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registry. In the city of Baltimore, at the end of each session,
they shall deliver these lists to the police officer on duty at 'the
registration office, and the list shall be delivered by the said officer
to the police board and by the police board to the board of super-
visors of elections, in the forenoon of the day following the said
sitting. The board of supervisors for the city of Baltimore shall
then cause such list to be printed in hand-bill form, in plain long
primer type, and copies thereof posted within three days after
each session, in such manner that they may be easily read, in at
least ten prominent places in each precinct.

1896, ch. 202.

17- It shall be the duty of the board of police commissioners
of Baltimore city, between the first day of September and the
commencement of registration in each year, to cause a census, as
nearly as possible accurate, to be made by members of the force
under their command, of the legal voters resident in each precinct
of the said city. The said census shall give the address of each
person known or supposed by the officer of police taking it, to be
a legal voter of the city, and a copy thereof for their precinct
shall be furnished by the said police commissioners to each board
of registry when they meet on the first day of their sessions, as
hereinbefore provided. And the officer of police taking the said
census shall in every case be assigned to duty at the office of
registration in the precinct where he took the said census, unless,
for reasons stated in writing by the marshal of police and
furnished to the board of registry, in question, such assignment
shall be impracticable or against the public interest.

Ibid.

18. Any voter shall be permitted to be present at the place
of registration in any precinct of his county or city, and shall
have the right to challenge any applicant, and when challenged,
such applicant shall be carefully questioned by the board of
registry touching the facts which entitle him to register in such
precinct, and thereupon, if a majority of the board is convinced
that such applicant is a qualified voter, he shall be entered as
qualified. Any person claiming to be a voter of any precinct,
and who, upon application, is denied the right to be registered as
a qualified voter in said precinct, may make and sign an applica-