156 REGISTRATION. [ART. —.

VOTERS.

1870, c. 459 repeals the act of 1868 relating to registration of voters, [Sup. 1868, p.
205,] and enacts the following sections in lieu thereof:

1870, c. 459, B. 2. Governor to ap- point registers.	SEC. 13. The governor shall nominate, and by and with the advice of the senate, appoint at every regular session of the legislature to be held hereafter, one per- son in each ward of Baltimore city, and one person in each election district in every county; voters in said wards and districts respectively, to be styled officers of registration, who shall perform the duties imposed on them by this .article ; and all such officers, before enter- ing upon the discharge of their duties, shall take and subscribe before the clerk of some one of the courts of Baltimore city, and the clerk of the circuit court of the
Oath.	several counties respectively, the oath prescribed in the sixth, section of the third article of the constitution; and the present officers of registration shall serve out the full term for which they were severally appointed.
Ibid s 3. Books of regis- tration.	14. The clerk of the superior court of Baltimore city, and the clerk of the circuit court of the several counties, shall deliver to the officers of registration for Baltimore city and the several counties, the books of registration in the offices of the said clerks respectively,
Lists.	and also duly certified copies of the lists of qualified voters in their respective offices, on the second Monday in September, eighteen hundred and seventy, and on the same Monday in every year thereafter.
Ibid, s 4. Registers to de- mand books, &e, from clerks of courts. i	15. The officers of registration, as aforesaid, shall, on the third Monday in September, eighteen hundred and seventy, and on the same day and month in every year thereafter, demand from said clerks of the said courts of Baltimore city and the several counties, said books of registration, and certified copies of the lists of qualified voters, directed to be delivered to said offi- cers by said clerks, in the third section of this article ; and said officers of registration shall safely keep and protect said books and lists from alteration, mutilation and defacement while in their possession.