ART. 33] REGISTRATION. 863

removal from their domicile, abode, dwelling place or habitation, they
do not intend thereby to change their legal residence, but that they
have a fixed and definite purpose to return to this State on or before
six months preceding the next succeeding election in November. The
form of such affidavit shall be as follows: State of Maryland, city or
county of ————, set.: I hereby certify that on this ———— day of

———— ———— before the subscribe, clerk of the circuit court for

———— county (or superior court of Baltimore city) personally
appeared ———— and made oath (or affirmation) in due form of law,
that on or about the ———— day of ———— he vacated and removed
from his habitation, dwelling place, domicile or abode, in the ————
precinct of the ———— election district of ———— county (or of the

———— ward in the ———— legislative district of Baltimore city) and
took up his abode out of the State. (Here insert particular designation
of such new abode by election district, precinct, ward, street and num-
ber whenever practicable); that notwithstanding such removal he does
not intend thereby to change his residence, but that he has a fixed and
definite purpose to return to this State on or before six months preced-
ing the next succeeding election in November; sworn to before me
(signature of clerk, seal of court). And if the persons making such
affidavits, shall fail so to return and take up their actual abode, domi-
cile, dwelling place and habitation in this State on or before six months
next preceding such November election, they shall be conclusively pre-
sumed to have abandoned such declared intention, and shall thereupon
become disqualified to vote in this State, and the officers of registration
shall refuse to register them as qualified voters, or shall strike off their
names from the registry if their names be entered thereon. The clerk
before whom such affidavit shall be made shall retain, index and record
the same, and shall be entitled to demand and receive for each affidavit
sworn the sum of thirty cents, and for indexing and recording the
affidavit and acknowledgment thereto the same compensation as allowed
by law for indexing and recording deeds; such costs to be paid to said
clerks by the county commissioners and mayor and city council of Bal-
timore, respectively. Such affidavits shall not be admissible in evi-
dence as evidence of the right of the persons making the same to regis-
tration unless they are recorded within five days from the date of the
acknowledgments thereto, and a duly certified copy thereof shall be
receivable in evidence in the same manner as a certified copy of a
deed. False swearing in any of such affidavits shall be deemed to be
perjury, and shall be punishable as perjury is punishable by the code
of public general laws of 1904, article 27, title "Crimes and Punish-
ments," sub-title "Perjury." Said officers of registration shall require
the production of such affidavits duly recorded, or a duly certified copy
thereof in all cases where they have reason to suspect that the person
applying to be registered as a qualified voter has lost his residence by
reason of his removal from the State, as hereinbefore mentioned; and
they may also in such cases put any question which they may deem
proper to such applicant concerning the place where he dwelt in the