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papers as will consent to publish the same, at least two weeks,

before the said first Monday of August, and to be continued for

Case of

at least two weeks, and in case of a change of such being made '

change of
place.

by the said registers they shall at once publish in the said papers

notice of such change, as often as they may deem proper, the

expenses of giving the said notices to be paid for as all the

other expenses of carrying this law into effect by the mayor and

city council of Baltimore.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said registers shall pro-

Procure

cure at the cost of the corporation of the said city of Baltimore,

books

suitable books for the registration of the names of voters, the

said books to be so arranged as to admit of the alphabetical

classification of the names.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That the said registers shall re-

Names to

gister in said books, the name of each and every person who

be regis-
tered.

shall apply to be so registered, and who shall be known to the

said registers, or who shall prove by evidence, satisfactory to

them, that he is a bona fide resident of the ward, and is or will

be duly qualified to vote in the city of Baltimore, at the next

election, according to the constitution and laws of Maryland,

and of the United States, and the said icgisters shall require

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every pet son so applying to be registered, and by them adjudged

of residence

entitled to be registered, to state, in addition to his name, the

name of the street, lane or alley, in which he may reside, and

whether he be a householder or a lodger, and if a lodger, the

name and residence of his landlord or landlady, and in case

there be no number to the house, to designate its location in

some other explicit mode, all of which particulars shall be

plainly enteied opposite to his name upon the registering books.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That lest any person duly quali-

Registering

fied to vote, within the city of Baltimore, might by the opera-

persons
absent, &c.

tion of the above section, be deprived, from absence, sickness

or other cause, of an opportunity of registering his name, it shall

be lawful for any citizen of good credit to apply to the said re-

gisters to register the name of any peison, a legally qualified

voter, who may bo known to him to be temporarily absent from

the city, or so sick or infirm as to be unable to apply in person

to be registered ; but the person so applying to register the
name of another, shall be required to state, under oath or

Oath and
particulars
required.

affirmation if required by the registers, the name of the person

whose name he proposes to register, the street, lane or alley, in

which he may reside, and the number or other designation of

his house, and whether he be a householder or a lodger, and if

a lodger, the name of his landlord or landlady, and the registers

shall enter upon the registering books, the name of the said

absentee, if adjudged by them to be duly qualified, and along

with it, the name and residence of the person by whom his

name is registered.