The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-03

try, cannot write or "declines." as
the case may be, in the place for such
signature. Tho Board Of Registry
shall be entitled to receive from the
officers having custody thereof the
last preceding registration books. fol-
the purpose of comparison and assist
ance in Identification. and if any one
shall apply for registration. who ap
pears in such former registry as dis
qualified. his name shall be entered in
the new registry. but he shall be
marked disqualified unless such
grounds of disqualification shall have
been removed. At the end of the day S
registry said officers shall compare
the two registers SO kept. and cause
any errors in either of them to be
corrected, by the aid of the entries in
the other, so as to make the same
agree where there IS any difference
between them. Each of the said of
fcers having the custody of one of
said registers shall then sign his
name or initials immediately under
the last name registered under each
letter in the book kept bv him. so
that no new name can be added with
out discovery The said Board of Reg
istrv shall keep. on blanks to be pro-
Supervisors of Elections. an alphabet
ical list of the names. addresses and
color of all persons registered. and a
separate list Of all persons refused
registration. and of all persons whose
names are erased from the registry.
! In the city of Baltimore. at the end
Of each session. thew shall deliver
these lists to the police officer on
duty at the registration Office. ard the
| list shat! be delivered bv the said Of
| fcer to the Police Board. and hv the
/ Police Board % the Board Of Super
visors Of Elections. in the forenoon of
the day following the said sitting
! The Board OF Supervisors for the Citv
Of Baltimore shall then cause such
list to be printed in handhill form. in
plain long primer type. and copies
thereof posted within three DAYS af
ter each session, in such manner that
they NAV be easily read. in at least
ten prominent places in eacn precinct.
Nothing in this section. 16. or in the
preceding section. Is. as hereby re-
enacted with amendments. shall af-
feet the registration in The counties
! heretofore made under this Article
nor require the furnishing of now reg
istrv books in the counties. nor in Bal
timore CITY for the supplemental reg
istration for the municipal election in
1901. but the registry books now in
existence shall continue to be used
as far as practicable and the provi
sions of said sections Is and Is as
hereby re-enacted shall be applied on
" to registrations hereafter to be
made.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted.
That new section he and the same
is hereby added to Article 90 Of the
Code Of Public General Laws. title
ELECTIONS" subtitle 'Registrationi'
to come in after Section 25, and to
be known as Section 25 A. such new
section to read as follows:
25A. That all persons who. prior to
the passage OF this Act. shall have va
Gated or removed from. or have gone
with their parents from the place of
their actual abode, domici!e. dwelling
place or habtation within this State
and shall have taken a domicile. dwell
ing place. abode or habitation out of
this State, shall be conclusivelv pre-
sumed to have thereby intend
ed to abandon their legal resi-
Gence in this State, and to have
surrendered their right to reg
unless within thirty days after the
passage of this Act they shan so in
person before the Clerk of the Cir
they shall have so removed or
before the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Baltimore city, if their
removal shall have been from
said city, and make and acknowledge
11n off do hot
when they so removed they did not
intend to change their legal residence
within the State, but that they had a
fixed purpose to return at a definite
time, and that they intend TO return
to this State and take up their actual
domicile and habitation therein on OF
before six months next preceding the
Tuesday after the first Monday of
November next succeeding the making
of such affidavit. The form of such
AFFIDAVIT shall be substantially as fol
lows: State of Maryland. ..
County or City of Baltimore, set: |
hereby certify that on this .....
day of ..........., 49,. before the
subscriber, Clerk of the Circuit Court
for ............ county, Tor OF the
Superior Court of Baltimore CityD
personally appeared ................
and made oath or affirmation in due
form of law, that up to the day of
............... or Whereabouts.
he was an actual resident and inhabi-
tant OF the. election dis
tTlct OF ............. county, or OF
the ................ precinct of the
...... ward Of the $500. Legislative
district of Baltimore City. that on Or
about the 49,. day of .......... he
removed from his said domicile Or
place of residence in said county or
city. and took up his domiciie. hab
itation. dwelling place or abode out
of the State of Maryland. TO wit Tin
here insert minute and definite de-
scription Of the place of abode) that
when he so removed out of the State
he had fixed and definite purpose to
return thereto by certain time. and
that he did not intend. by such rcmov-
al. to change his residence within the
State. or to return. or not to return
to this State as circumstances there
after might make eXpedient; sworn
TO before me isignature of clerk, seal
of COURT: and unless the persons re-
spectively making such affidavits
shall actually return to this State. and
shall actually take I'D their abode.