The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-28

arises, or, if the cause Of complaint arises in
Baltimore City. in any court Of common law
jurisdiction in said city. setting forth the
grounds o. his application and asking 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 registration complained
against in said petition to attend at the
bearing in person or by counsel. ana where
the object OF the petition is to strike of the
name OF any person, summons shall also be
issued for such person, which shall be Serv-
ed by the sheriff within the time therein des-
lgnated; ard said several courts shall have
nun jurisdiction ana power TO review the &C
ton 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
httI clause of this section was or was not
entitled to be registered under said NTH
clause, the court shall require the board Of
officers of registration complained against
to produce the written application prepared
and submitted by such perS n at the time
he presented himself for registration to said
board of officers of registration. and upon
said written Application the court shall de
termiue whether or not said person, when
he presented himself for registration. COM
piled 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
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said person was not disqualified under any
other provision of this Article of the Consti-
tuition to be registered upon the books OF
registry in question, then the Court shall
/ order said person to be registered as a quail
flied 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
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 reg
istTy.
The court may enforce any order by at
tachment for contempt in said cause neither
party shall have any right of removals; eX-
ceptiOn may be taken to any ruling of the
court at the hearing Of said cases and an
appeal shan be allowed TO the Court of APP
peals AS in other cases; all such appeals
SHAH be taken within five days from the date
OF the decision complained Of, and shall be
heard ana 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 legislation not in
consistent with this section OF this Article
for the hearing and determination Of all
such cases.
the authority aforesaid, That the aforegolng
section hereby proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution OF this state shall be at
the next General Election for members of
the General Assembly to be held in this
State, submitted 20 the legal and Quali1ed
voters thereof for their adoption or rejec-
tian, in pursuance of the directions contain
ed 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 Constitution