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right of such person to registration as legal voters according to law, and
each person so registered shall be entitled to such certified copy upon
demand without charge.

Ch. 578 of 1929, amending secs. 31 and 32 and repealing secs. 33-35, held in-
valid as violating art. 1, sec. 5 of the State Constitution for lack of uniformity
in registration laws. Bangs v. Fey, 159 Md. 549.

Cited but not construed in Wagner v. Scurlock, 166 Md. 291.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 32. 1912, sec. 29A. 1914, ch. 534. 1916, ch. 540. 1916, ch. 546.
191S, ch. 486, sec. 20A, 1922, ch. 97.

32. ¹ Declarations of intentions mentioned in the preceding section may
in Baltimore City and in Anne Arundel, Charles, Queen Anne's, Harford,
Montgomery, Garrett, Frederick, Howard, Carroll, Cecil, Caroline, Wi-
comico, Talbot, Dorchester, Calvert, Kent, Washington, Allegany, Som-
erset and Prince George's Counties as an alternative method of making
said declaration, be made before the Board of Registry when in session of
the election district or precinct in which the declarant intends to reside,
and be entered by said board. Said entry to be made by said Board of
Registry on blanks to be furnished by the Board of Supervisors of Elec-
tions of said city or county, said blanks to be headed as follows: "Certifi-
cate of Declaration of Intention, " and said entry to contain the name, the
age, the residence, the occupation and the color of the declarant and also
date of application before said board. Said certificate shall be signed by
both members of said Board of Registry, and one of said certificates shall
be furnished by said Board of Registry to the declarant without charge,
and the other certificate shall be forwarded by said board to the clerk of
the Circuit Court for said County and of the Superior Court of Baltimore
City, respectively, to be recorded by said clerk in a record book to be kept
by him for that purpose, for which recording the said clerk shall receive
the sum of fifteen cents for each certificate so recorded, to be paid by the
County Commissioners of said County and the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, and said Board of Registry shall also include the names,
color and residence of said declarant in the alphabetical list to be furnished
by said Board of Registry under the provisions of Section 25 of this
Article. And the intent of each person, so declaring before said Board
of Registry, to become a resident of said State and County or city, shall
date from the date of said entry of said declaration by said board. And
no person coming into said State and County or city from any other State,
District or Territory, and making said declaration before said Board of
Registry shall be entitled to registration as a legal voter in said State and
County or city until one year after his intent to become such legal voter
shall be thus evidenced by such entry of said declaration by said Board
of Registry, and such entry of said Declaration by said Board of Registry
and such entry, or a duly certified copy thereof, shall be the only com-
petent and admissible evidence of such intent. And such declaration of

¹ Secs. 31 and 32 were amended and secs. 33-35 were repealed by ch. 578 of the
acts of 1929. This act was held invalid in Bangs v. Fey, 159 Md. 478. Consequently
the sections are included as they existed prior to enactment of said ch. 578 of 1929.