The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-10

The affidavit of any applicants for
registration, duly made TO tie oiIic"rs
of registration or in Court, thdt ~.
the applicant, is a person V 30 WAS ( a.
titled to vote on or before the st day
of January in the year eighteen nun
dred and sixty nine, Is aforesaid; OK
that he has become naturahloG citl-
zen Of the United States between tue
first day Of January in the ear (. g4tSen
hundred and siXtY-nlne and The daie o.
the adoption Of this section OF this
Article, as aforeraid, or his affidavit up,
on information and belief that be Is a
descendant of person who was en-
titled to vote on or before the first day
of January III the year eighteen hun
dred and sixty-nine, or that he is de-
cendant Of a person who has become
a naturalized citizen of tie United
between the first day Of January IN tire
year eighteen hundred and siIty-nipe
and the date Of the adoption Of this sec
ton of this Article, shall De 'pri1na facle
evidence of any of said facts SO sWofA
to.
A wilfully false statement upon the
part of any applicant Tor "eEistr@'!""
in relation to any Of the matters "iore-
said shall be perjury, aud punish abe Is
as perjury is punished II the law u
this State.
ANY person who feels aggGIeyed oy
the action of any board Of officers u
registratration in refusing to register
him ASA qualified voter, " IL registering
any disqualified person, may Al airy
time, either before or after the last ses
sion of the board of officers Of regis
tretion, bat not later that the Tuesday
next preceding the election, Me
petition, verified by affidavit, III the
Circuit Court for the county in which
the cause OF complaint arises, or II the
cause Of complaint arises IN Baltimore
City, in any court Of common law jurls
diction in said city, setting forth the
grounds OF MS application aud ASKING
TO have the action OF the board OF oil.
GERS Of registration corrected. IN"
court shall forthwith set the petition for
hearing and direct summons to be lssu-
ed requiring the board u officers Of
registration complained against II SAID
petition to attend at the hearing %
person or by counsel, and where the
object of the petition is to strike od"the
pame> of any person, summons STALL
also be issued for such person, which
shall be served by the sheriff within, the
time therein designated and said sever
al courts shall have full Jurisdiction
and power to review the action Of any
board of officers of registration and ia
grant or withhold as it may deem law
full 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 prodQce the
written application pre- pared and such
person at the time he presented himself
for registration TO said board Of officers
of registration, aud upon said written
application the court snal! determine
whether or not said person, when he
presented himself for registration, com
piled with the requirements Of saiG
fifth clause; and if the court shall deter
mine that said written application, SO
and submitted by sad persOn,
complied with the requirements of said
fifth clause, and that said peEsoa was
not disqualified under any other .pno
vision Of this Article Of the Constitu-
ton to be registered upon the books Of
registry in question, then the Court
order said person to be registered as a
qualified voter, bot if the court shall
determine that said written application
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 Cons
titution Disqualified to be registered