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1929 Supplement to the Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland
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182 ARTICLE 33.

Maryland, and may in their discretion summon the persons making the
aforesaid supporting affidavits and any other persons to appear before them
for interrogation touching upon the length of residence of the said appli-
cant within the State of Maryland, and upon said applicant's intention to
become such resident. Said affidavits and evidence, if any taken before
said Registry Board shall be deemed to be competent and admissible evi-
dence of said applicant's said residence and intention to become such resi-
dent. If upon such evidence and after such hearing and consideration said
Registry Board shall be of the opinion that said applicant has been a resi-
dent of the State of Maryland for the period of one year and has also had
an intention to become such for a like period of time, and possesses all of
the other requirements as provided by law to become a registered voter, the
said Board shall have the power and authority to register said applicant.
Any such applicant who feels aggrieved by the action of any Board of
Registry in refusing him or her as a qualified voter upon the ground that
the evidence submitted by the applicant as to his or her residence or inten-
tion to become a resident of the State of Maryland is incredible or insuffi-
cient, shall have the same right of appeal from the decision of said Board,
as is provided by Section 27 of this Article; said appeal, however, to be
subject to all the provisions and limitations as set forth in Section 27.
False swearing in any of the affidavits hereinbefore required shall be
deemed to be perjury and shall be punishable as perjury is punishable by
the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, Article 27, title "Crimes
and Punishments, " sub-title "Perjury. " It shall be the duty of the Board
of Election Supervisors of the different counties and of the City of Balti-
more to have forms of the affidavits herein set forth printed and distrib-
uted among the different Boards of Registry to be by them given to any
such applicant upon demand free of any cost.

33-35. Repealed by ch. 578 of the Acts of 1929.

Intermediate Registration.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 39. 1912, sec. 31. 1904, sec. 30. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 26.
1920 (special session), ch. 1, sec. 31. 1924, ch. 597. 1929, ch. 355, sec. 39.

39. Before every November election held in the counties between the
general registration hereinbefore provided for the last general registration
shall be revised by the Board of Registry of each precinct where such elec-
tion is to be held; and for that purpose the Board of Registry shall meet
on the Tuesdays five and three weeks, respectively, preceding the regular
fall election, and shall hold a session from 9 o'clock A. M. to 9 o'clock P.
M., except that in Wicomico County the said Board of Registry shall hold
a session from 10 o'clock A. M. to 7 o'clock P. M., and that in Talbot
County the said Board of Registry shall hold a session from 8 o'clock A.
M. to 7 o'clock P. M., and names may be added on the registers in the same
way, upon sworn application, as in the case of a general registration, and
all the same forms and requirements shall be observed. If it shall appear
that any applicant has been upon the registry in any other precinct of any


 

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