228 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

ceding, the applicant claiming to be naturalized has been a
registered voter in this State, and has actually voted on such
previous registration; but they shall note his answers to the ques-
tions, when and in what court he was naturalized, and also in the
column headed "remarks, " where and when he was so previously
registered. (&. ) Under the column "court, " the designation of
the court in which, if naturalized, such naturalization was had.
(I. ) Under the column "qualified voter, " the word "yes, " if the
fact shall appear or be determined by a majority of the board of
registry, or the word "no, " if such fact be not established to the
satisfaction of a majority of the board, (m. ) Under the column
"date of application, " the month, day and year when the appli-
cant presented himself, (n. ) After the answers of the applicant
to the questions under the heads of each and all of the above-
mentioned columns have been properly entered by the officers, in
his presence, in both registers, and not until then, he must sign
his name upon the same line under the column "signature, " in
each of them, unless he shall state his inability to do so, in
which case the officers shall make the entry "cannot write, " in
the places for said signature. The board of registry shall be
entitled to receive from the officers having custody thereof -the
last preceding registration books, for the purpose of comparison
and assistance in identification; and if any one shall apply for
registration who appears in such former registry as disqualified, his
name shall be entered in the new registers, but he shall be marked
"disqualified, " unless such grounds of disqualification shall have
been removed. At the end of the day's registry said officers
shall compare the two registers so kept, and cause any errors in
either of them to be corrected, by aid of the entries in the other,
so as to make the same agree where there is any difference
between them. Each of the said officers having the custody of
one of said registers shall then sign his name or initials imme-
diately under the last name registered under each letter in the
book kept by him, so that no new name can be added without
discovery. The said board of registry shall keep, on blanks to
be provided for that purpose by the board of supervisors of elec-
tions, an alphabetical list of the names, addresses and color of all
persons registered, and a separate list of all persons refused regis-
tration, and of all persons whose names are erased from the