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BALTIMORE CITY.

Two alpha-

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the

betical lists.

said registers, after the completion of the registry, previous to

the annual election on the first Wednesday in October, to make

out two alphabetical lists of the names of the voters registered

by them, with all the particulars annexed, duly attested and

signed by them, under oath or affirmation, and to lodge one of

One in

the said lists in the office of the clerk of Baltimore county

county
court office.

court, and to deliver the other, having amended or altered the

The other

same as herein after directed, to the judges of the election, on

to the
judges.

the morning of any election, before the hours appointed for

opening the polls, and the said lists shall be taken and held to

Cvidence of

be the only evidence of the qualification of voters within the

qualifica-
tion.

city of Baltimore; Provided however, that if the judges of the

Name*

election, shall, of their own knowledge, or from the evidence of

illegally
registered.

others, be convinced that any person whose name is found upon

the said list, is not, nevertheless, legally entitled to vote, they

may refuse to receive the vote of such person, as if his name

had not been registered.

List of

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That after the closing of said re-

names
registered

gistry on the Wednesday before the fourth Monday in Septem-

to be posted
up.

ber in each and every year, or as soon thereafter as they can
cause the same to be done, it shall be the duty of the said

registers, in each ward, to cause to be printed, at the expense of

the mayor and city council of the city of Baltimore, lists, alpha-

betically arranged, of the names of the persons so registered,

which shall be set up in at least ten different places, in the re-

spective wards, within six days previous to every such annual

election on the first Wednesday of October.

Removal

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That in case a voter shall remove

from ward
after regts

out of the ward where his name has been registered, previous to

tering.

the day of the election, he shall retain his right to vote in said

ward, and in no other ward ; Provided, he shall make a written

statement, under oath or affirmation, setting forth the fact of his

removal, and the number of the ward to which he has removed,

and that he is still a duly qualified voter within the city of Bal-

timore.

Fata

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That if any person shall know-

swearing.

ingly, falsely make oath or affirmation, that he is a duly quali-

fied voter within any ward, or shall knowingly, falsely make

oath of affirmation that other person is a duly qualified voter

within any ward, he shall, upon conviction thereof before any

Deemed

county court in the state of Maryland, be adjudged guilty of

perjury.

perjury, and be sentenced to the penitentiary, for not less than

two nor more than five years.

Meetings

SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the

for correct-
ing the lists

said registers to meet in their respective wards on the Monday

and Tuesday preceding the regular state election on the first