854 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

1904, art. 33, sec. 22. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 21. 1902, ch. 133.
23. On Tuesday three weeks preceding such regular election said
board of registry shall again meet at the place designated and they shall
remain in session during the hours prescribed in section 17 for the sole
purpose of revising their registry, and no new name shall be added.
At the beginning of the session the officers of registration to whom such
suspected list was delivered shall make affidavit as to the mailing of the
notices sent by them, and to whom directed and where and as to the per-
sonal service upon such person or as to the leaving of' the same at his
place of residence so designated, and if any person to whom such notice
was sent shall appear before the hoard of registry during that session
he shall make and sign an affidavit in substance as follows: "I do
solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States and that I have
resided in the ———— precinct of the ———— ward in the city of ————
(or ———— district of ———— county), in the State of Maryland, from
the ———— day of ———— up to the ———— day of ————, 19———,
and that I have not since acquired a legal residence giving me the
right to vote elsewhere." If it is charged that he has been convicted of
any infamous crime and has not been pardoned he shall further make
oath that he has never been so convicted, or if convicted, that he was
pardoned at a time stated. This affidavit shall be signed and sworn to
before one of such board of registry and it shall be preserved and filed
in the office of the said board of supervisors of elections. Thereupon
said board of registry shall further examine him and shall also swear
the officer of registration who has made the inquiry and hear him upon
the question, and they shall also have the power to examine on oath any
other witness that may appear or be produced before them in regard to
the matter and make any further examination or inquiry that they may
deem proper; and if after such further examination and hearing the
majority of said board are of the opinion that such person is not a quali-
fied voter in such precinct they shall draw a line in red ink through
his name and through all other entries on the line on which said name
is written, but so that the name and said other entries shall remain
legible, which memorandum in case of any registration shall indicate
that the name of such person is erased from the registry and such person
shall not be entitled to vote unless his name is restored as hereinafter
provided. During the last hour of said session if any person so noti-
fied to appear at such session has not yet appeared and shown cause why
his name should not be erased from the registry the name shall be so
erased in the manner aforesaid, unless a majority of the board are satis-
fied of their own knowledge or upon competent testimony that such
person is entitled to have his name retained on the registry, and under
the head of "remarks," opposite each name erased, shall be stated the
facts as to such erasure, the date of the making the same and the
grounds and evidence on which it is made.

Where a foreigner applies to the registers sitting in September, stating
that he would be of age October 13th following and would then apply for
naturalization and present his papers to the registers, and registration is