Democratic messenger., 1910-05-21
THE NEW REGISTRATION
Requirements in the Primary---The
Conventions, Committees, Etc.


The officers having custody thereof
the last preceding registry books. for
the purpose OF comparison ana assist
auce in identification. and III any one
shall apply for registration who ap
pears In such former registry as dis
qualified. 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 errors 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 OFF.
GERS having the custody of any of said
registers shall then sign his name or
initials under the last name register
ed under each letter in the book kept
by him. so that no new name can he
added without discovery. The said
Board Of Registry shall keep on
blanks TO be provided for that pnr
pose by the Board OF Supervisors OF
Elections. an alphabetical list of the
names. addresses and color OF all per
sons registered and separate list OF
all persons refused registration. and
of all persons whose names are eras-
ed from the registry. In the City of
Baltimore. AT the end of each session.
they shall deliver these lists 10 the
police officers on duty at the regis
tratiOn Office. and the list shall be de.
iiyered by the said officer 10 the Pc.
lice Board. and by the Police Board
to the Board OF Supervisors OF Elec.
tions. In the forenoon OF the day fol
lowing the said sitting. The Board
of Supervisors Tor the City OF Balii-
more shall then cause such list 10 be
printed in hand bill form, in plain.
long primer type, and copies thereof
posted within three days after each
session IN such manner that they may
be easily read. In al least ten promin-
ent places In each precinct nothing
in this Section II shall aifec, the reg
istration In the counties heretofore
made under this Article.
Sec 25-ln the counties a new gen.
eral registration shall be made by
each Board of Registry in The year
1911, such new general registration
shall be made in the same way. at the
same time and under the same rules
and provisions in all respects as are
in this Article made for the first gen
eral registration: the respective
Boards of Supervisors of Elections in
the several counties are hereby au-
thorized and required 70 furnish.
whenever In the judgment of said
dent. new books OF registry for use
in any OF the districts or precincts
in the said several counties. for the
transCribing OF the names of qualified
voters residing therein from the reg
istration books in use. The said trans.
cribing shall be done in the Office of
the Board of Supervisors of Elections
by two clerks 10 be selected. one by
the Supervisors representing the ma.
jority party and one by the Supervis-
or representing the chief minority
party. as the said parties are now
constituted In this State. The trans.
cribing shall be done by the said
clerks. both present at the same time.
and new books. after being transcrib-
ed. shall correspond In all respects,
and II they do not correspond at the
conclusion of the work or If an error
in the transcribing be alleged TO ex.
ist either OF said clerks or any citi-
zen or voter In any OF said counties
may file a petition in the Circuit
Court within twenty days after said
work Is finished. naming the said two
clerks and the Board of Supervisors
of Elections as defendants, and the
said court shall have the power TO
make such order for correction OF
said books as may be proper: any po-
litical party that pollcd more than
one percent of the votes cast at the
last election may. through its politi-
cal committee. II il has one. or by
citizens representing the said party
ii there be no political committee.
name watcher and substitute watch
er. who shall be permitted TO attend
at the transcribing of said names and
have power 10 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 Super
visnrs
Sec. 26-In the city of Baltimore
there shall be a general registration
in the year 1910 and biennially there
after. Before the November election
in the year 1911 and every alternate
year thereafter. the last general reg
istration shall be revised by the
Board OF Registry in each precinct
where such election was 10 be held.
and for that purpose Board of Reg
lstry shall meet on the Tuesdays. re-
spectively. six. five and four weeks
preceding the regular election In Nov
ember. and on the Saturday next fol
lowing the fourth Tuesday preced.
ing the regular election. and shall
hold q session from IL o'clock m. to
10 o'clock y. m. and names may be
added to the registers in the same
way. upon sworn application. as in
the case Ol StutIdt ItElStfdilOli.
and all the same forms and require
ments shall be observed II II shall
appear that any applicant has been
upon the registers In any other pre-
cinct In the City of Baltimore at any
time since the beginning of the last
general registration for such precinct.
his name shall not be added TO the
registers when application is made
until he produces a certificate OF re-.
moyal given him by the Board OF Reg
istry for such other precinct. which
certificate shall be in substance as
follows. ...... precinct. .....
ward. This Is to certify that the name
vi .......|s |s...s.s.. ..s-s.s.s.. utI'toiuIe
precinct. has been stricken from the
registry Of the precinct and proper
erasure made and that upon the reg
listers of this precinct the following
entries appear with reference 10 him:
Name ................... ......, age
49,. .................. color ........
TeSidcHce .s'......... ss'....' HdllNttg
,......: time OF residence
IN preclhcl ...s... ............., time
of residence In city ..........: time
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