The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20

application. .....
Board of Registry.
The foregoing certificate shall be
granted by the Poard of Registry
when in session, under the following
regulations, that is to say, if at
the time OF application for said re-
moval certificate is made, the name
Of said voter i3 already erased from
the registers, than it shall be the
duty of the said Board of Registry
60 grant the certificate to the voter
himself or to any other person MAX
ing application therefor, but il at
Che time said application is made,
the name of the voter be still upon
the registers of voters as q qualified
voter, the removal certificate shall
be granted and the name stricken
off only upon the personal applica-
| ton of such voter to the said Board
of Registry, and after his taking and
subscribing an oath substantially as
follows: l, .... ........ do
Folemnly swear Tor affirm that l
now reside at ........, in the City
oi...., County. of. -.
....; that am the same person who
IA entered by that name as quail
fed voter in the registers of the
....... precinct of the. .......
city; that I have removed from last
mentioned residence. and I do re-
quest that the proper entries and
records be made and that my name
be erased from the registers of vot-
ers of the last mentioned precinct,
and that a certificate of removal be
furnished be at this time.
The foregoing affidavit shall be
written or printed on the back of
such certificate of removal and
when presented to the said Board
of Registry in the precinct in
which such applicant resides, it
shall be taken by said Board
and returned 10 the Office of the
Board OF Supervisors of Elections.
When such certificate shall be
granted by the Board of Registry the
name of such applicant shall be eras-
cd from the registers of the precinct
from which he removed. At the end
of each such sessions the registers
shall be made to agree where there
is any difference between them, and
then, the officers of registration hav-
ing the custody thereof shall sign
their names or initials in their re-
Bpective registry books Immediately
after the last name registered I'M
der each letter on said registers so
that no new name can be added
thereto without discovery 1t shall
be the duty OF the Board of Regis
try, after the close of each session
to note for erasure from such regis
ters the names of all persons known
or supposed to be dead and the names
of all persons who are supposed OF
being disqualified under Sections >
and of Article ! of the Constitu-
ton of the state, and the names of
all persons who are supposed to have
removed from such precinct and
have not taken out removal papers
and of all persons who are suspected
to be otherwise disqualified as vot-
ers, and they shall before separating.
make out a list of all persons so
noted for erasure with the address
as the same appears upon the reg
listers. In making out said list said
Board of Registry shall treat as
persons suspected of not being quail
fed voters all persons against whom
a sworn compliant is filed by any
voter in the ward. Such complaint
shall be as follows: ... a
voter of go. ward, do solemnly
swear that l believe. ......
...., who processes to reside at
......., is not a qualified voter
in the $50. precinct of the. ward,
on the ground (here state reason) .
If majority of the Board know,
or are satisfied that such complaint
IS untrue, they need not note such
: name for erasure unless required by
a member Of the Board. Said list
shall be arranged under the follow
ing headings: Disqualified Voters"
under which shall be placed the
names of persons suspected to be dis
qualified under Sections and 3 of
Article of the Constitution, or 9TH
erwise; Deceased Voters" under
which shall be placed all who are
known or supposed to be dead; RE
moved" under which shall be plac-
ed all who are known or supposed
to have removed from their last ad-
dress.
On each of the Tuesdays before
separating the Board of Registry
shall make out and deliver to two
of their number, Of opposite politics,
list OF the registry addresses of all
those whose names arc on the regis
ters of voters as qualified voters
whom tho officers of registration in
accordance with the foregoing pro-
visions of this section have noted for
erasure. The said two officers of
registration to whom such list is
delivered shall thoreupon proceed in
respect thereto as the provisions of
Section 20 of this Article direct. On
each OF the Tuesdays, respectively,
six, five and four weiks preceding
the regular election in November,
the Board OF Registry in each pre-
cinct, shall, at the beginning of the
session receive the report of the said
two officers OF registration to whom
the aforesaid list was delivered at
the last preceding session and shall
proceed in regard thereto as direct
ed by the provisions of Section 81 Of