EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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shall administer to all persons who shall personally appear to

lath to be ad-

register the following oath or affirmation : "You do solemnly

ministered.

swear (or affirm) that you will fully and truly answer all

such questions as shall be put to you touching your place of

residence, name, birth, your qualification as a voter and your

right as such to register and vote in Frederick City under the

laws of the State of Maryland." 2. The two officers of regis-

tration shall make the entries required by this Article in the

two registry books. 3. The name and age of every applicant

shall be entered in such registry books and all the facts of his

application shall be therein stated as herein provided, whether

he be entitled to vote or not. If it shall be determined by the

Board that he is not a qualified voter in said precinct, then

an entry shall be made in the appropriate column "No" and a

line shall be drawn in red ink through his name and through all

other entries on the line on which his name is written, but so that

the name and entries shall remain legible; and if qualified an

entry shall be made in said column "Yes," and under the head

"Remarks" shall be stated that description under which he is so

held to be a qualified voter, as provided in the next sub-sec-

tion by the use of the words, "First," "Second" or "Third,"

as the case may be. 4. Any person who has never been con-

victed of any infamous crime cither in this State or elsewhere,

possessing the qualifications prescribed by Section 156 of this

Entitled to
register and

Article, shall be entitled to be registered anci to vote at all

vote.

municipal elections hereafter held in said City of Frederick,

provided he shall also possess at least one of the following

qualifications, namely : First, If he is the bona fide actual

owner of real or personal property of the value of five hun-

dred dollars or upwards, for which he has been duly and

lawfully assessed on the assessment books of said city; or,

secondly, If prior to January 1, 1869, he was entitled to vote

in the State of Maryland or elsewhere in the United States

at a State election ; or, thirdly, If he is the male lineal de-

scendant of any person who prior to January 1, 1869, was en-

titled to vote in the State of Maryland or elsewhere in the

United States at a State election. 5. The headings to the

registry books shall be so prepared that the registry shall be

made alphabetically according to the surname of each per-

son applying, and so that the residence and postoffice address

Registry
books.

of such persons shall appear in the first columns; the reg-

isters shall be ruled and one name shall be written on each

line, but no name or names shall be written between lines;

the entries shall be made as follows: (a) Under the column

"Residence and postoffice address," the name and number of