EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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his name upon the line under the column headed "Signature,"

in each of them, unless he shall state his inability to do so, in

which case the' officer of registration shall make the entry,

"Cannot write," in the place of said signature; the Board of

Registry of each precinct shall be entitled to receive from the

person or persons having the custody of the same the last pre-

ceding registration books for the purpose of comparison and

assistance in identification, and if anyone applies for registra-

tion who appears in such former registry to be disqualified,

his name shall be entered in the new registry, but he shall be

marked "Disqualified" unless such grounds of disqualification

have been removed. At the end of each day's registry said

officers of registration shall compare the two registers so kept

"Disqualified."

and cause any error in either of them to be corrected by the aid

of the entries in the other, so as to make the same agree if

there is any difference between them. Each of said officers

having the custody of one of said registers shall then sign his

name or initials at the end of and under the last name reg-

istered, under each letter in the book kept by him so that no

name can be added without discovery. The said Board of

Registry shall keep on blanks, to be prepared and provided for

the purpose by the Board of Supervisors of Elections for said

city, an alphabetical list of the names, addresses and color of

all persons registered, and a separate list of the names of all

List of per-
sons regis-

persons refused registration, and of all persons whose names

tered.

are erased from the registry.

270W. Before every regular election to be held in said city,

the general registration hereinbefore provided for shall be re-

vised by the Board of Registry of each precinct where such

election is to be held, and for that purpose the said registration

Revision of

officers shall meet on the Tuesday respectively five and four

registration
lists.

weeks preceding the said regular election, and shall hold a

session from 8 o'clock A.M. to 8 o'clock P.M., and names may

be added on the registers in the same way upon sworn applica-

tion as in the case of general registration, and all the same

forms and requirements shall be observed. If it shall appear

that any applicant had been on the registry in any other pre-

cinct of the said city at any time since the beginning of the

last general registration for such precinct, his name shall not

be added to the registry when application is made unless he pro-

Must produce

duces a certificate of removal given by the Board of Super-

certificate of

visors of Elections or by the registration officers for such other

removal.

precinct, which certificate shall be in substance as follows:

.......precinct of Frederick City. "This is to certify that the

name of........heretofore residing at........in this precinct, has