JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 781

the lists of qualified voters directed to be delivered
to said officers by said clerks in the third section of
this article ; and said officers of registration shall
safely keep and protect said books and lists from al-
teration, mutilation and defacement whilst in their
possession.
SEC. 5. For the purpose of discharging the duties
imposed on them by this article, said officers of reg-	Sit with open doors
istration shall, for six successive days in Baltimore
city, and three successive days in each of the coun-
ties of the State, commencing on the first Monday in
September, and on the same Monday in every year
thereafter, at some convenient place to the voters in
the several wards of the City of Baltimore, and the
several election districts of the counties, sit with
open doors, from nine o'clock A. M., until nine
o'clock P. M., in Baltimore city, and from nine
o'clock A. M., until six o'clock P. M., in the several
counties ; and they shall give at least ten days' notice	Give notice.
of the time and place of sitting, by publication in at
least one newspaper published in the counties, and
three in Baltimore city, one of which shall be in
German ; provided, that the notice aforesaid shall be
published for each county in one notice, to which
the name of the register of all the districts shall be
appended, and the notice for the City of Baltimore shall be published in one notice, to be signed by all
the registers of said city.
SEC. 6. At the time and place published by said
officers of registration, they shall proceed to strike	Proceed to
from the lists of qualified voters the names of all	strike from list
persons known or made known to them, who have
died or removed from the ward or election district,
or may not be a resident thereof, or entitled to vote
therein, or have become disqualified under the pro-
visions of the second and third sections of the first
article of the Constitution; and to deliver to any
person whose name appears on the said list of quali-
fied voters, and who may be desirous of registering
elsewhere, a certificate of registration, and to strike	A certificate of
from the books of registration the names of all per-	registration
sons so applying for certificates of registration, as
also the names of all dead, removed or disqualified
persons, or of persons who may not be resident of