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REGISTRATION. [ART. — .

or to be restored to the list as a qualified voter, he shall
so certify to the officer of registration from whose
decision the appeal was taken, and the said officer shall
thereupon register the said person as a qualified voter
and in that case the cost of said appeal shall be paid
by the mayor and city council of Baltimore or the
county commissioners of the county in which the appeal
was taken.

Ibid s 15.
Powers of
registers

26. Whilst discharging the duties imposed by the
several sections of this article, said officers of registra-
tion shall have and exercise the powers of a justice of
the peace for the preservation of order around the
place of registration; may compel the presence of wit-
nesses for the purpose of obtaining any information
necessary to an intelligent discharge of the duties of

Issue commit-
ments, &c.

their office; they shall have power to issue summons,
attachments and commitments to any sheriff or con-
stable, who shall serve such process as if issued by a
judge of a court or a justice of the peace, and shall

Foes.

receive the same fees and in the same manner as are
allowed by law in state cases; but the officers of regis-
tration shall not charge any fee for the issuing of such
process or receive any fees or emoluments for this or
any other service they may perform in the proper dis-
charge of their duties, except that provided in this
article.

Ibid s 16
Duty of police
of Baltimore

27. The board of police commissioners for Baltimore
city shall cause every police officer in Baltimore city
to report to the commissioners of police the name, late
residence and occupation of every male adult known
to said police officer to have died within the limits of
his beat, and the name, occupation and late residence
of every male adult known to him to have removed
from his beat, and whether said adult has removed be-
yond the limit of the precinct of which his beat forms

Lists of names,
&c.

a part; and said police commissioners shall cause
an alphabetical list to be made of the names, residence
and occupation of said adult, according to precinct, and
deliver to the officers of registration for each precinct
respectively, on or before the first day of the sitting of