ACT. 33. ] ELECTIONS. 99

davits shall be deemed to be perjury, and shall be punishable
as perjury is punishable by the Code of Public General Laws,
Article 27, title "Crimes and Punishments, " sub-title "Perjury. "
Said officers of registration shall require the production of such
affidavits duly recorded, or a duly certified copy thereof in all
cases where they have reason to suspect that the person apply-
ing to be registered as a qualified voter has lost his residence by
reason of his removal from the State, as hereinbefore men-
tioned; and they may also in such cases put any question which
they may deem proper to such applicant concerning the place
where he dwelt in the county or legislative district before such
removal out of the State, his occupation before such removal
and since the time when he so removed, and when he returned,
and all other pertinent facts and circumstances touching the
right of such person to be registered, and they may require the
truth of the answers of all persons to such questions to be cor-
roborated by independent evidence, if, in their discretion they
shall think proper, and if in answer to their questions or upon
testimony produced before them, it shall appear to their satis-
faction that the person applying to be registered had left the
State without any intention of returning, or with the intention
of returning at some indefinite time in the future, he shall not
be entitled to be registered as a legal voter; provided, however,
that this section shall not apply to United States Senators and
Representatives in Congress from Maryland, nor to any judge
or justice of any court of the United States, in case such judge
or justice was at the time of his appointment to such office, or
thereafter became, a registered voter of the State of Maryland,
during such period as said judge or justice shall continue in the
service of the United States. Any officer of registration who
shall fail or refuse to perform the duty imposed upon him by
this section shall be subject to the penalties imposed by Section
94 of this Article.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 6, 1908.

CHAPTER 614.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 48,
57 and 122- of Article 33 of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland of 1904, title "Elections, " and to repeal Section
121 of said Article so far as the same applies to Dorchester
and Queen Anne's counties.