Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1896-05-15

IT The COUNTIES sufficient numbcg Of columns Ii
ormote extra columns should hepfoylded, to be d
IS on Tuesday. seven weeks preceding
the election 10 be held on first Tuesday
after the first Monday In Novenbei 1896
hleh snail occur after the enactment OF
thus article, each board Of registry shall
meet at the place designated by Its board
of supervisors Of elections. and shall pro-
coed to make a general registration OF
ali the voters in its precinct or district. as
the case may be. The proceedings o.
each board Of registry shall be as follows
4; They shall opeu the registry in the
city Of baltimore at nine O'Clock A. NJ,
and continue IN session until nine Q clock
counties the hours OF session shall BE-
from eight O'Clock A. NJ. 10 eight o'clock
r. NJ one Of the officers OF registration
shall administer 10 all persons who shall
personally apply to register the followinB
oath or afiirmation' You do solemnly
swear tor aftirm} that you viii fully and
lruly answer all such questions as shall!
be put TO you touching Your place of resi-
dence, name. place OF birth, your qualih
cations as voter and your right as such
to register and vote undec the laws OF
this state"
II. The two officers of registration desig-
mated By the supervisors to have the
custody of the two registry books. or
such OF their colleagues as each of them
may respectively ask to temporarily re-
place him in the discharge OF this duty.
shall make the entries therein required
by this article, and the questions as TO
qualifications shall be asked by the other
officers Of said board.
III. The name and age Of every appli-
cant shall be entered in such registry
books, and all the facts of his application
shall be therein stated MS herein provided,
whether he be entitled to vote or not,
Il It shall be determined BY the board
that he Is not a qusliiied voter IT thu pre-
ciHct then an entry shall be mace In the
appropriate column. No, and line
shall be drawn in red ink through his
name and through all the othe entries
on the line on which his name is written.
but SO that the name nd said other en-
tries shall remain legible, and II quail
ned, an entry shall be made In the sane
column, y es"
". only persons constitutionallJ quail
fed to vote IL the precinct at the next
election, and personally applying for res
istratlon. SHAH be registered as qualified
voters.
V. The headings to the registry books
shall be so prepared that the registra
sha!. be made alphabetical, according
10 the surname Of each person applying.
and so that the residence and postoiiica
address OF such persons shall appear in
the tirsl column. The registers shall be
ruled and one name shall be written on
each line but no names shall be written
between the lines The entries shall be
as follows; (a.) Under the column resi-
dencc and postoifice address" the name
and number Of the street avenue or other
location Of the dwelling, II there be a
definite number, and II there shall not be
a number, or il there shall be duplicate
numbers such clear and definite des-
cription of the place Of such dwelling as
shall enable II 10 be readily ascertatned
II there shalt be more than one house al
the number given by the applicant as his
place Of residence. It shall be stated in
which house he resides; and II there be
more than one family residing IN SAID
house. either the door on which he re-
sides or the number or location Of the
room or rooms occupied by him shall be
stated. every floor below the level Of the
street OF ground being designated as the
basement, the floor upon or first above
sGeh level being designated as the hrst
fool and each floor above that as the
second, or such other floor as II may be,
In country precincts 1t snail only oe nee
essary to give such general description
as NAV be sufficient for Identification
(h.j Under the column name the name
Of the Applicant. writing the surname
first and and fun given or Christian name
after. (c) Under the column age, the
age OF the applicant. tdJ Under the
column nativity" the state, county,
empire. kingdom or dominion, as the
facts shall be. ,(e,l Under the column I
as the case may be- d Under the sub
divisions Of the general column term OF
residence, the period BY day, month or
year, stated by the applicant 90 Under
the column ''naturalized, the word
yes" or mo- or native" as the fact
may be, Ch1 Under the column ''can
states that he IS unable to read, and for
that reason will be unable TO mark his
ballot without assistance. a. under me
column date of naturalization the
date of naturalization, If naturanzed.
