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practicable and the provisions of said sections 16 and 17 as
hereby re-enacted shall be applied only to registrations here-
after to be made.

Shaeffer v. Gilbert, 73 Md. 66. McLane v. Hobbs, 74 Md. 166. Kemp v.
Owens, 76 Md. 235. Langhammer v. Munter, 80 Md. 518. Thomas v. War-
ner, 83 Md. 14. Barrett v. Taylor, 85 Md. 173. Turner v Cowley, 85 Md.
178. Ritter v. Etchison, 86 Md. 206. Jones v. Skmnei, 87 Md. 560. Howard
v. Skinner, 87 Md. 556. Summerson v. Schilling, 94 Md. 590.

1896, ch. 202, sec. 17.

18. 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 commis-
sioners 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. sec. 18.

19. 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
application in writing, under oath, to the court, as hereinafter
provided, in substance in the following form: "I, ————, do
solemnly swear that I did, on ————, make application to the
board of registry of the ———— precinct or district of ————
county (or the ———— precinct of the ———— ward of the city