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Answer. My name is George L. Mosser, age 40 years, oc-
cupation farmer, and reside in election District No. 10, in
Allegany county, Maryland, and have done so since 1840.

By Mr. Spates.

Question. Were you registered as a voter prior to the elec-
tion held in said Allegany county on the 6th November, 1866?

Answer. I was.

By Mr. Spates.

Question. Did you or not attend at the polls in said elec-
tion District, in Allegany county on the 6th of November
1866; if so, did you then and there offer a ticket to the
judges of election at said polls, as your ballot, and was it re-
ceived or rejected ? state also the name of the person print-
ed on said ticket for State Senator, for whom you desired to
vote ? And what reason did the said judges assign for reject-
ing your vote, if they did so reject it ?

(Objected to by Dr. Ohr.)

Answer. I did attend the polls that day, and offered my
ballot to the judges of election, and they refused to receive
it. I wanted to vote for Alfred Spates, for State Senator, whose
name was on my ticket. The judges wanted me to take the
oath, and I would not do it, I was sworn twice before.

Gross-examined by Dr. Ohr.

By Dr. Ohr:

Question. When were you registered as a voter ?

Answer. In 1866.

By Mr. Ohr :

Question. Did you apply for registration in 1865 ?

Answer. I did not—I knew nothing of it, until it was too
late.

By Dr. Ohr:

Question. Do you or not know that you had been register-
ed as disqualified for disloyalty ?

Answer. I did not.

By Dr. Ohr :

Question. You said in your answer to the 3d interrogatory-
in-chief, that you had been sworn twice before; on what occa-
sions, for what purpose and by whom ?

Answer. When I was registered, I swore once—and once
I swore before the military, to support the Constitution when
they had arrested me.

GEORGE L. MOSSER.

Deposition No. 9.

DAVID E. HAUSER, having been by me duly sworn, deposed
and said as follows, to wit :

By Mr. Spates :