The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-15

In the counties q suft c1ent number OF columns ne
or more extra columns should be provided, to be US
1e. 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 a general registration OF
all the voters in its precinct or district as
the case may be. The proceedings OF
each board Of registry shall be as follows:
I. They shall open the registry in the
City of Baltimore at nine o'clock A. NJ,
and continue in session until nine o'ciock
p. NJ. on the Tuesday aforesaid. In the
counties the hours of session shall be
from eight o'clock A. NJ to eight o'clock
p. NJ. One of the officers of registration
shall admin s5er to all persons W H shai Il
ps or apP TO- fel t dc
swear Cor affrm) that yoL viii! fully and
truly answer all such questions as shall
be put to you touching your place OF resi- 81
cations as voter and your right as such
this state
H. 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 ,Sir s, re
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 appH-
cant shall be entered in such registry
books, and all the facts Of his application
shall be therein stated as herein provided
If it shall be determined by the. board
that he is not qualified vote in the pre-
cinct, then an entry shall be made In tn
shall be "a drawn il in red ink through his
name and through all the other entire.
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
c ,en; an Eyes Yes" A'' " 'A0 '
". Only persons constitutionally quail
fed to vote in the precinct at the next
election, and personally applying for reg
istration, shah be registered as qualified
voters.
V. The headings to. the registry books
shall! be so prepared that the registry
shall. be made alphabetical. according
to the surname of each person applying,
and so that the residence and postofhce
address OF such persons shall appear IN
the first column; The ere, registers shan ~,
Zach line, but no names shall be written
between the lines. The entries shall be
as follows; a. Under the column mn resi- resi-
and number of the street. avenue or othef
location of the dwelling, If there be a
definite number, and if there shall not be
numbers, such clear and definite. des-
cription of the place of such dwelling as
shall enable it to be readily ascertalned
the number given by the applicant as his
place of residence, it shall be stated in
which house he resides; and II there bs
more than one family ooy 8bisb IN
sides or the number. or location Of y the
room or rooms occupied by him shall 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 lrst
floor, and each floor above that as the
second. or such other moor as y may ma ee.
essary to give such general description
as may be. sufficient for identification:
3D. Under the column name the name
first and and full given or Christian 7, M
after. (c.l Under the column age, the
age Of the applicant a. st9ts und eaun tine
sO1pm kIngdon or a dominion the
fs eoior. !na the W Words white or "colored
as the case may be. o. Gnde: the SUP.
residence. the period by day. month or
ire column natuEanzad a the the T fac1
read the word mo- if the applicant
States that he is unable to read. and for
hat will be unable 70 T mack t ms
column date of naturalization" the
date OF naturalization. If naturalized.
No naturalization papers need DC pro-
satisfied that for three years next proceed
ing the applicant claiming to be natura-
liZed has been registered voter IN this
state, and has actually voted on s suEh pre- pre-
his answers to the questions when and
in what court he was naturaizea, and
also in the column headed 'remarks}i
! !eenrs, the desfgnation of the court in
which, If naturalized, such naturalizatlon
WaS R Raa Word 'ns yes If the fact
shall appear or be, determined by a ma
jority Of the board Of registry. or the
word no." II such fact be not establisheo
TO the satisfaction Of a majority. Of the
board. (m.) Under the column GATE OF
application, the month, day and year
when the applicant presented Mmse!i:
the questions under the heads of each
and all of the aforementioned columns
have been properly entered by the officers
in his presence IN both registers, anG no,
the same line under the column sigma,
ture," in each of them unless he shat!
state his inability TO do so, in which case
write" in the places for said signature.
The board of registry shall be entitled to
receive from the officers having custody
books for the purpose of comparison and
assistance in Identification; and II any
one shall apply for registration who aR-
he'd his name shall be entered in the new
registers, but he shall be marked dis
qualified" unless such grounds of dis
At 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-
agree where there is any difference be-
tween them. Each of the said officers
having the custody of one of said regis
iers 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
Eesp on panhs to be
yided for that purpose by the board OF
supervisors of election, an Alphabetical
list of the names, addresses and color
list of all persons refused registration
ard Of all persons whose names art
erased from the registry. In the City
of Baltimore, at the end of each session
they shall deliver these lists to the police
ofticer on duty at the registration office
and the list shall be delivered by
the the Police Board to the Board of super.
visors OF Election in the forenoon OF the
day following the said sitting. The
Board Of Supervisors for the City of Balti
more shall then cause such list to be
printed in hand-bill form, in plain Ions
primer type, and copies thereof poste'
within three days after each session Il
such manner that they may be easily reaG
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 registra ton in eact
sible accurate, to be made by memb ers
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 oil
suoposed by the officer of police taking
thereof for their precinct shall be fur
nished by the said Police Commissioners
10 each board of registry when they NEE
on the first day Of their sessions, as here
inbefore provided. And the officer of pc
lice taking the said census shall in every
registration in the precinct where he
TOOK the said census, unless, for reason!
stated in writing by the marshal of police
ana Furnished to the board OF registry
IN question, such assignment shall be i'm
practicable or against the public interest
present at the place of registration II
any precinct Of his county. or city, ant
snail have the right 10 challenge any
applicant: and when challenged, such
applicant shall be carefully questioned
By the board of registry touching tn,
such precinct; and thereupon. If ma
jority of the board is convinced that such
applicant is a qualified voter, he shall
be entered as qualified. Any person claim