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

as hereinafter provided. in substance in
II, do solemnly swear that
I did, on make application TO
the board of registry of the
precinct Cor districO of county
Tor The precinct of the
said board refused to register me as
qualified voter in said precinct that am
duly qualified voter, entitled 10 vote IN
said precinct at the next election.
10. On the Tuesdays, respectively, six,
five and four weeks, preceding such regu-
lar election, and on the Wednesdays next
following said Tuesdays, respectively,
said board OF registry shall again meet
in session during the hours prescribed
in Section &C. for the purpose Of register
ing all qualified voters not before regis
tered who shall apply in person to be
registered, and also for the purpose OF
noting the names of any persons on SUCH
registry whom they suspect not TO pc
qualified voters. The same forms shaIi
be observed as to the applications made
on these days as were required on the
former day of registration. If any voter
of the ward or county shall go before the
board of registry during such sessions and
make oath that he believes any specihed
person upon such registry is not quail
fled voter, such fact shall be noted AZ
the end of the registration for each of
these days the registers shall be examined,
compared and made TO agree; and they
shall then be signed Immediately, under
ltl6 last HdIlt Ee6lSlGIGdt CaSA-
letter, in the same way as hereinbefore
provided.
90. Before separating on the last day,
said board of registry shall make out
and deliver to one of their number, chosen
by lot as clerk, list, with the registered
address of all those who have been regis
tered as qualified voters whom either
one of the officers of registration sus-
poets not to be qualified voters, or against
whom any voter of the ward or county
may have made complaint, as above pro
L. SF let hall
however, know that any person so COM
planned of is qualified voter, then such
name need not be put upon the list or
member of the board. The officer of
registration to whom such list has been
delivered shall, on or before the Friday
next following. sign notice and send
the same through the mail, duly stamped.
to the address, as given in the registry
of each person who is upon such suspected
list, requiring such person to appear be-
fore the board of registry upon the Tues
day following, giving the time of such
session, and show cause why his name
should not be erased from such register.
Proper blanks and postRge-stamps shall
be furnished for this purpose by the board
of supervisors. A similar notice shall
also be served by said officer so acting as
clerk upon such person before the follow
! ing Tuesday, and If he cannot be found
at the place designated upon said regis
tiers, the notice may be left there. II such
place can be found. Any officer of regis
tration or other person acting tempo
raIily as such, as hereinafter provided
who wilfully neglects to perform his duty
touching such scrutiny, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on con-
viction, shall be imprisoned in jail not less
than thirty days nor more than sixty
days. In case of temporary disability
on the part of said officer acting as clerk,
the board of registry may appoint tenn
porary clerk, belonging to the same party.
and administer to him the usual oath of
office, and said temporary clerk shall
perform all the duties of the office until
the disability of the regular clerk is re-
moved. And it shall also be the duty of
each of the other officers of registration,
so far as may be in his power, TO inform
himself as to all the persons whose names
may be on such suspected list.
q. On the Tuesday three weeks proceed
ing such regular election said board of
registry shall again meet at the place des-
ignated and they shall remain in ses-
sion during the hours prescribed In Sec
ton 16, for the sole purpose Of revising
their registry, and no new names shall
be added. At the beginning of the ses-
sion the officer Of registration, to. whom
such suspected list was delivered, shall
make affidavit as to the mailing of the
notices sent by him, and TO whom d.
rected, and where. and as to the personal
service upon such person, or as to the
leaving of the same at his place of resi-
| dence SO designated: and If any person
to whom such notice was sent shall ap-
pear before the board of registry during
that session he shall make and sign an
affidavit in substance as follows:
L 10 SOleHDlV SWedT Inat L am n GlI1-
zen of the United States, and that have
ie''1e0 ward, in the city Ree Of 81 the
! Cor district of coun-
ty), in the State of Maryland, from the
day Of up to the
day of IS and that
l have not since acquired legal resi-
dence giving me the right to vote else
| where"
II it is charged that he has been con-
victed of any infamous crime and has
not been pardoned, he shall further make
oath that he has never been so convicted,
or if convicted, that he was pardoned at
| a time stated This affidavit shall be
signed and sworn to before one of such
| board of registry, and it shall be pre-
served and filed in the office of the board
| of supervisors of election. There
upon said board of registry shall further
examine him, and shall also swear the
| office of registration who has made the
inquiry and hear him upon the question,
and they shall also have the power to
| examine on oath any other witness that
may appear, or be produced before them
| in regard to the matter, and make any
| further examination or inquiry that they
may deem proper; and If, after such fur
| Their examination and hearing, the ma
| jorlty of said board are of the opinion
| that such person is not a qualified voter
in red ink through his name and through
| all other entries on the line on which
| said name is written, but so that the name
and said other entries shall remain
|
| any registration shall indicate that the
name of such person is erased from the
| registry, and such person shall not be
| entitled to vote unless his name be re-
stored as hereinafter provided. During
| the last hour of said session If any person
| so notified to appear at such session has
not yet appeared and shown cause why
| his name should not be erased from the
registry, the same shall be so erased in
| the manner aforesaid, unless majority
| of the board are satisfied of their own
knowledge, or upon competent testimony
| 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 date of making the
same. and the grounds and evidence on
which it was made.
%. At the end of the last session above
| provided for the said board of registry
| shall compare and correct the two regis
ters and make them agree, and the off,
| GERS having them, respectively, in their
custody shall then immediately ,infier The
last name registered under each letter of
the registers sign their names, SO that no
| other names can be added without dis
| covery; ali of said officers of registration
shall then subscribe, at the end of each
register. certification in substance in the
words following:
We. the undersigned, constituting the
district of county (dr in hi'-''' VI
precinct OF the ward of the city
do jointly and severally certify that at
the general registration of voters in said
precinct, closed on this lay OF
there were registered by us In
| said precinct the names which in this
book are entered. and that the number
of registered and qualified voters was
and is the number of
Signature.
During the next day the board of regis
| try shall return the two registers to the
board of supervisors of elections and in
the counties the said boards of registry
shall at the same time return the alphabet
| zeal list OF the names, color and addresses
| OF the persons registered and erased by
them, and in Baltimore City the boards
| of registry shall at the same time return
| the lists made by them at their last ses-
sion: and the said boards of supervisors
shall at once cause said alphabetical lists
| to be printed in handful form in long
| primer type. and copies thereof posted
within three days after the return OF
said lists, as aforesaid. in such manner
| that they may be easily read, in at lea 81
| ten prominent places in the respective
| precincts. The board of supervisors in
| the City Of Baltimore and In the several
counties shall cause TO be printed at lie a a
ten extra copies of all the handbills pre-
pared by them, respectively, under this
article. and as many more copies as may
be required to supply all demands for
any of them made with the tender OF the
price before the printing thereof which
copies they shall sell to the public at five
cents per copy, the proceeds of said sales
to be applied towards paying the expenses
" printing the same. The said boards