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By Mr. Spates :

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

Answer. I was. I was registered in September, 1866.

By Mr. Spates :

Question. Did you or not attend at the polls in said Elec-
tion District, in Allegany county, on the 6th day of Novem-
ber, 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
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 did attend at the polls on the day named, and
offered my ticket at the window, and called to the Judges to
receive my ticket, and they refused to take it. The ticket had
on it the name of Mr. Alfred Spates, for Senator. The reason
they assigned for rejecting my vote was, that in Virginia, be-
fore the war, I had voted for the ordinance of secession.

Cross-examined by Dr. Ohr.

By Dr. Ohr:

Question. Do you or do you not know that you had been
registered as disqualified for disloyalty ?

(Objected to by Mr. Spates.)

Answer. When I went to be registered in September, 1866,
I saw my name on the book with the word "disloyal" after
it. I did not apply to be registered until September, 1866-

JACOB SHAFFER.

Deposition No. 20.

John A. Gauer, having been 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 resided there?

Answer. My name is John A Gauer, age 31 years, occu-
pation, shoemaker, and reside in Election District No. 10, in
Allegany county, Maryland, and have lived there all my life
time.

By Mr. Spates:

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

Answer. I was registered in September, 1866,

By Mr. Spates.

Question. Did you or not attend at the polls in said Elec-
tion District, in Allegany county, on the 6th day of Novem-