860 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

The foregoing certificate shall be granted by the board of registry
when in session, under the following regulations: that is to say, if at
the time of application for said removal certificate is made, the name
of said voter is already erased from the registers, then it shall be the
duty of the said board of registry to grant the certificate to the voter
himself or to any other person making application therefor, but if at
the time such application is made, the name of the voter be still upon
the registers of voters as a qualified voter, the removal certificate shall
be granted and the name stricken off only upon the personal application
of such voter to the said board of registry, and after his taking and
subscribing an oath substantially as follows:

"I, ....... do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I now reside at

....... in the city of ....... county ...... of ......; that I am the

same person who is entered by that name as a qualified voter in the
registers of the ...... precinct of the ...... city; that I have removed

from said last-mentioned residence, and I do request that the proper
entries and records be made and that my name be erased from the
registers of such last-mentioned precinct, and a certificate of removal
be furnished me at this time."

The foregoing affidavit shall be written or printed on the back of
such certificate of removal and when presented to the board of registry
in the precinct in which such applicant resides, it shall be taken by
said board and returned to the office of the supervisors of elections.
When such certificate shall be granted by the board of registry the
name of such applicant shall be erased from the registers of the precinct
from which he removed. At the end of each such session the registers
shall be made to agree where there is any difference between them,
and then, the officers of registration having the custody thereof shall sign
their names or initials in their respective registry books immediately
under the last name registered under each letter on said registers so
that no new name can be added thereto without discovery. It shall be
the duty of the board of registry, after the close of each session to
note for erasure from such registers the names of all persons
known or supposed to be dead and the names of all persons who are
suspected of being disqualified under sections 2 and 3 of article 1 of
the constitution of the State, and the names of all persons who are
supposed to have removed from such precinct and have not taken out
Removal papers and of all persons who are suspected to be otherwise
disqualified as voters, and they shall, before separating, make out a
list of all persons so noted for erasure with the address as the same
appears upon the registers. In making out such list said board of
registry shall treat as persons suspected of not being qualified voters
all persons against whom a sworn complaint is filed by any voter in
the ward. Such complaint shall be as follows: ....... a voter of

...... ward, do solemnly swear that I believe ....... who professes

to reside at ...... is not a qualified voter in the ...... precinct of

the ...... ward, on the ground (here state reason). If a majority of

the board know, or are satisfied that such complaint is untrue they need