The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1910-05-20
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1910
CHAPTER 236.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Sections II and 26 of
Article 35 of the Code Of Public
General Laws of Maryland, title
"Elections,' subtitle, "Registra4
tion,'' and Section 25 of said Arti-
Gle 33 as the same was amended
by Chapter 703 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of Maryland of
1906.
Section BE it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Sections II and 26 of Article 33 of the
Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland of 1906, be and the same
are hereby severally repealed and re-
enacted with amendments so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 17-On Tuesday six weeks pre-
ceding the election to be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, 1896, which shall occur
after the enactment of this Article,
such Board Of Registry, shall meet at
the place designated by its Board Of
Supervisors Of Elections and shall
tion of all the voters in it's precinct
or district as the case may be. The
proceedings of each Board of Regis
try shall be as follows: 1. They shall
open the registry in the city of Bal
timore at twelve O'Clock M, and con-
tfnue in session until ten o'clock p.
m, on the Tuesday aforesaid. In the
counties the hours of session shall
be from eight O'Clock a. m. to eight
o'clock p. m One of the officers of
registration shall administer to all
persons who shall personally apply to
register, the following oath or affirm
alton: "You do solemnly swear Tor
affirm) that you will fully and truly
answer all such questions as shall be
idence, name, place of birth, your
qualifications as voter, and your
right as such to register and vote un-
der the laws of this State.'' 2. The
two officers of registration designated
by the Supervisors to have the Gus
tody of the two registry books or
such of their colleagues as such of
porarily replace him in the discharge
of this duty, shall make the entries
therein required by this Article, and
the questions as to qualifications
shall be asked by the other officers Of
said board g. The name and age
of every applicant shall be entered in
such registry books and all the facts
stated as herein provided, whether
he be entitled to vote or not. If it
shall be determined by the board that
he is not a qualified voter in the pre-
cinct, then an entry shall be made in
the appropriate column NO. and a
line shall be drawn in red ink through
his name and through all other en-
is written, but so that the same and
ether entries shall remain legible;
and if qualified, an entry shall be
made in the same column, Eyes"
4. Only persons constitutionally
qualified to vote in the precinct at the
next election and personally applying
for registration shall be registered
as qualified voters.
5. The headings to the registry
books shall be so prepared that the
registry shall be made alphabetically,
according to the surname of each per-
son applying, and SO that the resi-
dence and post Office address of each
person shall appear in the first col
umn. The registers shall be ruled,
line, but no names shall be. written
between the lines. The entries shall
be as follows: (a) Under the column
residence and postoffice address"
the name and number of the street
avenue or other location of the dwell
ing if there be a definite number, and
If there shall not be number, or if
GueTe SHdH De duplicate uuupelS .
such clear and definite description of
the place of such dwelling as shall
enable it to be readily ascertained;
If there shall be more than one house
at the number given by the applicant
as his place if residence, it shall be
stated in which house he resides and
If there be more than one family re-
siding in said house, either the floor
on which he resides or the number
Or location of the room or rooms oc-
eupied by him shall be stated, every
floor below the level of the street or
ground being designated as the base
ment, the floor upon or first above
such level being designated as the
FIRST floor, and each floor above that
as the second or such other floor as
It may be-; in county precincts it
general description as may be sufi-
cient for Identification (b) Under
the column "Name," the name of the
applicant, writing the surname first,
and full given or christian name af-
ter. (c) Under the column Age"
the age of the applicant: {G Under
country, empire, kingdom or domin,
ion as the fact shall be. .(e) Under
white" or ''colored" as the case may
be. (f)Under the subdivision of the
general column, terms of residence"
the period by day, month or year
the column "naturalized'' the word
"yes" or mo- or native" as the fact
may be. (h) Under the column
date of naturalization, the date of
naturalization, if naturalized. No
naturalization papers need be pro-
duced if majority of the Board are
satisfied that for three years next
preceding the applicant claiming to be
naturalized has been a registered vot-
er in this State, and has actually vot-
ed on such previous registration; but
then shall note his answers to the
questions, when and in what court he
was naturalized, and also in the col
umn headed "remarks' where and
when he was so previously register
ed. Cd Under the column Court the
designation of the court in which, if
naturalized, such naturalization was
had. (k) Under the column qualified
voter the word ''yes'' if the fact
shall appear or be determined by a
majority of the Board of Registry, or
the word mo" if such fact be not es-
tablished to the satisfaction of ma
jority of the board Cd Under the
column "date of application" the
month, day and year when the appli-
cant presented himself. (n) After the