Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-10-22

ItiOn u dttenu at the nearing IN person
or by counsel, and where the object of the
petition is to strike off the name of any
person, summons shall also be issued for
such person, which shall be served by the
sheriff within the time therein designated
and said several courts shall have full juris-
dlctlon and power to review the action of
any board OF officers of registration and to
grant or withhold, as it may deem lawful
and proper, the relief prayed for in the
premises.
In determining whether any person who
applied to be registered under the above
fifth clause of this section was or was
not entitled to be registered under said
fifth clause, the court shall require the
board of officers of registration complained
against to produce the written application
prepared and submitted by such person at
the time he presented himself for registra-
ton to said board of officers of registration,
and upon said written application the court
| snail determine whether or not said person,
when he presented himself for registration,
complied with the requirements of said fifth
clause; and if the court shall determine
that said written application, so prepared
and submitted by said person, complied
with the requirements of said fifth clause,
and that said person was not disqualified
under any other provision of this Article
OF the Constitution to be registered upon
the books of registry in question, then the
Court shall order said person to be regis
tered as qualified voter, but if the court
shall determine that said written appica-
ton of said person failed to comply with
the requirements of said fifth clause or
that said person was in any other respect
under this Article of the Constitution dis
1 qualified to be registered upon the books
OF registry in question then the court shall
order that said person shall not be regis
tered upon said books of registry.
The court may enforce any order by
attachment for contempt in said cases ;
neither party shall have any right of re-
moval; exception may be taken to any
ruling of the court at the hearing of said
cases and an appeal shall be allowed to
the Court of Appeals as in other cases; all
such appeals shall be taken within five
days from the date of the decision COM
planned of, and shall be heard and decided
by the Court of Appeals upon the original
papers, or otherwise, as the Court of APP
| peals may by rule prescribe, as soon as
may be practicable.
The General Assembly shall have power
to provide more fully by legislation not in
consistent with this section of this Article,
for the hearing and determination of all
such cases.
| SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the aforeeo-
ing section hereby proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of this State shall
be at the next General Election for mem
bers of the General Assembly to be held in
this State, submitted to the legal and ouali-
fled voters thereof for their adoption or re-
lection. in pursuance of the directions con-
tanned in Article XIV of the Constitution
OF this State, and at said general election
the vote on the said proposed amendment
shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot
there shall be printed the words For the
Constitutional Amendment" and against
the Constitutional Amendment as now pre
scribed by law, and Immediately after said
election due returns shall be made to the
Governor OF the vote for and against said
proposed amendment as directed by the
said Article XIV of the Constitution.
The polls for said Election will be OPEN
ed in each and every Election District of
said county, at the usual places of holding
the polls, at 8 O'Clock, A. NJ, and will be
closed at 6 O'Clock, P. M. when the ballots
shall be counted according to law.
For the information of all persons CON
cerned the following Act of the Legislature
passed March oath, 1865, is published
CHAPTER 161.
An Act prohibiting the sale of spirituous
or 1ermented liquors in the several coun-
ties OF the State on the day of election.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That it shall not he
lawful for the keeper of any hotel, tavern,
store, drinking establishment, or any other
place where liquors are sold, or for any
person or persons, directly or indirectly, to
sell, barter, give or dispose of any spiritu-
GUS or fermented liquors, ale, beer or in
toxicatine drinks of any kind, on the day
OF the election hereafter to be held in the
several counties of the State
Section 3. And be it enacted, That any
person violating the provisions of this Act
shall be liable to Indictment by the Grand
Jury of the county where the offense is
committed, and shall upon conviction by
Judge of any Circuit Court of the State
be fined sum not less than fifty nor more
than one hundred dollars for each and
every offenSe-One-half the fine shall be
paid to the informer the other half to the
County Commissioners for the use of pub
lie roads.
The polls will be held at the following
places:
Laytonsville-Storeh house of William B.
Mobley. in Laytonsville.
Clarksburg-Miles store. in Carksburg
Observation-Disclosures wareroom, in PooIes-
vile.
Rockville-First Precinct, in JOS. Read
ing's office, Rockville Second Precinct,
in Grand Jury room, in Court House, Rock
vile.
COlesville-Cissell's wareroom, in Coles
vile.
Darnestown-Griffiths store, in barnes
town.
-Worthmiller's hall, in Be-
thesda.
Olney-First Precinct, Grange Hall, in
Olney; Second Precinct, Odd Fellows Hall,
in Brookeville.
Observation-Disclosures Hall, in Gath
ersburg.
Potomac-Knights of Pythas Hall, in
Potomac
Barnesville-Grange Hail. in GAINESVILLE.
Damascus-Jr. o. U. A. NJ Hail. in Da-
maScuS.
Wheaton-First Precinct, G. o. B. Cis-
sells store, in Wheaton; Second Precinct,
Hugh ODonnells building, in Sligo.
WILLIAM II. WADE,
WILLIAM II. GRIFFITH,
THOMAS VINSON,
Supervisors of Elections for
Montgomery county Md.
JOHN W. WILLIAMS, Clerk