certificate of removal
OF said county, or by the board OF registry
| for such other precincts, which certificate
| shall be in substance as follows:
| precinct, ward. or
| county: This is to certify that the name
| of :. heretofore residing al
in this precinct, has been
stricken from the registry of the precinct,
and the proper erasure made, and that
upon the register of this precinct the fol-
lowing entries appear with reference TO
e cOfor Name ResideAnseee !.
| Nativity Time OF residence
! in precinct, s.. Time OF resi-
dence In county Tor city,. Time
| of residence in state. Nat
uralized, Date of papers,
Date of application. ieu V0'er,
Board Of Supervisors of
Elections
COR of Registry
The foregoing certificate shall be
granted by the board of registry when
/ in session, or by the board of supervisors
| of elections, prior to said session of the
| board of registry, under the following
regulations-that is to say, if at the time
application for said removal Certificate Is
made the name Of the said voter is al
ready erased from the registry. then II
| shall be the duty Of the said hoard ~
supervisors or the said board of Registry
| to grant the certificate to the voter him
self or to any other person making appii-
cation therefor; but If at the time sircb
! application is made, the name Of the voter
| be still upon the registry Of voters az a
| qualified voter, the removal certificata
| Shall be granted, and the name stric-en
| on only upon the personal application. ~
such voter to the board OF superyisor,s ~ ~
/ to the said board of registry and aftsr
| his taking and subscribing an oath st,h
| stnntially as follows: Il, IA
solemnly swear Cor affirm that now
reside at In countyt
that am the same person who is entered
by that name as qualified voter in the