The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-04-30
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1904.
GENERAL REGISTRATION LAW.
CHAPTER 254.

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Sec. BE it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That sec.
tons "A, %, and III of Article IS OF
the Code of Public General Laws, III
lie Elections, be and the same are
hereby severally repealed and re-en,
acted with amendments SO as TO reau
as follows:
Pain the counties a new general
registration shall be made by eacI
Board of Registry in the year l9Oo;
such new general registration shall
be made in the same way, at the same
times and under the same rules ana
provisions in all respects as are IN tnls
article prescribed for the first general
reg .stratlon.
%. In the city of Baltimore there
shall be a general registration in the
year 1906 and bi-ennially thereafter.
Before the November election 1904 and
1905. and in the year 1907, and in eV-
cry alternate year thereafter, the last
general registration shall be revised By
the Board OF Registry in each precinct
wnere such election was to be
held and for that purpose a Board OF
Registry shall meet on the Tuesdays
respectively seven, six, five and tour
weeks preceding the regular electl"n
in November and shall hold sess1 II
from 9 O'Clock A. NJ. to o'clock +.
NJ. and names may be added on the
Registers in the same way, upon
sworn application as in the case or
general registration, and all the same
forms and requirements shall be OBJ
served. If it shall appear that any
applicant had been upon the ReSlStrleS
in auy other precinct of the city OF
Baltimore at any time since the pc
g,ning of the last general registration
for such precinct, his name shall not
be added to the Registries when ap-
plication is made until he produces a
certificate of removal given him by the
Board of Registry for such other pre-
cinct, which certificate shall be in sub
stance as follows: ......... precinct
" ward. This is to GER
tify that the name of ..............
heretofore resiulng at .............
in this precinct, has been stricken from
the Registry of the precinct and the
proper erasure made, and that upon
the Registers of this precinct, the fol-
lowing entries appear with reference
to him. Name Age
.. Color .......,... Resi-
dence ................ NATIVITY ......
.. Time of residence in pre-
cinct ... Time of residence in
CITY .. Time of residence
in State .Naturalized
... Date of papers .......... Court
....... Qualified voter ........
Date of application OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
............ ........
Board of Registry.
The foregoing certificate shall be
granted by the Board of Registry when
in session, under the following regu-
latiOns: That is to say: If at the time
application for said removal, GER
tificate is made the name of said yot-
err is already erased from the Registries
then it shall be the duty of the said
Board of Registry to grant the GER
tificate to the voter himself or to any
other person making application there
for. but if at the time such application
is made. the name of the voter be
still upon the Itegistries of voters as
a qualified voter, the removal GER
tificate shall be granted, and the name
stricken off only upon the personal ap-
plication of such voter to the said
Board of Registry, and after his taking
and subscribing an oath substantial
II as follows: |. ...........-... do
sClemnly swear Tor affirm that l now
reside at ................ IN ..'......
IN the city or Observation-Disclosures.
county OF ........ Inat am
The same person VINO is entitled by
that ua'Ge as a qualified voter in the
Ro@iStr'eS of the ................ pre-
cincU of the ... city; that |
have removed from the said last men,
toned residence, and l do request that
the proper entries and records be made
ard that my name be erased from the
RtgistTieS of said last mentioned pre-
cinct, and that certificate OF remov-
al be furnished me at this time" The
foregoing affidavit shall be written or
printed on the back of such certificate
of removal, and when presented to the
Board of Registry of the precinct in
which such applicant resides, it shall
he taken by said Board and returned
to the office of the Supervisors of
Election. When such certificate shall
be granted by the Board of Registry
the name of such applicant shall be
erased from the Registries of the pre-
cinct from which he removed. At the
istries shall be made to agree; where
there is any difference between them,
and then the officers of Registration
having the custody thereof shall sign
their names or initials in their respect
i've Registry books Immediately under
the last name registered under each
letter on said Registries so that no
new name can be added thereto with
out discovery. 1t shall be the duty
OF the Board of Registry, after the
clos; of each session to note for eras-
ure from such Registries the names of
all persons known or supposed to pc
dead and the names of all persons who
are suspected of being disqualified I'M
der Sections and 3 of Article of the
constitution of the State, and the nam
es of all persons who are supposed to
have removed from such precinct and
have not taken out removal papers and
of all persons who are suspected to be
otherwise disqualified as voters, and
they shall, before separating, make out
a list of all persons so noted for eras-
ure with the address as the same ap-
pears upon the Registries. In making
out such list said Board of Reg
iStry shall treat as persons suspected