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

the following form n so,.n,n,r swear that
the aii board al of registry Of the count,
precinct Cor districtl Of n,+ tho county
S War the Of the city of precinct ). and tina.
said board refused to register me as
qualified voter in said precinct; that l am
sad fp yyre aaae at H hs neS sns no
10. On the Tuesdays, respectively. six
five and four weeks. preceding such regu..
lar election. and on the Wednesday,; , ngA-
said board OF registry shall again NEE.
al the place designated. and shall remain fI
in session during the hours p Prescirltnsa
ing all qualified voters not before regis
tered who shall apply in person to %
registered, and also Tor the purpo e s,,o ~
registry whom they suspect not to be
qualified voters. The same forms shall
be observed as to the Applications maze age
former day of registration; II any voter
of the ward or county shall go before the
board of registry during such sessions ana
person upon such registry is not a quail
fed voter such fact shall be noted. a.
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
the last name registered. under eacn
provided.
20. Before separating on the last day,
said board of registry shall make out
and deliver to one Of their number chosen
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 aualified voters or against
yided. If said board of registry shall.
blamed Of is a auaiified Voter. then sue.
name need not be put upon the list OF
suspected persons, unless required by
member Of the board ,n The he. 9fee 5ss OF
delivered shall. on or before the Friday
next following, sign a notice and send
the same through the e: mail duly ta stamped.
of each person who is upon such suspected
list. requiring such pers q, ~
fore the board of resi- try upon the Tues
session, anu show cause why his name
should not be erased from such register.
Proper blanks and postage-stamps shall
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, IL such
place can be found. Any officer Of regis
rariiy as such. as hereinafter provided,
who wilfully negiects to perform his duty
touching such scrutiny. shall be deemed
viction, shall be imprisoned in jail not less
than thirty days nor more than sixty
days; In case e. Of temporary disability
the board OF registry may appoint tenn
and administer to him the usual oath OF
perform an all s he dueesp Of tSe e once une
the disability Of the regular clerk is re-
moved And it shall also be the duty of
b. III ~SEN IS, rr-t- %t@y,
50 far as may be, in his power, TO inform
himself as to all the persons whose names
may be on such suspected list.
81. On the Tuesday three weeks preced-
registry shall again meet at the place des
ignated and they shall remain in SEES
sion during the hours prescribed in Sec
their registry, and no new names shall
be added. AZ the beginning of the ses-
sion the officer of registration, to whom
such suspected list was delivered. shall
rected. and where. and as to the personal
saveg o at bis as Of to
dence SO designated. and if any person
to whom such notice was sent shall APP
pear before the board of registry during
affidavit in substance as follows:
II do solemnly swear that l am citi-
zen Of the United States. and that have
ieN'0 ~ ward. in the city Of 81 the
ty). in the State of Maryland, from the
day of up to the
I have not since acquired a legal resi-
d den giving me the right to vote else
If 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.
8 Tod tha% b.
a time stated. This affidavit shall be
signed and sworn to before one Of such
board. of registry. and it shall be pre-
e ana ss in Of the eea ss of the rS
upon said board of registry shall further
examine him, and shall also swear the
GTs OF haa hi VINO WHO mas as made the
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
the. Una and ri the
that such person Is not qualified voter
in such precinct, they shall draw line
in red ink through his name and through
said name is written. but SO that the name
and said other entries shall remain
legible, which memorandum. in case OF
any registration shall indicate that the
registry, and such person shall not be
entitled to vote unless his name be re
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 q majority
of the board are satisfied of their own
that such person IS entitled to have his
name retained on the registry; and under
the head of "remarks,' opposite each
TO such erasure, the date of making the
same. and the grounds and evidence on
which 1t was made.
provided for the said board of registry
shall compare and correct the two regis
tiers and make them agree, and the off,
GERS having them, respectively, in their
last name registered under each letter of
the registers sign their names, so that no
other names can be added without dis
covery; all of said officers of registration
shall then subscribe, at the end of each
register. certitication in substance in the
words following:
no W the tn rg pndersigned
district Of county Cor in
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 day 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.
Dated
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
teal 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 post led
within three days after the return Of
said lists, aforesaid. in such manner
that they may be easily read, in at least
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 lea st
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 al five
| cents per copy, the proceeds Of said sales
TO be applied towards paying the expenses
# printing the same. The said boards