1000 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

of the United States, and that I will be faithful and bear true
allegiance to the State of Maryland and support the constitu-
tion and laws thereof, and that I will faithfully and honestly
discharge the duties of an officer of registration and judge
of election (or clerk of election) for the ———— precinct of the
———— ward of the city of (or district) of ———— county, in
the State of Maryland, according to the best of my ability, and
I do further swear (or affirm) that I will not attempt to ascer-
tain, save in cases and in the manner in which I am authorized
by law so to do, for what candidate or candidates any person
shall vote or has voted on any question which may be or may
have been submitted to the vote of the people, and if such
knowledge shall be acquired by me I will not, directly nor
indirectly, by word or act, divulge or reveal the same or aid in
doing so, save when I may be required to do so by law in some
legal proceeding.

1896, ch. 202, see. 11.

12. It shall be the duty of said board of supervisors to
appoint the place of registration and also the polling place in
each precinct of their county or city and to cause the same
to be fitted up, warmed, lighted and cleaned. The places for
registration and polling shall in all cases be upon the ground
floor of a building, the entrance to which is from the highway
or from a public street at least forty feet wide if in the city of
Baltimore and at least twenty-five feet wide if in the counties,
in a room facing on said street or highway and shall be as
near the centre of the voting population of the precinct and as
convenient to the greatest number of voters as is practicable,
and in no case shall a registration or election be held in any
building, or port of the building, used or occupied as a saloon,
dram-shop, poolroom, billiard hall or bowling alley, or com-
municating therewith by doors or hallways. If no suitable,
place is found the supervisors shall provide one.

Ibid. sec. 12.

13. It shall be the duty of the person or officer having
charge of the vital statistics of any city or county to furnish
the board of supervisors of elections monthly a report of the
name and previous residence of every male person over twenty-
one years of age who shall have died during the preceding
month, and said board shall, immediately before the registra-
tion of revision thereof in each year, cause to be arranged
alphabetically, and as near as possible according to wards in