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


FlDlC GGn0Tdl Laws.
REGISTERS Of The precinct Of
| county, that I have removed from the
said laat-ml utionaQ residence. and ] do
/ request That the proper entries and rec
I QIla Pc made, and that my name be
alqleliloned precinct. and that eertineate
Nt lltHlnFhl ue furnished me nj thia time,
me foregoing afHlavit snail be written
qr printed on the back Of siich certificate
pl removal and when prclented TO the
! BOARD OF registry at the precinct lu which
suFh applicant resides. it shall b. tnltch
Wy SAID board and returned tg The office
ot supervisors Of elections. When such
gerupeatc shall be granted. either by
we ppnfd Or registry or by the super
Niso-s Of elections. as the case may be,
ne name OF such applicant shall be grasses
rpm ne resistefs OK the precinct from
which he removes
~ At the end Of each OF such session
The registers shall he made TO agree, where
there Is any difference between them,
and then the officers Of registration hay
Ing the custody thereof shall sign their
names or Initials to thqir respective reg.
istry books Immediately under the last
name registered under each letter on
h9l5 register. 50 that no new name can
p. II shall be the duty Of the board OF
registry. after the close Of the last
mentioned session, 20 note for, erasure
from such registry tho names Of all per-
sons known or supposed to be dead, and
the names of all persons who are sus-
ptcttu OF being ulsQUnNNeN uNQNf sec
tons 2 and Of Article Of the constltu-
tion Of the State, and the names OF all
persons WHIP are supposed TO have re
moved iroN such precinct and hnye n9t
taken out removal papers, ana OF al
persons who are suspected to be other
| wise disqualified as voters, and they
sgali before separating. make out iist
q az persons 50 noted for erasure. with
the address as the same appears upon
slsa sesieiers n making out such Ast
ssid beard ~ registry shall treat ~ per-
HuSnuutHH
voters all persons against whom
worn W. q, complaint Is nled ~ any voter n
shai DC ia substance as foloHs'
county, co soiemalyy swear sS'si that tina, believe
who processes TO reside at
4 is not qualified voter ~ the
Precinct OF county,
on the srouud'' (herc state reasons)i
I e. iisiled that such complaint IS untrue,
they need not note such name for erasure
4 unless required by member Of the
! 1oard; said list shall be arranged under
/ We Iollow1g headings: disqualified
I voters, under which shall be placed
! " name OF persons suspected to be dis
gu ai is under Sections 2 and Of Article
[ el the Constitution OF otherwise. De
! CEASED voters" under which shall be
/ pAcet an who are known or supposed TO
! pe asaQ. Removed" under which shall
/ re paced all who are known or supposed
] 59 nave removed from their last address.
Z ne member OF the board acting as clerk
I snaH forthwith ascertain the facts to
I ~ Stch persons on said list in the man
! neI neIeluhetore provided in the case Of
1 ne hIst registration, ana shall give such
gessons me notice provided for in the
eSse ri tne irst registration.
w me board Of registry shall again
4 meet Tor revision, or Tuesday, three
Meeks before such election, and a ses-
slen shail then be held from S A. NJ. until
! seven o clock p. NJ. At such meeting
/ tns olleer who last acted as clerk shall
I ate win sal1 board an AFFIDAVIT OF the
. EHrr 80 . N4... On
I saia suspected list. giving the names and
a1aress OF those not found, and also the
nalie5 ana address Of those actually
| ssTgs1 with such notice, or served by
/ leaving the notice at the designated
] plhce OF residence, stating how Service
Mas MADE, and also stating the names
aug a1nress Of all those to whom such
I hottce was mailed and when mailed No
/ new name shall be added at such meeting
~. a suen meeting both Of the regis
I tels shtli again be produced, and said
board shall hear every person that ap-
\ pears before them to whom notice was
| sent 70 snow cause why HIS name should
/ 4ol DC erased from said registers In the
same manner provided for IN case Of the
! ssnti9t registration; and II a majority
| OF sara board shall decide that such per
] son Is not a qualified voter his name
/ shall be erased from the registers EVE
I uShce on either side may be heard, and
! az WITNESSES or parties shall be sworn
] II quallHee voters so noted as dead or
removed arr not dead or have not re-
moved. their names shall stand, but If
any person so notified does not appear
] at sueh session and show cause why his
I name should not be erased. The board
