The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.
ments So as to read as follows:

ments So as to read as follows:
Section II. On Tuesday six
weeks preceding the election to be
held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1896,
which shall occur after the enact
ment of this Article, such Board of
Registry shall meet at the place
designated by it's Board of Super
visors of Elections and shall pro-
coed to make a general registration
of all the voters in its precinct or
district as the case may be. The
proceedings of each Board OF Regis
try shall be as follows: /. They
shall open the registry in the City
of Baltimore at twelve o'clock, NJ,
| and continues in session until ten
O'Clock P. NJ, on the Tuesday afore-
said. In the counties the hours of ses-
sion shall be from eight o'clock A. NJ.
/ to o'clock p. NJ. One of the officers
of registration shall administer to all
persons who shall personally apply
to register, the following oath or
affirmation: You do solemnly swear
Cor affirm that you will fully and
truly answer all such questions as
shall be put to you touching your
place of residence, name, place of
birth, your qualifications as a voter,
and your right as such to register
and vote under the laws of the
State" 2. The two officers of reg
istration designated by the Super
visors to have the custody of the
two registry books or such of their
colleagues as such of them may re-
spectively ask to temporarily re-
place 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. 3. The name and age
of every applicant shall be entered
in such registry books and all the
facts of his application shall be
therein stated was herein provided,
whether he be entitled to vote or
not. If it shall be determined by
the Board that he Is not qualified
voter in the precinct, then an entry
shall be made in the appropriate col
umn No." and line shall be drawn
in red ink through his name and
through all other entries on the line
on which his name is written, but
so that the same and other entries
shall remain legible; and if qualified,
an entry shall be made in the same
column Yes
4. Only persons constitutionally
qualified to vote in the precinct at
the next election and personality ap-
| plying for registration shall be reg
istered 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
persons applying, and so that the
residence and post Office address of
each person shall appear in the first
column. The registers shall be rul-
ed, and one name be written on each
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 1efinite number,
and If there shall not be a number,
or if there shall be duplicate num-
bers such clear and definite descrip-
tion of the place of such dwelling
as shall enable 1t to be readily as
certained; if there shall be more
than one house at the number given
by the applicant at his place of resi-
dence, it shall be stated in which
house he resides and if there be
more than one family residing in said
house, either the floor on which he
resides or the number or location
of the room or rooms occupied by
him shall be stated, every floor be-
low the level of the street or ground
being designated as the basement,
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
shall only be necessary to give such
general description as may be suf-
ficient for Identification. OBJ I'm
der the column Name" the name
of the applicant, writing the sur
name first, and full given or Chris
tan name after. Co Under the col
umn Age" the age of the applicant.
CD Under the column Nativity"
the state, country, empire, kingdom
or dominion as the fact shall be-
(E) Under the column Color" the
words white" or "oolored' as the
case may be. CD Under the sub-di-
visions of the general column, terms
Nof residence" the period by day.
month or year stated by the appli-
cant. (G) Under the column mat
uralized' the word yes or mo"
or native" as the fact may be. CID
Under the column date of naturali-
zatlon' the date OF naturalization. If
naturalized. No naturalization papers
need be produced II a majority of
the Board are satisfied that for three
years next preceding the applicant
claiming to be naturalized has been
registered voter in this State, and
Las actually voted on such previous
registration; but then shall note his
answer to the questions, when end
in what court he was naturali@eA,
and also in the column headed RE-
MARKS" where and when he was 30
previously registered. CD Under the
column Court" the designation of
the court in which, II natmralizei,
such naturalization was had. (K)