No naturalization papers. need be pro
duced II a majority Of the board are
satisfied that for three years next proceed
ing the applicant claiming to be nathra'
hEa = TumfgfaraH NDfpF in This
state, and has actually voted on such pre-
yious registration; but they shall note
his answers to the questions when and
in what court he was naturalized, and
also IN the column headed remarks,
where and when he was so previously
registered. (k.J Under the column
court. the designation OF the court N
which. II naturalizea, such natur alizatlon
was had a. Under the column quail
ned voter" the word yes, II the fact
shall appear or be determined BY ma
iority OF the board Of registry or the
word no" if such fact be not established
70 the satisfaction OF a majority Of the
board. I'M Under the column date OF
application, the month, cay and year
when the applicant presented himself.
M After the answers Of The applicant 10
the questions under the heads Of each
and all OF the above mentioned columns
have been properly entered BY the ofhcerf
In his presence in both registers, and moi
until then, he must sign his name upon
the same line under the column sigma,
ture," In each Of them unless he shall
state his Inability to DO so, in which case
the officers shall make the entry 'oannol
Write.' in the places for said signature.
The board OF registry shall be emitted e
receive from the officers having custody
thereof the last preceding registration
books for the purpose Of comparison and
assistance in identification and II any
one shall apply for registration who ali
pears in such former registry as disauali
lied Ills name shall be entered in the new
registers, but he shall be marked dis
qualified, unless such grounds Of dis
Il The end OF the days registry SAID
ofhoers shall compare The TWO resisters
SC kept and cause any errors ~ either
Of them 10 be CORRECTED, py Aia 81 the en-
tries in the other, SO as 70 make the same
agree where there is any difference be
tween them. Each OF the said officer'
having the custody OF ore OF SAID regis
ters shall then sign his name or initials
Immediately under the last name regis
tered under each letter in the book kept
by aim, so that no new name can De ADDED
Without discovery The said board OF
yided for that purpose BY the board ol
supervisors Of election, an alphabetiea
list Of the names, addresses ana coloi
of all persons rcSlstt red, and separate
list OF an persons refused registration
ard OF all persons whose names ars
erased from the registry. In the city
Of Baltimore, at the end OF each session
they shall deliver these lists 10 the police
officer on duty al The registration office
ana the isl shall be delivered by
the said officer 10 the Police Board and by
the Police Board 70 the Board Of Super
visors Of Election h the forenoon Of ths
day following the said sitting, This
Board Of Supervisors for the CITY OF Bait
more shall then cause such list &c he
printed In hand-bih form, In plain ion-
primer type, and copies thereof postet
within three days aft5r each session Il
such manner that they may be easily real
in a least ten prominent places IN each
precinct
Il. IL shall be the duty Of the Board Of
Police Commissioners Of baltimore Clty
between the nrst uay OF september and
the commencement Of registration in eacf
year. to cause a census, as nearly as pos
sibie accurate, TO Ue made by member;
OF the force under their command OF tbs
legal voters resident " each precinct Of
the said city. The said census shall give
the address Of each person known o.
supposed by the ofiicer OF police taking
II TO be 4 legal voter Of the city, and copy
thereof Tor their precinct shall be fur.
nlshed by the said Police Commissioner
10 each board OF registry when they meel
on the hrst day OF their sessions, as here.
inbefore provided. And the officer Of po
lice taking the said census shall in every
case be- assigned to duty at the Office 81
registration IA the precinct where be-
took the said census, unless for reasoni
stated IN writing by the marshal Of police
and Furnished 10 the board Of registry
ina question. such assignment shall be I'M
practicable or against the public Interest
Is, Any voter shall be permitted to b,
present al the place Of registration II
any precinct OF his county or city. and
snail have the right 70 challenge any
applicant. and when chateneed such
applicant saall be carefully questioned
by the hoard OF REGISTRY lniltAlnF tn
taess Hhlrh euliilc HIN 10 faa'sief If
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