JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 787

decision of said officer, that he has not the requisite
constitutional qualification of age, citizenship and
residence, or is disqualified under the provisions of
the second and third sections of the third article
of the Constitution, or by the refusal to register his
name as a qualified voter, for any other cause, or by
the striking off his name from the list of qualified
voters for any cause, he shall have the right to ap-	Right to appeal
peal by petition from such decision or action, to the
judge or judges of the circuit court of the county
where he applied for registration, or to a Judge of
the Supreme Bench of Baltimore city, in case the
person applied for registration in Baltimore city ; and
if said judge or judges shall determine that the party
so appealing is entitled to be registered, or to be re-
stored to the list as a qualified voter, he shall so
certify to the officer of registration from whose deci-
sion the appeal was taken ; and the said officer shall
thereupon register the said person as a qualified
voter ; and in that case the cost of said appeal shall
be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore,
or the county commissioners of the county in which
the appeal was taken ; and it shall be the duty of the
State's Attorneys of the several counties, and of the	Duty of State's Attorneys.
counsel for the officers of registration of Baltimore
city, as hereinafter provided, to appear on behalf of
the officers of registration, and against the appellant
at the hearing of all appeals from the decision of
officers of registration within their respective coun-
ties and Baltimore city, as the case may be.
SEC. 15. No person shall be entitled to be or re-
main registered in any ward or election district, un-	No person shall be entitled
less he shall have been a resident of the State for one
year, and of the legislative district of Baltimore city,
or of the county in which registration may be claimed, for six months next preceding the next ensuing elec-
tion, at which such registration would be evidence
of the right of the person so registered to vote ; and
in case any county or city be so divided as to form	In case of
portions of different electoral districts for the elec-	division.
tion of Representatives in Congress, Senators, Dele-
gates or other officers, then to entitle a person to be
or remain registered in any particular section, or
part of such county or city, he must have been a resi-
dent of that part or section of the electoral district in
which he claims to be or is registered, for six months