The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-06-06
VOTERS DECLARATION

AN ACT to add new Section to Ar
ticle SO of the Annotated Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland,
title Elections" subtitle "Regis-
trations," said new section to be
known as Section 29-A, and to i'm
mediately follow Section 20 in said
Article, and to apply only to Cecil
County.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. That a section be
added to Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Elec-
tons" subtitle Registrations said new
section to be known Section 2g-A, and to
Immediately follow Section 20 in said Article
and to read as follows
29-A. Declarations of Intention mentioned
in the preceding section may IN alternative
method of making said declarations be made
before the Board of Registry when in session
of the Election District precinct in which
the decarant intends to reside, be entered
by said Board Said entry to De made by said
Board of Registry on blanks to be furnished by
the Boards of Supervisors of Election of said
county. Sid blanks to he headed as follows:
Certificate of Declaration Intention and
said entry to contain the name, the age, the
residence, the occupation and the color of the
declarant and also the date or application be-
fore said board. Said certificates shall be
signed by both members of said Board OF
Registry, and one of said certificates shall be
furnished by said Board of Registry to the
declarant without charge and the other certi-
ficate shall be forwarded by said Board to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for SAID county to
be recorded by said Clerk in record book to
be kept by him for that purpose for which
recording the said Clerk shall receive the sum
of fifteen cents for each certificate recorded
to be paid by the County Commissioners of
said County, and said Board of Registry shall
also include the names, color residence OF
said declarants in the alphabetical list to be
furnished by said Board of Registry under the
provisions of Section % of this article. And
the intent of each person. declaring before
said Board of Registry, to become resident
of said State and county shall Gate from the
date of said entry of said declaration by said
board. And no person coming INTO said State
and county from any other state, district or
territory, and making said declaration before
said Board of Registry shall entitled to
registration as legal voter IN said State and
county until enc year after his Intent to be-
come such legal voter shall be thus evidenced
by such entry OF, duly certified copy thereof
shall be the only competenr and admissible
evidence of such intent And said certificate
of declaration of intention or duly certified
copy thereof shall be evidence or the right of
such persons to registration legal voters
according to law.
SEC :. And be it further enacted, That
this Act shall apply only to Cecil County.
SEC. g. And be it further enacted That
this Act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.
Approved April ls. 1914.
p. L. GOLDSBCROUGH,
Governor.
JAMES Nee. Triple,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
JESSE ID. PRICE.
President of the Senate.
Office of the Chief Clerk of the House.
| Hereby Certify, That the afore-
going is true copy of an Act of the
General Assembly of Maryland, pass
ALBERT J. ALMONEY.
Chief Clerk Of the House.