Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-31

eighteen hundred and sixty-nine and
the date Of the adoption of this section
Of this Article, shall be prima facie
evidence OF any of said facts so sworn
to.
A wilfully false statement upon the
part OF any applicant for registration
In relation To any OF the matters afore-
said shall be perjury. and punishable
as perjury Is punished by the laws Of
this State.
Any person who feels aggrieved by
the action of any board Of officers Of
registration in refusing to register him
as q qualified voter, or in registering
any disqualified person, may at any
time, either before or after the last
session of the board of officers of regis.
tration. but not later than the Tuesday
next preceding the election. file
petition. verified by affidavit, in the
Circuit Court for the county in which
the cause of complaint arises, or, IL the
cause Of complaint arises In Baltimore
City, in any court OF common law
jurisdiction in said city, setting forth
the grounds of his application and ask
ing TO have the action OF the board Of
officers OF registration corrected. The
court shall forthwith set the petition for
hearing and direct summons to be
issued requiring the board of officers
Of registrtion complained againt In said
petition to attend at the hearing in
person or by counsel, and where the
object OF the petition is to strikeoff 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; aud said
several courts shall have full juris.
diction 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 COM
planned against to produce the written
application prepared aud submitted by
such person at the time he presented
himself for registration to said board Of
officers of registration. and upon said
written application the court shall de-
termine whether or not said person,
when he presented himself for regis.
tration, complied with the requirements
of said fifth clause; and il the court
shall determine that said written appli.
cation, 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 Con-
stitution TO be registered upon the books
OF registry in question. then the Court
shall order said person to be registered
as u qualified voter, but If the court
shall determine that said written appli-
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 disqualified to be registered
upon the books Of registry in question,
then the court shall order that said
person shall not be registered 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
removal; exception may be taken TO and
ruling of the court at the hearing of said
cases and an appeal shall be allowed to
the Court of Appeals an in other cases;
all such appeals shall be taken within
five days from the date of the decision
complain Of. and shall be heard and
decided by the Court Of Appeals upon
the original papers. or otherwise, as
the Court Of Appeals may by rule
prescribe, as soon as may be practic.
able.
The General Assembly shall have
power topIovide more fully by legislation
not inconsistent with this section of
this Article. for the hearing and deter
mination of all snch cases.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That the
aforegoing section hereby proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution of
this State shall he at the next General
Election for members of the General
Assembly to be held in this State, sub.
mitted TO tine legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection.
in pursuance of the directions contained
in Article XIV Of the Constitution Of
this State. and at said general election
the vote gu the said proposed amend
ment shall be by ballot. and upon each
ballot there shall be printed the words
"For the Constitutional Amendment"
and Against the Constitutional Amend
ment" as now prescribed by law, and
Immediately after said election due re-
turns shall be made to the Governor Of
the vote for aud against said proposed
amendment. as directed by the said
Article XIV Of the Constitution.
Approved February 25. 1908.
NOW, THEREFORE,. l. AUSTIN
L. CROTHERS. GOVERNOR OF THE
STATE OF MARYLAND. in pursu.
ance Of the provisions Of Section |. Of
Article IA OF the Constitution of the State
OF Maryland, do hereby order and di-
rect that copy of said Act proposing an
amendment to Section l Of Article Of
the Constitution Of said State. be pub
lished in at least two newspapers in
each OF the counties of the State and
III three newspapers in the CITY of
Baltimore. one of which shall DO pub.
lished in the German language, once q
week for at least three months proceed
ing the next General Election which
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