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

Public General Laws.
registers of the precinct of
/ county; that 1 have removed from the
said aforementioned residence, and do
request that the proper entries and rec
ords be made, and that my name be
mentioned precinct, and that certificate
of removal be furnished me al this time.
or i1fe o1 Eh & 6f siicb certicate
of removal and when presented to. the
| board OF registry of the precinct in which
such applicant resides, II shall be taken
| by said board and returned to the office
of supervisors of elections. When such
certificate shall be granted, either by
visors of elections, as the case may be;
the name OF such applicant shall be erased
from the registers of the precinct from
"a AT the end of each of such session
the registers shall be made to agree, where
there is any difference between them,
and then the officers of registration hav-
ing the custody thereof shall sign their
names or initials in their respective reg
istry books Immediately under the last
name registered under each letter on
said register, so that no new name can
be added thereto without discovery.
%. 1t shall be the duty of the board OF
registry, after the close of the last
mentioned session, to note for erasure
| from such registry the names Of all per-
| the names of all persons who are sus-
pected of being disqualified under Sec
! lions 2 and of Article l of the Constitu-
| ton of the State, and the names of all
| persons who are supposed to have re
| moved from such precinct and have not
taken out removal papers, and Of all
/ persons who are suspected to be other-
| wise disqualified as voters, and they
| shall before separating, make out list
! of all persons so noted for erasure, with
the address as the same appears upon
| the registers. In making out such list
said board of registry shall treat as per-
sons suspected of not being qualified
voters all persons against whom
sworn complaint is filed by any voter in
the ward or county. Such complaint
shall be in substance as follows:
county, do solemnly s swear Il that believe
who processes to reside at
/ is not qualified voter in the
precinct of county,
on the ground" (here state reasons).
II majority of the board know or are
satisfied that such complaint Is untrue,
they need not note such name for erasure
unless required by member Of the
board, Said list shall be arranged under
the following headings: ".Disquelified
Voters" under which shall be placed
the name of persons suspected to be dis
of the Constitution or otherwise. ''De-
ceased Voters" under which shall be
placed all who are known or supposed to
be placed all who are known or supposed
to have removed from their last address
The member of the board acting as clerk
shall forthwith ascertain the facts as to
all such persons on said list in the man
ner hereinbefore provided in the case of
the first registration, and shall give such
persons the notice provided for in the
case of the first registration.
~ The board OF registry shall again
meet for revision, on Tuesday, three
weeks before such election, and a ses-
sion shall then be held from A. NJ. until
seven o'clock p. NJ. At such meeting
the officer who last acted as clerk shall
II n n vi nj "a
facts noted by him as to the persons on
said suspected list, giving the names and
address of those not found, and also the
names and address of those actually
served with such notice, or served by
leaving the notice at the designated
place of residence. stating how service
was made, and also stating the names
and address of all those to whom such
notice was mailed and when mailed. No
new name shall be added at such meeting.
80. At such meeting both Of the regis
tiers shall again be produced, and said
board shall hear every person that ap-
pears before them to whom notice was
not be erased from said registers in the
same manner provided for in case of the
of said board shall decide that such per-
son is not a qualified voter, his name
snail be erased from the registers. Evil
dence on either side may be heard, and
all witnesses or parties shall be sworn
If qualified voters so noted as dead or
removed are not dead or have not re-
i
any person SO notified does not appear
at such session and show cause why his
name should not be erased. the board
SHALL during the last hour Of such ses-
sion, cause his name to be erased and
marked as disqualified, dead or removed,
as the case may be, unless majority of
the board are satisfied, of their own
knowledge, or upon competent evidence,
that such person is entitled to have his
name retained on the registry; and under
the head of remarks" opposite each
name erased, shall be stated the facts as
to such erasure, the grounds and date OF
making the same, and The evidence on
shall then be compared and made TO agree
where there is any difference, and such
of registry shall then be considered
closed, and no other name can be added
by said board and certificate of the
number of qualified voters shall then be
made and signed on the registers. The
registers shall by noon of the second day
thereafter be returned to the supervisors
required in Section %.
81: The board of supervisors of elections
J snail Immediately, upon the return of
said registers, cause a suitable number of
copies of the alphabetical list of names
registered or erased in each precinct to
be printed and written three days after
such return OF the lists, and cause copies
, thereof to be posted and to be given to
the Judges and clerks, and to be sold, as
before provided, in case of the general
80. Any person who feels aggrieyed for
any Of the causes mentioned IN Section q
Of this article, which may have arisen
in the course of such revision, may file
petition, as provided for the first gem
eral registration, and thereupon the same
proceedings shall be had, and the same
. forms and methods shall be used as In
case. of similar petitions under the said
Section %.
] 80. The place of any officer of registra-
ton who may be absent on any day of
registration or revision shall be filled
| by the other members Of the board then
present. always selecting a person of
: the same political party as the absent
person, and the same oath shall be admin
lstered by one of the members of said
board then present to such temporary
officer Of registration as provided in the
case of the regular officers of registration
Whenever the regular officer shall return
! or be present, the Temporary incumbent
i and swearing in of all such substitutes,
! and the reasons therefor. and the time
whe EMS. Sac n su d began and ceased
be noted by the board in the registers
81. There shall not be previous revision
, but at such election the registry books
as last prepared or revised shall be used
In tie year eighteen hundred and ninety
seven, however, and every second year
thereafter, the books of registration for
; | theCity ofAnnapolis shall be opened by the
several boards of registry for the wards
or precincts Thereof on the second Monday
and the following Tuesday in those years,
for the purpose of registering new voters
ana Tor the correction Of said books OF
registration prior to the biennial NUM-
cipal elections in said city in the month of
July, and of those sittings of the said
boards of registry ten days previous
public notice shall be given by the Board
of Supervisors of Anne Arundel county.
directed by Section 10.
80. The board of supervisors of cleo
lions, the board of registry and each
member Of said board of registry shall,
without fee or reward, whenever the said
! registers, or any one of them, is In its or
his custody, permit the same to be freely
inspected by any one wishing SO to do,
such inspection shall be made in the
| presence of a member or members of the
said board of supervisors or of one of their
clerks, or of the said board of registry or
of those members of the board of regis
try in whose custody the said registers
may be, and not otherwise. Said board
of supervisors and said board Of registry
shall, upon application, furnish a copy
of any entry in said register and said
copy, under their hands, shall be evidence
in any court, or before any officer. of the
matters therein contained.
NOMINATIONS.
Sc. Any convention or primary meeting
as hereafter defined, held for the purpose
of making nominations to public office.
and also voters to the number hereinafter
specified, may nominate candidates for
public office to be filled by election within
ing, within the meaning of this article is
an organized assemblage of delegates or
voters representing a political party or
principle which, at the last election be-
fore the holding of such convention polled
at least one per cent. of the entire vote