110 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

cate is made, the name of said voter is already erased from the
registers, then it shall be the duty of the said Board of Registry
to grant the certificate to the voter himself or to any other per-
son making application therefor, but if at the time such appli-
cation is made, the name of the voter be still upon the registers
of voters as a qualified voter, the removal certificate shall be
granted and the name stricken off only upon the personal appli-
cation of such voter to the said Board of Registry, and after
his taking and subscribing an oath substantially as follows:

"I, ....... do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I now reside

at ....... in the City of ....... County ...... of ......; that

I am the same person who is entered by that name as a qualified
voter in the registers of the ...... precinct of the ...... City;

that I have removed from said last-mentioned residence, and I
do request that the proper entries and records be made and
that my name be erased from the registers of said last-men-
tioned precinct, and a certificate of removal be furnished me at
this time."

The foregoing affidavit shall be written or printed on the back
of such certificate of removal and when presented to the Board
of Registry in the precinct in which such applicant resides, it
shall be taken by said Board and returned to the office of the
Supervisors of Elections. When such certificate shall be granted
by the Board of Registry the name of such applicant shall be
erased from the registers of the precinct from which he removed.
At the end of each such session the registers shall be made to
agree where there is any difference between them, and then, the
officers of registration having the custody thereof shall sign
their names or initials in their respective registry books imme-
diately under the last name registered under each letter on said
registers so that no new name can be added thereto without
discovery. It shall be the duty of the Board of Registry, after
the close of each session to note for erasure from such registers
the names of all persons known or supposed to be dead and
the names of all persons who are suspected of being disqualified
under Sections 2 and 3 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the
State, and the names of all persons who are supposed to have
removed from such precinct and have not taken out removal
papers and of all persons who are suspected to be otherwise
disqualified as voters, and they shall, before separating, make
out a list of all persons so noted for erasure with the address
as the same appears upon the registers. In making out such
list said Board of Registry shall treat as persons suspected of
not being qualified voters all persons against whom a sworn
complaint is filed by any voter in the ward. Such complaint
shall be as follows : ....... a voter of ...... ward, do solemnly

swear that I believe ....... who professes to reside at ......