226 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

———— Register of voters, ———— precinct or district, ————
ward, —s——county (or city. )

1896, ch. 202.

16. On Tuesday, seven weeks preceding the election to be
held on first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1896,
which shall occur after the enactment of this article, each
board of registry shall meet at the place designated by its
board of supervisors of elections, and shall proceed to make a
general registration of all the voters in its precinct or district, as
the case may be. The proceedings of each board of registry
shall be as follows: 1. They shall open the registry in the city
of Baltimore at nine o'clock A. M. and continue in session until
nine o'clock P. M. on the Tuesday aforesaid. In the counties
the hours of session shall be from eight o'clock A. M. to eight
o'clock P. M. One of the officers of registration shall administer
to all persons who shall personally apply to register, the follow-
ing oath or affirmation: "You do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that you will fully and truly answer all such questions as shall be
put to you touching your place of residence, name, place of birth,
your qualifications as a voter, and your right as such to register
and vote under the laws of this State. " 2. The two officers of
registration designated by the supervisors to have the custody of
the two registry books, or such of their colleagues as each of
them may respectively ask to temporarily replace him in the dis-
charge of this duty, shall make the entries therein required by
this article, and the questions as to qualifications shall be asked
by the other officers of said board. 3. The name and age of
every applicant shall be entered in such registry books, and all the
facts of his application shall be therein stated, as herein provided,
whether he be entitled to vote or not. If it shall be determined
by the board that he is not a qualified voter in the precinct, then
an entry shall be made in the appropriate column, "no, " and a
line shall be drawn in red ink through his name, and through all
the other entries on the line on which his name is written, but so
that the name and said other entries shall remain legible, and if
qualified, an entry shall be made in the same column, "yes. "
4. Only persons constitutionally qualified to vote in the precinct
at the next election, and personally applying for registration,