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Deposition No. 29.

ALEXANDER, FAIRALL, having been by me duly sworn, de-
posed and said as follows, to wit:

By Mr. Spates:

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

Answer. My name is Alexander Fairall, age 37 years, oc-
cupation, postmaster and agent of Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road, at Swanton, Allegany county, Maryland. I have been
living in Allegany county eighteen years, and at Swanton
about two years.

By Mr. Spates:

Question. Were yon registered as a voter prior to the 6th
day of November, 1866, when the election was held in Alle-
gany county ?

Answer. I was, 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 print-
ed on said ticket, for State Senator, for whom you desired to
vote; and what reason did the judges assign for rejecting
your vote, if they did so reject it ?

Answer. I did attend at the polls in my district on said
day, and I offered to the Judges of Election at that.time a
ticket as my ballot, and they refused to take it. The name
printed on my ticket for State Senator, and for whom I de-
sired to vote, was Alfred Spates. Mr. Friend, one of the
judges, said, that my vote was challeged—I asked by whom.
He said my name was on a list. He then commenced to read
the Registry Law to me, I told him I 'had read it. .He then
said I must come in—take the oath and answer questions—
which I declined to do; he did not say what the questions
were, nor did he say I could then vote.

Cross-examined by Dr. Ohr.

By Dr. Ohr:

Question. Do you or do you not know that your name was
entered on the books of registration and marked as disloyal,
in 1865 ?

Answer. My name was entered there, as refusing to take
the oath.

ALEXANDER FAIRALL.