232 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

board of registry during that session, he shall make and sign an
affidavit in substance as follows: "I do solemnly swear that I am
a citizen of the United States, and that I have resided in the——
precinct of the————ward, in the city of———— (or————district
of ——— county) in the State of Maryland, from the ——— day of
———— up to the ———— day of ———, 18——, and that I have
not since acquired a legal residence giving me the right to vote
elsewhere. " If it is charged that he has been convicted of any
infamous crime and has not been pardoned, he shall further make
oath that he has never been so convicted, or if convicted, that he
was pardoned at a time stated. This affidavit shall be signed
and sworn to before one of such board of registry, and it shall
be preserved and filed in the office of the board of supervisors
of elections. Thereupon said board of registry shall further
examine him, and shall also swear the officer of registration who
has made the inquiry and hear him upon the question, and they
shall also have the power to examine on oath any other witness
that may appear or be produced before them in regard to the
matter, and make any further examination or inquiry that they
may deem proper; and if, after such further examination and hear-
ing, the majority of said board are of the opinion that such person
is not a qualified voter in such precinct, they shall draw a line in
red ink through his name and through all other entries on the
line on which said name is written, but so that the name and said
other entries shall remain legible, which memorandum, in case of
any registration shall indicate that the name of such person is
erased from the registry, and such person shall not be entitled to
vote unless his name be restored as hereinafter provided. During
the last hour of said session if any person so notified to appear
at such sessions has not yet appeared and shown cause why hie
name should not be erased from the registry, the same shall be so
erased in the manner aforesaid, unless a majority of the board
are satisfied of their own knowledge or upon competent testi-
mony that such person is entitled to have his name retained on
the registry; and under the head of "remarks, " opposite each
name erased, shall be stated the facts as to such erasure, the date
of making the same, and the grounds and evidence on which it
was made.