ELECTIONS 1423

the beginning of the last general registration for such precinct, his name
shall not be added to the registers when application is made until he pro-
duces a certificate of removal given him by the Board of Registry for
such other precinct, or by the Board of Supervisors of Elections or a clerk
to be designated by them for the city or county in which said precinct is
located, which certificate shall be in substance as follows: ..............

Precinct, .................. Ward or county. This is to certify that the

name of.................. heretofore residing at................ in

this precinct has been stricken from the registry of the precinct and proper
erasures made, and that upon the registers of this precinct the following
entries appear with reference to him: ZSTame................. color

....................... residence......................; nativity

................; time of residence in precinct....................;

time of residence in city or county.................................;

time of residence in State...............; naturalized.............;

date of papers......................; Court...............; qualified

voter...................; date of application...............

Board of Registry.

The foregoing certificate shall be granted by the Board of Registry when
in session, or by the Board of Supervisors of Elections or a clerk to be
designated by them prior to said session of the Board of Registry, under
the following regulations, that is to say: If at the time when the applica-
tion for said removal certificate is made the name of said voter is already
erased from the registers, then it shall be the duty of said Board of
Registry to grant the certificate to the voter himself or to any other person
making application therefor, but if at the time such application is made the
name of the voter be still upon the registries of voters as a qualified voter,
the removal certificate shall be granted and the name stricken off only
upon personal application of such voter to the said Board of Registry and
after his taking and subscribing an oath substantially as follows:

"I, ..................... do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I now

reside at..................... in the City of ................ County

of .....................; that I am the same person who is entered by

that name as a qualified voter in the registers of the....................

precinct of said .................. city or county; that I have removed

from said last-mentioned residence, and that I do request that the proper
entries and records be made and that my name be erased from the registers
of said last-mentioned precinct, and that a certificate of removal be fur-
nished me at this time."

The foregoing affidavit shall be written or printed on the back of such
certificate of removal, and when presented to the Board of Registry in
the precinct in which such applicant resides, it shall be taken bv said
Board and returned to the office of the Supervisors of Elections. When
such certificate shall be granted by a Board of Registry, or by the Super-
visors of Elections or a Clerk designated by them the name of such appli-
cant shall be erased from the register of the precinct from which he re-
moved. At the end of each such session the registers shall be made to
agree where there is any difference between them, and then the officers of