shal, during the last hour OF such ses-
Sou; cause his name to be erased ana
marked as disqualified deaG or removed
/ AZ me case may be. unless majority of
/ tue DparC are satisfied. of their own
kho"ieage, or upon competent evidence
/ that such person is entitled to hav. his
! name retained on the registry: ana under
/ the head Of remarks opposite each
name erased. shall be stated the facts as
q Sgoh erasnre, the grounds and date OF
nlsSihlng Inc same, and the evidence on
1 WHICH it was made The fwo Registers
\ sntll then be compared and made to agree
4 where there Is any difference and such
revision OF the registry bv SAID bosS9
! Of registry shall then be considered
/ closed, and no other name can be added
| ~ ssia board and a certificate Of the
number Of qualified voters shall then be
made and signed on the registers The
| registers shan by noon of the second day
| thereafter be returned 10 the supervisors
OF elections. with the Alphabetical list as
/ required In Section %
/ II; The board Of supervisors OF elections
snan Immediately, upon the return OF
sald reG,sterst cause a suitable number of
| copies OF the alphabetical list OF names
] registered or erased in each precinct to
pe PFln!eo ana written three days after
| such return of the lists, and cause comics
| thereof to be posted and to be given -
| the judges and clerks, and to be sold. az
before provided, in case Of the general
81, Any person who feels aggrieved for
any OF the causes mentioned In Section q
] OF TINS article, which may have arisen
/ in the course of such revision, may fIle
! a petition, as provided for the Arst gen
/ eral registration, and thereupon the same
| proceedings shall be had, and the same
/ forms and methods shall be used 10 IN
I case of similar petitions under the said
| Section %.
50. The place of any officer Of regIstra-
I ton VINO may be absent on any day Of
| registration or revision shall be filled
I by the other members of the board Then
4 present, always selecting a person az
/ the same political party as the absent
/ person. and the same oath shall be admin
/ istered by one OF the members OF said
I 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 incumbenr
shall vaeate his office. The appointment
] and swearing in Of all such substitutes
] and the reasons therefor and The fin55
/ when such substitutes began and ceased
| 70 serve as officers Of registration, shall
| be noted by the board IN the registers
! 81. There shall NOT be a previous revIeio,,
/ OF the registry before any special election
but at such election the registry books
as last prepared Or revised shall be used.
! In the year eighteen hundred and uinefv-
/ seven, however, and every second 49,,
4 thereafter, the books OF registration "a,
/ theCity ofAnnapolis shall be opened IN, M
| several boards of registry for the wards
| or precincts Thereof on the second MnnSa9,
and the following Tuesday in those YEAR,
/ Tor the purpose OF registering new Voraya
and for the correction Of said books of
! registration prior 10 the biennial lnuni
! cipal elections In said city In the month AZ
! July, and of those sittings Of the said
] boards Of registry ten days previous
1 public notice shall be given by the Boar5
] OF Supervisors of Anne Arundel cot1nt.r
directed by Section IL
/ IS, The board OF Supervisors of eien
4 tious, the board of registry and ench
member OF said board of registry shall
without fee or reward, whenever The said
J registers, or any one OF them Is Ia lis ar
1 his custody, permit the same 10 be freely
such inspection shall be made In he
\ presence Of 4 member or members OF The
| said board Of supervisors or OF one Of their
/ clerks, or OF the said board of registry al,
! OF those members OF the board OF regis
4 try n whose custody she said rerlsfers
! may be, and not otherwise. said board
4 OF supervisors and said board OF registry
4 shan, upon application furnish a copy
/ Of any entry in said register, and SAID
I in any court, or before any officer, 81 rhe
/ matters therein contained.
NOMINATIONS.
| So, Amy convention or primary meetine
I as hereafter defined, held for the purpose
I Of making nominations 10 public ofhce
ana also voters 70 the number hereinafter
( specified, may nominate candidates Tor
! pubic oiiice 10 be nlled By election within
7 the state. a convention or primary meet
I ing Within the meaning Of This article is
! an organized assemblaee of delegates az
I voters representing q political party ar
principle whlchs Al the last election be-
Iore tAe hciolhg Of such convention polled