CONSTITUTION — ART. I.

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of acquiring a land, fide residence therein, but for the purpose of voting at H n

approaching election, or who shall vote in any election district or ward in which

he does not reside (except in the case provided for-in this article), or shall, at

the same election, vote in more than one election district or precinct, or shall

vote, or offer to vote, in any name not his own, or in place of any other person

of the same name, or shall vote in any county in which he does not reside

SEC 5 The General Assembly shall provide by law for a uniform registra-

Registration

tion of the names of all the voters in this State who possess the qualifications

1865, c 159, 174,
1807, c 336, 1866,

proscribed in this article, which registration shall be conclusive evidence to the

res 3 1867, c

judges of election of the right of every person, thus registered, to vote at any

17, 81 Md 135,
23, Md 512, 22

election thereafter held in this State; but no person shall vote at any election,

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Federal or State, hereafter to be held in this State, or at any municipal election

in the city of Baltimore, unless his name appears in the list of registered voters;

and until the General Assembly shall hereafter pass an act for the registration

of the names of voters, the law in force on the first day of June, in the year

eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, in reference thereto, shall be continued in

force, except so far as it may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Con-

stitution; and the registry of voters, made in pursuance thereof, may be cor-

rected, as provided in said law, but the names of all persons shall be added to

the list of qualified voters by the officers of registration, who have the qualifi-

cations prescribed in the first section of this article, and who are not disquali-

fied under the provisions of the second and third sections thereof

SEC. G Every person elected or appointed to any office of profit or trust

Oath of office

under this Constitution, or under the laws made pursuant thereto, shall, before

1832, c 172, 1854,
c 18, 4 Md 189,

he enters upon the duties of such office, take and subscribe the following oath

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or affirmation I, —— ————, do swear (or affirm, as the case may be), that I

will support the Constitution of the United States, find that I will be faithful

and bear true allegiance to the State of Maryland, and support the Constitution

and laws thereof, and that I will, to the best of my skill and judgment, dili-

gently and faithfully, without partiality or prejudice, execute the office of ———,

according to the Constitution and laws of this State (and, if a governor, sena-

tor, member of the House of Delegates, or judge), that I will not directly or

indirectly receive the profits, or any part of the profits, of [of] any other office

during the term of my acting as ————

SEC 7. Every person, hereafter elected or appointed to office in this State,

New election

who shall refuse or neglect to take the oath or affirmation of office provided for

on refusal to
take oath

in the sixth section of this article, shall be considered as having refused to

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accept the said office; and a new election or appointment shall be made, as in

case of refusal to accept, or resignation of, an office; and any person violating

said oath shall, on conviction thereof in a court of law, in addition to the pen-

alties now or hereafter to be imposed by law, be thereafter incapable of holding

any office of profit or trust in this State.