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By Dr. Ohr: , .,
Question. Did you apply for registration in 1865?
Answer. I did not.
By Dr. Ohr:

Question. Did you not know that you had then been regis-
tered as disqualified for disloyalty ?

(This question objected to by Mr. Spates in every case in
this examination)

Answer. I did not know it.

By Dr. Ohr:

Question. Did or did not the Judges of Election in Novem-
ber, 1866, demand of you to take the oath prescribed in the
Constitution, Article 1, section 4, before deciding upon your
right to vote?

Answer. They did not.

J. McCLURE MASON.

Deposition No. 13.

A. C. HAMILL, being by me duly sworn, deposed and said
as follows, to wit:

By Mr. Spates:

Question. What is your name, age, occupation and resi-
dence, and how long have you lived there ?

Answer. My name is A. C. Ham mil, age 30 years, occupa-
tion, farmer, and live in Election District No. 1, in Allegany
county, Maryland, and have lived there all my life.

Question by Mr. Spates :

Were you registered as a voter prior to the election held in
Allegany county, on the 6th November, 1866?

Answer. I was.

Question by Mr. Spates :

Did you or not attend at the polls in said election district
on the said 6th November, 1866; if so, did you then and there
offer a ticket to the Judges of election, at said polls, as your bal-
lot, and was it received or rejected? state also the name of
the person printed on said ticket for State Senator, for whom
you desired to vote; and what reason did the said Judges
assign for rejecting your vote, if they did so reject it?

Answer. I went to the polls in said district, on said day,
and offered my ballot to the Judges of Election, and they
refused to take it; my ballot so offered had on it the name of
Alfred Spates for State Senator; the reason they assigned for
rejecting my vote was, that I was challenged. I asked who
challenged me; they told me they did not know; I asked
them what the challenge was, and they told me they did not
know; they refused to let me vote unless I would take an
oath, or the oath; they did not tell me what kind of oath it
was they wanted me to take; I refused to take it.