ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

in substance as follows: "———— precinct, ———— ward or county.
This is to certify that the name of ————, heretofore residing at
————, in this precinct, has been stricken from the registry of the
precinct and the proper erasure made, and that upon the registers of
this precinct the following entries appear with reference to him: Name
———, age ————, color ————, residence ————, nativity ————,
time of residence in precinct ————, time of residence in county (or
city) ————, time of residence in State ————, naturalized ————.
date of papers ————, court ————, qualified voter ————, date of
application ————.

"Board of Supervisors of Elections (or of Registry)."
The foregoing certificate shall be granted by the board of registry
when in session, or by the board of supervisors of elections prior to said
session of the board of registry under the following regulations—that
is to say: If at the time application for said removal certificate is
made the name of the said voter is already erased from the registry,
then it shall be the duty of the said board of supervisors or 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 still upon the registry
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 board of supervisors or 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

———— county; that I am the same person who is entered by that name
as a qualified voter in the registers of the ———— precinct of ————
county; that I have removed from the 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 said last-mentioned precinct,
and that a certificate of removal be furnished me at this time." The
foregoing affidavit shall be written or printed on the back of such certifi-
cate of removal, and when presented to the board of registry of the
precinct in which such applicant resides it shall be taken by said board
and returned to the office of supervisors of elections. When such certifi-
cate shall be granted, either by the board of registry or by the super-
visors of elections, as the case may be, the name of such applicant
shall be erased from the registers of the precinct from which he
removed.

Purpose of requiring an applicant to produce a certificate of his removal
from the precinct where he was formerly registered. Such applicant is to be
questioned Just as though he had presented himself for registration without
being registered elsewhere. Although an applicant was not questioned as he
should have been, he may prove that he was entitled to register, In which
case his name will not be struck off the list. Davis v. O'Berry, 93 Md. 710.

Upon the presentation of a certificate (in accordance with the act of 1890,
ch. 573), that a voter's name had been stricken from the list of registered
voters in a town from which he had removed, he was entitled to registration