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Before regis-
tering shall
make inquiry.
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that -said registered person does not possess, or
will not possess said qualification, and that he is
so disqualified, then said officers shall strike the
name of such person from said list of qualified
voters and said books of registration; but if it shall
appear otherwise then such officer shall not strike
the name of such person from said books of regis-
tration and from said list of qualified voters; and
before registering as a qualified voter any person
who has applied to said Officers of Registration to
be registered as a qualified voter, said officer shall
diligently enquire and accurately ascertain that
such person possesses, or will possess before the
election next ensuing, the requisite Constitutional
qualifications to entitle him to be registered as a
qualified voter, and that he is not disqualified
under the provisions of the second and third Sec-
tions of the first Article of the Constitution; and
if it shall appear that said person so applying
possesses, or will possess before said day of elec-
tion said qualifications, and is not so disqualified,
then said Officers of Registration shall register the
name of such person as a qualified voter, but they
shall not register the name of any person who does
not, or will not possess said qualifications, or is so
disqualified.
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Record name
and adminis-
ter oath,
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Sec. 8. In registering any person who shall ap-
ply to said Officers of Registration to be registered,
said officers shall first record the name of such
person in the proper column of said books of regis-
tration; and second, administer to him the oath as
directed in this Article, and enter in the column
of said books whether he has or not been sworn;
third, his age; fourth, the place of his birth; fifth,
his residence; sixth, the time he has resided in
Baltimore City, or the county in which he applies
to be registered; seventh, if naturalized, the date
of his final paper or certificate of naturalization,
and the Court, county and State where issued;
eighth, if disqualified by non-age, non-residence,
alienage or non compos mentis, or bribery, or
conviction of bribery, or larceny, or other infamous
crime as described in the second and third Sections
of the first Article of the Constitution, the cause of
such disqualification; ninth, the name of the
qualified voter, omitting from said ninth column
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