ART. ] REGISTRATION. 101

the cost of said city and the respective counties, said books to
be so arranged as to admit of the alphabetical classification of
the names, and ruled in parallel columns, on which shall be
entered, first, the name of the person registered; second, sworn;
third, his age; fourth, the place of his birth; fifth, the time of
residence in the city of Baltimore, and election precinct or
county and election district; sixth, if naturalized, the date of the
papers and the court by which issued; seventh, disqualification;
eighth, qualified voter.

17. The said officers of registration shall ascertain and register
the names of every white male person, resident in and tempo-
rarily absent from their wards or election district, and after re-
cording the surname and Christian name, shall administer to
such person the oath of allegiance as prescribed by the fourth
section of article first of the Constitution, and the farther oath
that he will make true answers to such questions as they may
propound to him, touching his right to registration and voting,
and enter in the proper column the fact whether such person
has or has not been sworn; third, the age of such person; fourth,
the place of his birth; fifth, the time he has resided in the city
of Baltimore, or the county in which he is to be registered;
sixth, if naturalized, the date of his final paper or certificate of
naturalization, and the court, county, and State whence issued;
seventh, if disqualified, the cause or reason of disqualification,
whether non-residence, non-age, alienage, infamy, lunatic, or
non compos mentis, disloyalty under the fourth section of article
first of the Constitution, or bribery as described in the fifth
section of said first article; eighth, the name of qualified voters,
omitting from said column the names of disqualified persons,
and inserting in lieu thereof, the names of one or more witnesses
by whom the disqualification was proven, if the disqualifying
cause arises from the provisions of the fourth and fifth sections
of said first article.

18. It shall be the duty of the officers of registration, before
entering any name on the register of voters, to diligently
enquire and ascertain that such person has not done any of the
acts which are declared in the third, fourth, and fifth sections of