The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-09-17

The affidavit of any applicants for
registration, duly made to the officers
of registration or in Court, that he,
the applicant, is person who was IN
titled to vote on or before the first day
of January in the year eighteen nun
,dred and sixty nine, rs aforesaid, or
that he has become patCraiiz@d Gltl-
zen of the United States between the
first day Of January in the yeaT eighteen
hundred and sixtY-nine ard the date OF
the adoption of this section of this
Article, as aforeraid, or his affidavit up
on information and belief that he is
descendant Of person who was en-
titled to vote on or before the tlrst day
of January in the year eighteen hum
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 the
year eighteen hundred and sixty nlne
and the date Of the adoption OF this sec
ton 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 registratloh
in relation to any of the matters afore-
said shall be perjury, and punishable as
as perjury is punished by the Ia" d
this State.
Any person who feels aggr;eved b
the action Of any board Of officers %
registratration in refusing to reglstei
him asia qualified voter, Or "a registering
any disqualified person, may At any
time, either before or after Tie last ses
sian of the board of officers of regis
tHnon. but not later that the Tuesday
next preceding the election, hle
petition, verified by affidavit, in the
Circuit Court for the couusy IN which
the cause of complaint arises. or II the
cause of complaint arises II Baltimore
City, in any court Of common law Jurls
dicton in said city, setting fuT'h the
grounds of his application and AShing
to have the action Of the board UE otlI-
GERS of registration cCTreCto0. IN"
court shall forthwith set the petition for
hearing and direct summons 10 be lssu-
ed requiring the board Of officers nt
registration complained against II 'a'd
petition to attend at the hearing II
person or by counsel, and where the
object of the petition is to strike of toe
name of any person, summons ahall
also be issued for such person, which
shall be served by the sheriff within the
time therein designated and Sail sever
al courts shall have full jurisdiction
and power to review the action al any
board of officers Of registration and to-
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 OF
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 such
person at the time he presented hmsclf
for registration to said board II officers
of registration, and upon said written
application the court shall determine
whether or not said person, when lie
presented himself for registration, COM
piled with the requirements Of said
fifth clause: and If the court shall deter
mine 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 pro-
vision of this Article OF the Copstitu-
ton to be registered upon the books OF
registry in question, then the Court
order said person to be registered as
qualified voter, but 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
upon the books of registry in question,
then the court shall order that said per
son shall not be registered upon sale
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 @aken 80 any
ruling of The court at the hearing OF
said cases and an appeal shall be al
lowed to the Court of Appeals as in
other cases; all such appeals shall be
taken within five days from the date Of
the decision complained 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
practicable.
The General Assembly Shall have
power to provide more fully by }9gis-
lation not inconsistent with this section
of this Article, for the hearing and de-
termination Of ell such cases.
SEC 2, And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That The aforG-
going section hereby proposed as an
amendment IL the Constitution 90 tI;a
State shall be AZ The next i1cHerat
Election for members OF The Nentrai
Assembly to be held IN this St&.e. sub
mtted to the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their al Uyli"n O.. rejection.
in pursuance Of the directions onn!:!in-
ed in Article XIV Of the Constitution
of this State. and at said general election
tbs vote on the said proposed amenG-
ment shall be by ballot, and upon each |
ballot there shall be printed the words |
For the Constitutional Amen imant'' ,
and "a gainst the Constitutional Amend
ment" as now prescribed by Jaw, end |
after said election due re-
turns shall be made TO the Governor Of |
the vote for and against SAID proposed |
amendment, as directed hy the said
Article XIV Of the CONSTITUTIONS.
Approved February d, 1858.
NOW, THEREFORE,. !, AUSTIN L.
ERS, GOVERNOR OF TIE
STATE OF MARYLAND, IN 2usaapee