1444 ARTICLE 33

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 26 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 Terri-
tory, 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 competent and admis-
sible evidence of such intent. And such declaration of intention, or a duly
certified copy thereof, shall be evidence of the right of such person to
registration as a legal voter according to law.
Cited but not construed in Wagner v. Scurlock, 166 Md. 291.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 33. 1912, sec. 29B. 1914, ch. 541.

66. Declarations of intention mentioned in Section 64 may as an alter-
native method of making said declarations 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 Elections of said county, said blanks to be headed as fol-
lows: "Certificate of Declaration of Intention," and said entry to con-
tain the name, the age, the residence, the occupation and the color of the
declarant, and also the date of application before said Board. Said certifi-
cates 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 declar-
ant without charge, and the other certificate shall be forwarded by said
Board to the clerk of the circuit court for said county, 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 said Board of Registry shall also include the names, color and residence
of said declarants in the alphabetical list to be furnished by said Board of
Registry under the provisions of Section 27 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 shall, date from the date of
said entry of said declaration by said Board.