1874.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 1161

Mr. Lamar submitted the following amendment:
AMENDMENT PROPOSED.

Amend section 7 by striking out in the 3rd and 4th lines,
after the word "person," all of said line, and insert "shall
ascertain upon oath or affirmation, except in cases where the
said officers are personally cognizant that."

Which was rejected.

Mr. Brace submitted the following amendment:
AMENDMENT PROPOSED.

Section 2, line 3, strike out the words "one person in each
ward in Baltimore City, and one person in each election dis-
trict in every county," and insert in lieu thereof the follow-
ing: "three persons in each election district in every county,
one of whom in each of said wards and districts shall be of
a different political party from the other two, and all."

Which was rejected.

Mr. Hart submitted the following amendment:

AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
To come in after section 14:

Section 15. No person shall be entitled to be or remain
registered in any ward or election district, unless he shall
have been a resident of the State for one year and oi the Leg-
islative District of Baltimore City or of the county in which
registration may be claimed, for six months next preceding
the next ensuing election at which such registration would
be evidence of the right of the person so registered to vote,
and in case any county or city shall be so divided as
to form portions of different electoral districts of Rep-
resentatives in Congress, Senators, Delegates or other of-
ficers, then, to entitle a person to be or remain registered
in any particular section or part of such county or city, he
must have been a resident of that part or section of the elec-
toral district in which he claims to be or is registered, for six
months next preceding the next election at which such regis-
tration would he evidence of the right of the person so regis-
tered to vote. And the residence necessary to entitle any
person to be or remain so registered, shall be an actual bona
fide residence within the ward or distrit within which such
person may claim to reside and to be registered, and such
actual bona fide residence shall be established upon the oath
or affirmation of competent witnesses, to the satisfaction of
the Register to whom the application is made, and to the
satisfaction of the Judge or Judges to whom any appeal is
made, under the provisions of this Act; and the neglect or
refusal of any person deeming himself aggrieved by the re-