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

and shall take up a dOmicile. abode
dwelling place Or habitation out O
this State. shall be conciusively pre-
sumed to have lost their residence il
this State. and shall in consequence
thereof. become disqualified to vote
unless at or about the time of sucl
removal. Or within ten days thereafter
they shall go in person before the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for the
county from which they shall so re
move. CT before the Clerk of the Su
perior Court for Baltimore City, if sucl
removal be from said city. and shall
make and acknowledge before him ar
affidavit declaring that notwithstaud
ing such removal from their domicile
abode. dwelling place or habitatior
thew do not intend thereby to change
their legal residence. but that they
have a fixed and definite purpose tc
return to this State on or before ST.
months preceding the next succeed
ing election in November. The form
of such affidavit shall be as follows:
State of Maryland. city Cor county, OF
.............. set: | hereby certify
| that on this ...... day of ......
before the subscriber, Clerk of the
| Circuit Court for ............ county
/ Tor Superior Court of Baltimore city,
! personally appeared ............
and made oath COR afirmation) in due
/ form of law, that en- or about the go.
| day of ......... he vacated and re-
moved from his habitation, dwelling
| place. domicile or abode in the
...... precinct of the. ..... Elec-
ton District Of ........ county Cor
of the $500. ward in the .......
legislative district of Baltimore citvi
and took up his abode out of the
State. Here insert particular desig-
nation Of such new abode by election
! district, precinct, ward. street and
number whenever practicabie). that
notwithstanding such removal he does
not intend thereby to change his resi-
dence. but that he has fixed and def
mite purpose TO return to this State
on or before six months preceding the
next succeeding election in Novem-
Der: sworn before me signature of
clerk. seal of court:) and if the per
sons making such affidavits. shall fail
so to return and take up their actual
abode. domicile. dwelling place and
habitation in TINS State On or before
six months next preceding such Nov
Der election. they shall be conclu-
vely presumed to have abandoned
such declared intention. and shall
thereupon become disqualified to vote
in this State. and the officers of regis
tration 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 re
cord the same. and shall be entitled
to demand and receive for each affidavit
sworn the sum of thirty cents. and for
:ndexing anlrecordingth the affidavit and
acknowledgment thereto the same
compensation as allowed by law
for indeXing and recording deeds;
such costs to be paid to said clerks
by the County Commissioners and
mayor ard City Council of Baltimore
respectively. Such affidavits shall
not be admissible in evidence as evi-
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 certified
copy of a deed. False swearing in
any of such affidavits shall be deemed
to be perjury, and shall be punish
able as perjury is punishable by the
Code of Public General Laws, Article
twenty-seven. title Grimes and Pun
ishments,' subtitle, perjury" Said
officers of registration shall require
the production of such affidavits. duly
recorded, or a duly certified copy
thereof in all cases where they shall
have reason to suspect that the per-
son applying 20 be registered as a
qualified voter has lost his residence
by reason of his removal from the
State as hereinbefOre mentioned: and
they may also in such cases put any
question which they may deem prop
err to such applicant concerning the
place where he dwelt in the county or
Legislative district before such remov
al out of the State. his occupation
before such removal. and since the
time when he so removed. and VIXEN he
returned, and all other pertinent facts
and circumstances touching the right
of such person tC be registered. and
they may require the truth Of the
answers of all persons to such Ques-
tons to be corroborated by independ-
ent evidence if in their discretion they
shall think proper. and if in answer
70 thcir 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 return
ing. or with the intention of return
ing at some indefinite time in the flu
ture. he shall not be entitled to be reg
istered as q lega! voter: provided.
however. that this section shall not
2prlv to United States Senators and
Representatives in Congress from
MARYLAND. ANY officer Of registration
who shall fail or refuse to perform the
duty imposed upon him by this sec
ton shall be subject to the penalties
imposed by Section So. OF this Arti-
Gle.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted.
That Section 81 of saiu Article SO,
title ELECTIONS" subtitle "Nomina-
tons be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted with amend
ments. so as to read as follows:
81. All nominations made by such
convention or primary meetings shall
be certified as follows: The certifi-
cate Of nomination shall be in writing
shall contain the name CT each person
nominated his residence. his business.
his address and the Office for which