Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-29
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1904.
GENERAL REGISTRATION LAW
CHATTER 254.

of Article 50 OF the Code OF Pubic
General Laws, title Elections"
See. BE it enacted by the Cen
cral Assembly Of Maryland, That sec
ti0-s -. %. and III OF Article 80 of
the Code OF Public General Laws, tit
le Elections" be and the same are
hereby seyerally repealed and re-en-
acted with amendments so as 10 read
as follows:
24-In the counties a new general
registration shall be made by each
Board Of Registry in the year 1906.
such new general registration shall
ue made IN the same way, at the same
times and under the same rules and
provisions in all respects as are in this
article prescribed for the first general
registration.
% 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
where such election was to be
held and for that purpose a Board of
Registry shall meet on the Tuesdays
respectively seven, six, five and four
weeks preceding the regular electioh
in November and shall hold a sessi II
from o'clock A. NJ. to 9 O'Clock P.
NJ. and names may be added on the
Registers in the same way, upon
sworn application as in the case of a
general registration, and all the same
forms and requirements shall be OBJ
served. If il shall appear that any
ffg.r,v
in any other precinct of the city of
Baltimore at any time since the be-
ganing 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
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 residlng 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 Observation-Disclosures. Age
o .
dence ................ Nativity ......
.............. Time of residence in pre-
cinct .......... Time of residence in
City ............ Time of residence
in State ..........NaturaliZ ......
..... Date of papers .......... Court
.............. Qualified voter ........
Date of application decentralization.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
...............
......,......... ................
Observation-Disclosures.
Board Of Registry.
The foregoing certificate shall be
granted by the Board of Registry when
in session under the following regu-
latons: That is to say: If at the time
application for said removal, Ger
titicate is made the name of said vot-
er is already erased from the Registries
then it shall be the duty of the said
Board of Registry to grant the GER
tifcate 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
stiil upon the Hegistries of voters as
a qualified voter. the removal GER
tficate 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
r. as follows. !. Observation-Disclosures. do
sClemnly swear Tor affirm that | now
reside at ................ in .........
in the city Of Observation-Disclosures.
county of ................:t that | am
he same person wno is entitled by
that name as a qualified voter in the
RCgistr'es Of the ................ pre-
cinCt Of the ............. city; that
have removed from the said last men,
toned residence, and do request that
the proper entries and records be made
and 'Eat my lame be erased from the
R"2istIies OF said last mentioned pre-
cinct, and that certificate of remov-
al be furnished me at this time" me
tore@uu.s 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
fTANtu lIbHl lue heElSlIltS OF the pre-
Cinct from which he removed At the
end Of each of such sessions the Reg
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. II shall be the duty
OF the Board of Registry, after the
clo- OF each session to note for eras-
ure from such Registries the names of
all persons known or supposed to oe
dead and the names OF all persons who
arc suspected Of being disqualified nm
der Sections , and 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
list of all persons so noted for eras-
ure with the address as the same APP
pears upon the Registries. In making
out such list said Board Of Reg.
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