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254 ELECTIONS. [ART. XXXIII
ward of the City of..................... in the State of Maryland,
do jointly and severally certify that, at the general registration of voters
in said precincts, closed on this.............. day of..............
there were registered by us, in said precinct, the names which in this
book are entered, and that the number of registered and qualified voters
was and is the number of......................."
(Signature.)
Dated.....................
During the next day the Board of Registry shall return the two reg-
isters to the Board of Supervisors of Elections, and in the counties the
said Board of Registry shall, at the same time, return the alphabetical
list of names, party affiliation, color and addresses of the persons regis-
tered and erased by them, and in Baltimore City the Boards of Registry
shall, at the same time, return the lists made by them, at their last ses-
sion ; and in the counties the said Boards of Supervisors of Elections
shall at once cause said alphabetical lists to be printed in hand-bill
form in long-primer type, and copies thereof posted, within three day?
after the return of said lists, as aforesaid, in such manner that they
may be easily read, in at least ten prominent places in the respective
precincts. The Board of Supervisors in the City of Baltimore and the
several counties shall cause to be printed at least ten extra copies of all
the hand-bills prepared by them, respectively, under this Article, and
as many more copies as may be required to supply all demands for any
of them made, Avith the tender of the price before the printing thereof,
which copies they shall sell to the public at five cents per copy, the pro-
ceeds of said sales to be applied towards paying the expenses of print-
ing 1he same. The said Boards of Supervisors in the counties and in
the City of Baltimore shall furnish to anyone making written applica-
tion therefor, within ten days after such application has been received,
or in less time, if practicable, a certified copy, under their hands, of
the names, addresses, color and ages of all persons registered in any
ward in said city, or in any election precinct or district of said county,
for the sum of two dollars for a precinct, and for the sum of half a
cent for each voter's name on said registry in the counties, which said
sum shall be applied towards paying the expenses of making said cer-
tified copies. It shall be the duty of the said Supervisors to make
proper provisions in advance, so that they will be able to make and fur-
nish such copies when ordered, as hereinbefore required. But the pro-
visions of this section in reference to the printing and posting of copies
of the alphabetical list of registered voters and the names erased from
the books of registry shall not apply to Baltimore City; and in the City
of Baltimore printed copies of the list of registered voters shall be kept
in the office of the Board of Supervisors of Elections and open to the
inspection of the public.
A certificate in the form prescribed by this section held admissible in
evidence. Simund v. State, 127 Md. 39.
See notes to this section in volume 1 of the Annotated Code.
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