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registered as a legal voter in such district or precinct, and such
certificates shall be filed with the list of voters or book of regis-
tration in the office of said clerks.

29. In case any county or city shall be divided so as to form
portions of different electoral districts for the election of Con-
gressmen, Senator, Delegate, or other officer or officers, a person
to be entitled to vote for such officer or officers, must have been
a resident of that part of the county or city in which he offers
to vote for six months next preceding the election, and be
registered therein as a qualified voter; but a person who shall
have acquired a residence in such county or city, and been
registered as a qualified voter, shall be entitled to vote in the
election district or precinct from which he removed, until he
shall have acquired a residence in the part of the county or city
to which he has removed, and the officers or officer of registra-
tion shall not strike from the list of voters the name of such
person, or transfer the same until after such election.

80. The judges of election shall not receive or deposit the
ballot of any person until they have found his name on the list
or register of qualified voters, and have checked it thereon.

31. The clerks of the Circuit Courts of the several counties
and the Superior Court of Baltimore city, shall permit exami-
nations of the register of names, and the register or list of voters
to be made only in the manner herein prescribed, or in the
manner allowed in relation to other records of his office, and in
his presence or in the presence of his deputy.

32. If any officer of registration shall knowingly, corruptly
and fraudulently, in violation of the provisions of article first
of the Constitution, or of this act, permit the name of any dis-
qualified person to be entered on the list or register of qualified
voters, or exclude therefrom the name of any qualified voter, he
shall upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a fine of not less
than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars for each
offence, and shall be disqualified from holding any office of
honor, profit or trust, and from exercising the elective franchise
in this State.