The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-04-11

| SuCCeeuIllS elcCtlOn III November
The form of such affidavit shall be as
follows: State of Maryland, City (oI
County, Of--sct: | hereby Ger,
tify that on this-day Oh
| before the subscriber, Clerk of the
/ Circuit Court for--County (oI
Superior Court of Baltimore City
personally appeared made
oath Tor affirmation) in due form OF
law, that on or about the--day OF
he vacated and removed from
his habitation. dwelling place, domi-
ellie or abode, in the-P Precinct of
the--Election District Oh
County Tor of the-Ward in the
Legislative District of Baltimore
City and took up his abode out of
the State. Here insert particular
| designation of such new abode by
election district, precinct, ward, street
and number whenever practicable);
that Notwithstanding such removal
he does not intend thereby to change
his residence, but that he has a fixed
and definite purpose to return TO this
State on or before six months preced-
ing the next succeeding election in
November: sworn before me sigma
ture of Clerk, seal of Court; and if
the persons making such affidaVits
shall fail so to return and take up
their actual abode. domicile, dwelling
place and habitation in this State on
or before SIX months next preceding
such November election. they shall
be conclusively presumed to have
abandoned such declared intention.
and shall thereupon become disquali-
fled TO vote in this State, and the Of
ficers of registration shall refuse to
register them as qualified voters, or
shall strike off their names from the
registry if their names, be entered
thereon. The clerk before whom such
affidavit shall be made shall retain.
index and record the same. and shall
be entitled to demand and receive for
each affidavit sworn the sum of thirty
cents. and for indexing and recording
the affidavit and acknowledgment
thereto the same compensation as al
lowed by law for indexing and record
ing deeds; such costs to be paid to
said clerks by the County Commits
sioners and Mayor and City Council
OF Baltimore, respectively. Such af-
tidavits shall not be admissible in evil
dence of the right of the persons max
ing the same to registration unless
they are recorded within five days
from the date of the acknowledgements
thereto, and a duly certified copy
thereof shall be receivable in evidence
in the same manner as a certified copy
of a deed. False swearing in any
of such affidavits shall be deemed to
be perjury, and shall be punishable
as perjury is punishable by the Code
of Public General Laws, Article 81.
title Grimes and Punishments. sub
title Perjury" Said officers of reg
istration shall require the production
of such affidavits, duly recorded, or a
duly certified copy Thereof in all cases
where they shall have reason TO sus-
pect that the person applying to be
registered as a qualified voter has lost
his residence by reason of his removal
from the State as hereinbefore men
toned; and they may also in such
cases put any question which they
may deem proper to such applicant
concerning the place where he dwelt
in the county or legislative district
before such removal out of the State.
his occupation before such removal
and since the time when he so re-
moved, and when he returned, and
all other pertinent facts and circum-
stances touching the right of such
person to be registered, and thew NAV
require the truth of the answers of
all persons to such questions to be
corroborated by independent evil
dence if in their discretion they shall
think proper, and if in answer to their
question, or upon testimony produced
before them, it shall appear to their
satisfaction that the person applying
to be registered had left the State
without any intention of returning,
or with the intention of returning at
some indefinite time in the future, he
shall not be entitled to be registered
as legal voter; provided, however,
that this section shall not apply to
United States Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress from Mary
land. Amy officer of registration who
shall fail or refuse to perform the duty
imposed upon him by this section
shall be subject to the penalties i'm
posed by Section SO of this Article.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted,
That Section 81 of said Article SO, title
Elections" sub title Nominations, -
be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments, so
as to read as follows:
81. All nominations made by such
convention or primary meetings shall
be certified as follows: The certificate
of nomination shall be in writing,
shall contain the name of each person
nominated, his residence, his bust
ness, his address and the office for
which he is nominated, and shall des-
ignate, in not more than five words,
the party or principle which such
convention or primary meeting repre-
sents. 1t shall be signed by the pre-
siding officer and secretary of such
convention, who shall add to their
signatures their respective places of
residence, their business and business
address, and acknowledge the same
before an officer duly authorized to
take acknowledgment thereto. If the
nomination is by means of primary
election, the certificate shall be sign
ed and acknowledged by the person
or persons whose duty it may be, by
party usage, to declare the result OF
such election in the manner pre-
scribed for nomination by conyen-
ton, but no party emblem or device
of any kind shall be added to said GER
tificate; and if any emblem or device
of any kind shall be added to said
certificate; and if any such emblem OF
device should be added, it shall not
be printed upon the ballot by the