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

16. On Tuesday. seven weeks preceding
the election to be held on first TUESDAY
after the first Monday in November, 1886,
which shall occur after the enactment of
this article, each board of registry shall
meet at the place designated by its board
of supervisors of elections, and shall pro-
coed to make q general registration OF
all the voters in Its precinct or district, as
the case may be. The proceedings or
each board of registry shall be as tollows:
l. They shall open the registry in the
City of Baltimore at nine o'clock A NJ,
and continue in session until nine o'clock
p. NJ. on the Tuesday aforesaid. In the
from eight o'clock A. NJ. to eight o'clock
p. NJ. One of the officers of registration
shall administer to al persons VIE Tdi5o Saaig
oath or affirmation: you do solemnly
swear (or AFFIRM that you will fully ana
truly answer all such questions as shall
be put 10 you touching your place OF resi-
dence, name, place of birth, your quaiifi-
cations as a voter, and your right as such
to register and vote under the laws OF
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 reglstTy
books, and all the facts of his application
shall be therein stated, as herein provided.
whether he be entitled to vote or not;
If 1t shall be determined by the board
that he is not qualified voter in the pre-
cinct, then an entry shall be made in the
appropriate column, No" and line
shall be drawn in red ink through ms
name and through all the other entries
on the line on which his name is written,
but so that the name and said other en-
tries shall remain legible, and, II quail
fed, an entry shall be made IN the same
column, Yes"
~. Only persons constitutionally quail
fed to vote in the precinct at the next
election, and personally applying for reg
istration, shall be registered as qualified
voters.
V. The headings to the registry books
shall be so prepared that the registry
tc the surname of each person applying.
and SO that the residence and postohce
address of such persons shall appear in
the first column. Tho 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-
dence and postoffice address, the name
and number of the street, avenue or other
location of the dwelling, if there be a
definite num6eF ahG II fnefe b shd dnn ISs
numbers, such clear and definite des-
cription of the place of such dwelling as
shall enable II TO De rGdully
ii there shall be more than one house at
the number given by the applicant as ms
place of residence, it shall be stated in
which house he resides; and II there De
more than one family residing. in said
house, either the floor on which he re
sides or the number or location OF the
room or rooms occupied by him shalI pc
stated, every floor below the level of the
street or ground being designated as the
basement the floor upon or first above
such level being designated as the first
d.z1r hNNr h c a
second, or such other floor as it may be.
In country precincts 1t shall only be nee
essary to give such general description
rs m pnser pc tb su Quinn name" the name
Of the applicant, writing the surname
first and and full given or Christian name
after e. Under th9 COLUMN as the the
eeiumn nativity" the state, county,
empire, kingdom or dominion, as the
facts shall be ord e. bndsr the Gogdn
as the case may be. 81 Under the sub
divisions Of the general column term or
residence" the period by day. month or
the column 'naturaEzed, the. word
YES" or no." or native" as the fact
may be, (h9 Under the column can
states that he is unable 10 read. and for
that reason will be unable to mark his
ballot without assistance. % Under the
column. date of naturalization" - the
No naturalization papers need be pro-
duced If a majority of the board are
ing the applicant claiming. to be natura-
lized has been registered voter In this
state and has actually voted on such pre-
vious 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
court" the designation of the court in
which, If naturalized, such naturalization
was had az Under the column ], N ,t qgfa ian,
shall appear or be determined by ma
jority of the board of registry. or the
word mo- II such fact be not established
to the satisfaction of a majority OF the
board. (m) Under the column date of
application, the month, day and year
when the applicant presented himself
The questions under the heads of each
and all of the aforementioned columns
have been properly entered by the ohncers
in his presence in both registers, and not
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 cannot
write" in the places for said signature.
The board of registry shall be entitled to
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 ap-
pears In such former registry as disquali-
fied. his name shall be entered in the new
registers, but he shall be marked dis
qualified Mess such grounds of dis
Qualification shall have been removed.
Al the end of the days registry, SAID
officers shall compare the two registers
SO kept, and cause any errors in either
of them to be corrected, by aid OF the en-
tries in the other, SO as to make the same
agree where there is any difference be-
tween them. Each Of the said officers
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ters shall then sign his name or initials
Immediately under the last name regis
tered under each letter in the book kept
by him. so that no new name can be added
vithout discovery. The said board of
registry shall keep. on blanks to be pro-
vided for that purpose by the board OF
supervisors OF election, an alphabetical
list of the names, addresses and color
of all persons registered, and separate
list of all persons refused registration,
ard of all persons whose names are
of Baltimore, at the end of each session,
they shall deliver these lists to the police
officer on duty at the registration office,
the said officer to the Police Board and by
the Police Board TO the Board of Super
visors of Election in the forenoon of the
Board of Supervisors for the City of Balti-
more shall then cause such list to be
printed in handful form, in plain long
primer type, and copies thereof posted
within three days after each session in
such manner that they may be easily read
in at least ten prominent places in each
precinct.
II. 1t shall be the duty OF the Board of
Police Commissioners of Baltimore City,
between the first day Of September and
the commencement of registration In each
year, to cause census. as nearly as pos
sible accurate, to be made by members
of the force under their command of the
legal voters resident in each precinct of
the said city. The said census shall give
the address of each person known or
supposed by the officer of police taking
1t 10 be legal voter of the city, and copy
thereof for their precinct shall be fur
nished by the said Police Commissioners
10 each board of registry when they meet
on the first 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 of
registration in the precinct where he
took the said census, unless, for reasons
stated in writing by the marshal OF police
and Furnished to the board of registry
in question, such assignment shall be i'm
practicable or against the public interest
1S Any voter shall be permitted to be
present at the place of registration In
any precinct of his county or city and
shall have the right to challenge any
applicant; and when challenged, such
applicant shall be carefully questioned
BY the board OF registry touching the
facts which entitle him to register in
such preci2ct; and thereupon, II a ma
iority of the board is convinced that such
applicant is a qualified voter. he shall
be entered as qualified. Any person claim