EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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of any other party, the ballots of said party shall be printed

upon paper of different colors, and until after the next general

registration every person offering to vote shall be required

to state to which party he belongs and the candidates of which

party he intends to vote for at the State or county election,

and he shall be supplied only with the official ballot prepared

for the candidates of such party.

SEC 7. And be it enacted, That the polls shall be opened

at nine o'clock A.M. and closed at six o'clock P.M. on the

Hours of
voting.

day fixed for said primary. The books of registry shall be

furnished the return judge of each polling place, for the

purpose of determining the right of the party to vote, and

no one shall be entitled to vote at said primary election who

is not a registered voter in the precinct in which he applied

to vote; provided, however, that any person who may since

the last preceding registration come of age or otherwise ac-

quire the right to vote at the election next succeeding said

primary election may vote upon satisfying the judges by

proper evidence that he will be entitled to register under the

laws of this State at the next succeeding registration, and for

the purposes of this section the said judges of election may ex-

amine upon oath or affirmation such witnesses as may be ad-

duced before them, including the applicant himself ; the persons

making said oaths and affirmations shall be subject to the same

penalties as if the same were made in judicial proceedings.

But the said judges of election are not to make any marks

Determining

or entries whatever upon said registration books, but are to

right of ap-
plicant to

use the same only for the purpose of determining the right

vote.

of an applicant to vote.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the clerks in each precinct

shall keep in books to be furnished them for that purpose

Entry of
names.

an entry of the name and party affiliation of each person

offering to vote; said books to be returned to the Supervisors

of Elections, together with the returns of said primary election.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That it shall be the, duty of said

Place of vot-

Board of Supervisors of Elections to appoint the place of

ing.

voting in each precinct and to furnish two ballot boxes for

each precinct, one to be used by each political party, at least

two days prior to said primary election.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That before entering upon the

Oaths to be ad-

discharge of their duties, one of the clerks in each of the

ministered to

precincts of Montgomery County shall administer to the judges

judges.

the following oath: