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may publish in one newspaper the notice above required, and in the City
of Baltimore, by advertisement in all the daily newspapers which will pub-
lish the same at their current rate of advertising. And the Sheriff of Bal-
timore City and of each county shall no longer publish such notices of elec-
tion, but in Howard County the Sheriff shall set up the handbills herein-
before referred to, which handbills the Board of Supervisors shall have
made up and give to the Sheriff for the purpose of setting them up. Said
Board shall make all necessary rules and regulations not inconsistent with
this Article, with reference to the registration, of voters and the conduct of
elections, and they shall have charge of and make provision for all elec-
tions, general, special, local, municipal, State and county, and for all others
of every description, to be held in such city or county, or any part thereof,
at any time; all questions shall be decided by a majority of the Board,
unless otherwise expressly provided in this Article; provided, however, that
in any incorporated city or town in this State (other than the City of Bal-
timore) in which the municipal or charter elections thereof are now reg-
ulated by the Public Local Laws of the State, the conduct of such munic-
ipal or charter elections shall continue to be so regulated as heretofore and;
such Public Local Laws shall continue in force therein. The provision
hereinabove contained in reference to handbills shall not apply to Balti-
more City.

Registration.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 18. 1912, sec. 17. 1904, sec. 17. 1886, ch. 202, sec. 16. 1901, ch. 2.

1910, ch. 236 (p. 105). 1916, ch. 158, sec. 17. 1920 (Special

Sess. ), ch. 1, sec. 17. 1922, ch. 488. 1931, ch. 121.

18. On Tuesday six weeks preceding the election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1896, which shall occur after
the enactment of this Article, each Board of Registry shall meet at the
place designated by the Board of Supervisors of Elections, and shall pro-
ceed to make a general registration of all voters in its precinct or district,
as the case may be. The proceedings of each Board of Registry shall be
as follows: (1) They shall open the registry in the City of Baltimore at
2 o'clock P. M., and continue in said session until 10 o'clock P. M. In
the counties the hours of session shall be 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. One of the officers of registration shall administer to
all persons who shall personally apply to register the following oath or
affirmation: "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully and
truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you touching your place
of residence, name, place of birth, your qualifications as a voter, and your
right as such to register and vote under the laws of this State. " (2) The
two officers of registration designated by the Supervisors to have custody of
the two registry books, or such of their colleagues as such of them may
respectively ask to temporarily replace him in the discharge of his duty,