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delivered to said judges said certificate to be filed with the lists of voters or books of registration for said ward or district ; and provided further, that no registration of voters has occurred in said ward or district since the holder of said certificate had ob- tained a residence therein ; and said Clerk or Re- gister of Wills shall record the name of every per- son to whom such a certificate has been issued, and deliver to the officers of Registration at the next ensuing sitting of said officers, a certified copy of said names, so that thereby said officers may be informed that such person intended to change his residence, but residence shall not be considered as changed until six months after actual removal from the city, county, Legislative, Congressional or other electoral district in which a voter has been registered.	List of voters.
Sec. 18. Said Clerks and Register of Wills shall receive said copies of lists of qualified voters and file the same in their offices as other papers are filed, and said Clerks shall receive and preserve the Books of Registration, and said Clerks and Registers in the city of Baltimore shall record said lists, and said Clerks shall permit examination of the lists of voters and books of registration in their custody, and said Register of Wills shall permit examination of the lists of voters in their custody only in the manner herein prescribed and in the manner allowed in relation to the records of their respective offices, and in their presence or in the presence of their deputies, and they shall not alter, mutilate or deface or suffer others to alter, muti- late or deface the said lists of voters or Books of Registration except as herein provided for, and said Clerks and Register of Wills shall, when noti- fied by the Sheriff that any one or more of the lists of voters committed to his custody are miss- ing, proceed without delay to make or cause to be made a fair and accurate copy or copies of said list or lists, and deliver the same to said Sheriff at least twelve hours before the opening of the polls at the election next ensuing.	Preserve books and pa- pers.
Sec. 19. The Sheriff of Baltimore city and the Sheriff of the several counties respectively shall receive and safely keep said copies of lists of qual- ified voters, delivered to him by the officers of	Keep copies.