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


each and all of the above mentioned
columns have been properly entered
by the officers in his presence In both
registers, and not until then he shall
be asked to sign his name upon the
same line under the column sigma
ture" in each of them, and shall
sign his name, if he can do so. If,
however, he shall state his inability
| to do so, or decline to do so. the
oihcers shall make the entry can
not write or declines" as the case
may be. in the place for such sigma
ture. The Board of Registry shall
be entitled to receive from the off,
GERS having custody Thereof the last
preceding registry books, for the
purpose of comparison and assistance
in identification, and If any one shall
apply for registration who appears
IN such former registry as disquali-
fed, his name shall be entered in
the new registers, but he shall be
marked disqualified" unless such
grounds of disqualification shall have
been removed. At the end of the
days registry said officers shall com
pare the two registers SO kept. and
cause any error in either of them to
be corrected, by aid of the entries
IN the other, so as to make the same
agree where there is any difference
between them. Each of the said
officers having the custody of any OF
said registers shall then sign his
name or initials under the last name
registered under each letter in the
book kept by him, so that no new
name can be added without discov-
cry. The said Board of Registrv
snail Keep on blanks to be provided
! for that purpose by the Board OF Sup
ervisors of Elections, an alphabet
cal list of the names, addresses and
color OF all persons registered and
separate list OF all persons refused
registration, and of all persons whose
names are erased from the registry.
In the City of Baltimore, at the end
or each session, they shall deliver
these lists to the police officers on
duty at the registration office, and
the list shall be delivered by the
said officer to the Police Board. and
by the Police Board to the Board of
Supervisors of Elections, in the fore
noon of tho day following the said
sitting. The Board Of Supervisors
for the City of Baltimore shall then
cause such list to be printed in hand
bill form, in plain long primer type,
the copies thereof posted within
three days after each session in
such manner that they may be cas-
lily read, in at least ten prominent
places in each precinct, nothing in
hal
tratlon in the counties heretofore
made under this article.
| Section Is. IN the counties a
new general registration shall be
made By each Board of Registry in
the year 1914, such new general reg
Iistration shall be made in the same
way, at the same time, and under the
same rules and provisions in all re-
spects as are in this Article made
for the first general registra ton; the
respective Boards of Supervisors OF
Elections in the several counties
are hereby authorized and required
to furnish, whenever in the judS-
ment of said Board it may be neces-
sary or eSpedient, new books of reg
istry for use in any of the districts
or precincts in the said several ooun-
ties, for the transcribing of tho
names of qualified voters residing
therein from the registration books
in use. Tho said transcribing shall
be done in the Office of the Board
of Supervisors OF Elections by two
clerks to be selected, one by the Sup
ervisors representing the majority
party and one by the Supervisor rep
resenting the chief minority party.
as the said parties are not consti-
tuted in this State. The TRANSCRIPT
ing shall be done by the said clerk,
both present at the same table, and
new books, after being transcribed,
shall correspond in all respects, and
II they do not correspond at the con-
clusion of the work, of il an error
in the transcrihing be alleged to
exist, either of said clerks or any
citizen or voter in any of said conn
ties may file petition In the Cir
cult Court within twenty days after
said work is finished, naming the
said two clerks and the Board OF
Supervisors of Election as defend
ants, and the said court shall have
the power to make such order for
correction of said books as may be
proper; any political party that poll
ed more than one per cent. of the
votes cast at the last election may,
through its political committee, if
1t has one, or by citizens represent
ing the said party. II there be no
political committee. name a watcher
and substitute watcher, who shall
be permitted to attend at the trans
scribing OF said names and have now
err to examine the said books during
the sittings of the said clerks for
the said work and for period of
five days thereafter, in the presence
of said Board of Supervisors.
Section 26. In the City of Bal
timore there shall be general regis
tration in the year 1910. and ben
nially thereafter. Before the Novem-
Der election IN the year 1911 and
every alternate year thereafter. the
last general registration shall be re-
vised by the Board of Registry iE
each precinct where such election
was to be held, and for that purpose
a Board OF Registry shall meet on
the Tuesdays. respectively, six. five
ana four weeks preceding the regu
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