ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 849

that he has satisfied said judges that he is the per- son named in said certificate, and he has acquired the residence necessary to entitle him to vote at said precinct or district, and that he has 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 registra- tion of voters has occurred in said ward or district since the holder of said certificate has obtained a residence therein, and said clerk shall record the name of every person to whom such a certificate has been issued, and delivered to the officers of registration at the 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, hut residence shall not be considered as changed until six months after actual removal from the city, county, legislative, con- gressional or other electoral districts in which a voter has been registered.	Residence not changed until six months af- ter removal.
Sec. 18. Said clerks shall receive said copies of lists of qualified voters and file the same in their office as other papers are filed, and said clerks, shall receive and preserve the books of registra- tion, and said clerks in the city of Baltimore shall record said lists, and said clerks shall permit ex- amination of the lists of voters and books of regis-	Shall receive and file lists.
tration in their custody, and in their presence or in the presence of their deputies, and they shall not alter, mutilate or deface, or suffer others to alter, mutilate or deface the said lists of voters or books of registration, except as herein provided for; and said clerks, when notified by the sheriff that any one or more of the list of voters com- mitted to his custody are missing, shall 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 elec- tion next ensuing.	Not alter, mu- tilate or de- stroy.
Sec. 19. The sheriff of Baltimore city and the sheriffs of the several counties respectively shall receive and safely keep said copies of lists of qualified voters delivered to him by the Officers of Registration, and shall on the second day prior to each and every election, ascertain whether 64	Sheriffs shall safely keep copies of lists.