1232 ARTICLE 33.
by him shall be stated, every floor below the level of the street or ground
being designated as the basement; the floor upon or first above such level
being designated as the first floor, and each floor above that as the second,
or such other floor as it may be. In county precincts it shall only be neces-
sary to give such general description as may be sufficient for identification.
(B) Under the column " Name " the name of the applicant, writing the
surname first, and full given or Christian name after. (C) Under the1
column " Age," the age of the applicant. (D') Under the column " Nativ-
ity " the State, Country, empire, Kingdom or dominion, as the fact shall
be. (E) Under the column " Color" the words "White" or " Colored,"
as the case may be. (F) Under the sub-divisions of the general column
" Terms of Residence," the period by day, month or year stated by the
applicant. (G) Under the column " Naturalized," the word " Yes " or
" No " or " Native," as the facts may be. (H) Under the column " Date
of Naturalization," the date of naturalization, if naturalized. No natural-
ization papers need be produced if a majority of the board are satisfied
that for three years next preceding the applicant claiming to be naturalized
has been a registered voter in this State, and has actually voted on such
previous registration; but they shall note his answers to the questions,
when and in what Court he was naturalized, and also in the column headed
" Remarks " where and when he was so previously registered. In the case
of a woman who claims citizenship by marriage, the Board shall note the
name of the person to whom married and where and in what, court he was
naturalized, or where previously registered. Under the column headed
" Remarks " they shall note whether the applicant is male or female.
(J) Under the column " Court" the designation of the Court in which,
if naturalized, such naturalization was had. (K) Under the column
" Qualified Voter," the word " Yes " if the fact shall appear or be de-
termined by a majority of the Board of Registry, or the word " No," if
such fact be not established to the satisfaction of the majority of the
Board. (L) Under the column " Date of Application," the month, day
and year when the applicant presented himself. (N) After the answers
of the applicant to the questions under the heads of each and all of the
above mentioned columns have been properly entered by the officers in his
presence in both registers, and not until then he shall be asked to sign
his name upon the same line under the column " Signature," in each of
them, and shall sign his name, if he can do so. If, however, he shall state
his inability to do so, or decline to do so, the officers shall make the entry
" Cannot Write," or " Declines," as the case may be, in the place for such
signature. The Board of Registry shall be entitled to receive from the
officers having custody thereof the last preceding registration books, for
the purpose of comparison and assistance in identification, and if anyone
shall apply for registration who appeared in such former registry as dis-
qualified, his name shall be entered in the new register, but he shall be
marked " Disqualified," unless such grounds of disqualification shall have
been removed. At the end of the day's registry said officers shall compare
the two registers so kept, and cause any errors in either of them to be cor-
rected, by the aid of the entries in the other, so as to make the same agree
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