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

clock a. Ill. to o'clock p. III. One
of the officers of registration shall ad-
minister to all persons who shall per
sonally apply to register the follow
ing oath or affirmation You do sol
EMMY swear Tor affirm that you will
fully and truly answer all such Ques
tions as shall be put to you touching
your place of residence. name, place
of birth, your qualifications as a
voter, and your right as such to reg
lister and vote under the laws of this
State" >. The two officers of regis
tration designated by the Supervisors
to have the custody of the two regis
| try books, or such of their colleagues
as each of them may respectively ask
to temporarily replace him in the dis
! charge of this duty, shall make the
entries therein required by this Arti-
Gle, and the questions as to qualifica-
| lions shall be asked by the other of
! ticers of said Board. 3. The name
and age of every applicant sha | be
| entered i'll such registry books. and
all the facts of his application shall
be therein stated as herein provided.
whether he be entitled to vote or not.
If it shall be determined by tine board
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| precinct, then an entry shall be made
in the appropriate column, mo. and
| a line shall be drawn in red ink
through his name, and Through all
| the other entries on the line on which
his name is written, but so that the
name and said other entries shall re-
main legible, and if qualified, an en-
| try shall be made in the same column.
Yves" /. Only persons constitutions
ally qualified to vote in the precinct
at the next election. and personally
applying for registration. shall be
registered as qualified voters. ). 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 post
Office address of such persons shall ap-
pear in the first column. The regis
tiers shall be ruled, and one name shall
be written on each line, but no names
shall be written between the lines.
The entries shall be as follows: (A.)
Under the column, residence and
postoffice address, the name and mum
Der of the street, avenue or other To-
cation of the dwelling, if there be a
definite number, or if there shall be
duplicate numbers, such clear and
definite description of the place of
such dwelling as shall enable it to be
readily ascertained; if there shall be
more than one house at the number
given by the applicant us his place of
residence it shall be stated in which
house he resides, and if there be more
than one family residing in said house
either the floor on which he resides,
or the number or location of the room
or rooms occupied by him shall be
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 designa-
ted as the first floor, and each floor
above that as the second. or such
other floor as it may be; in county
precincts it shall only.be necessary to
give such general description as may
be sufficient for Identification. (B.)
Under the column. name, the name
of the applicant, writing the surname
first and full given or Christian name
after. co. Under the column, "age, -
the ege of the applicant. 3D. Under
the column, nativity" the state,
country, empire, kingdom or domin-
ion, as the facts shall be. (E.) Under
| the column, color" the words
white or ''colored, as the case may
be. Cd Under the subdivisions of
the general column, term of resi-
dence." the period by day, month or
year stated by the applicant go
Under the column, naturalized, the
word yes or no or native" as
the fact may be. (H.) Under the col
ulnn, date of naturalization, the
date of naturalization, if naturalized
No naturalization papers need be pro-
duced if a majority of the Board are
satisfied that for three years next pre-
ceding the applicant claiming to be
naturaliZed has been registered vo-
ter in this State, and has actually
voted on such previous registration;
but they shall note his answers to the
questions, when and in what court he
was naturalized, and also in the col
umn headed remarks where and
when he was so previously registered
o. Under the column, court" the
designation of the court in which, if
| naturaliZed, such naturalization was
had. (K.) Under the column, equal
flied voter the word yes" if the
fact shall appear or De determined by
a majority of the Board of Registry,
or the word mo" if such fact be not
established to the satisfaction of q
majority of the Board. L.) Under
the column, Date of Application, -
the month, day and year when the
applicant presented himself. on At
ter the answers of the applicant to
! the questions under the heads of each
and all the above mentioned columns
have been properly entered by the Of
ticers in his presence in both registers,
and not until then, he shall be asked
to sign his name upon the same line
under the column signature in each
of them, and shall sign his name, if
he can do so. If, however, he shall
state his inability to do so, or declines
to do so, the officers shall make the
entry, ''cannot write" or declines -
as the case may be, in the place for
such signature. The Board of Regis
try shall be entitled to receive from
the officers having custody thereof
the last preceding registration books,
for the purpose of comparison and as
sistance in Identification, and if any
one shall apply for registration, who
appears in such former registry as dis
qualified, his name shall be entered
in the new register, but he shall be
marked disqualified unless such
grounds of disqualification shall have
been removed. At the end of the
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