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Deposition No. 30.

JACOB GAUER, of A., 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 Jacob Gauer, of A., age 46 years, oc-
cupation farmer, and live in Election District No. 10, in Al-
legany county, Maryland, and have lived in said county 25
years, and in the District at least 16 years.

By Mr. Spates:

Question. Where you registered as a voter prior to the
election held in Allegany county, Nov. 6th, 1866?

Answer. I was, in September, 1866, at the Red House, in
District No. 10.

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 thece 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 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 attended at said polls on said day above named,
and I there offered to the Judges of Election my ballot, and
they refused to receive it. The name on the ticket I so offer-
ed, was Alfred Spates, for State Senator, for whom I intended
to vote, At first they did not say why they rejected it, af-
terwards they said I must come in and take the oath before I
could have my vote, 1 told them I would not do it, I swore
once and registered. They would not then take my ticket.
They had an armed guard around the doot—and there were
many men there armed. These armed men belonged to the
Radicar party, I knew their faces, but not their names, some
of. them were the Harveys, and one of the Irons, one Bock-
wick Schrout, also who were armed. There was one man
there, a Conservative, who had a gun, but he did not take it
up to the polls. I suppose I could have got in if I wished to
go, but I did not wish to do so. The voting was done at the
window, the voter standing outside.

Cross-examined by Mr. Ohr.

By Dr. Ohr:

Question. Do you or do you not know that your name was
entered on the book of registration as disloyal, in 1865 ?
Answer. I do not know that it was.