ART. 33] INTERMEDIATE REGISTRATION. 1023

the following regulations—that is to say: If at the time appli-
cation for said removal certificate is made the name of the said
voter is already erased from the registry, 'then it shall be the
duty of the said board of supervisors or the said board of
registry to grant the certificate to the voter himself or to any
other person making application therefor. But if at the time
such application is made the name of the voter be still upon
the registry of voters as a qualified voter, the removal certifi-
cate shall be granted and the name stricken off only upon the
personal application of such voter to the board of supervisors
or to the said board of registry, and after his taking and sub-
scribing an oath substantially as follows : "I, ————, do
solemnly swear (or affirm) that I now reside at ————, in
———— county; that I am the same. person who is entered by
that name as a qualified voter in the registers of the ————
precinct of ———— county; that I have removed from the said
last-mentioned residence, and I do request that the proper
entries and records be made, and that my name be erased from
the registers of said last-mentioned precinct, and that a certifi-
cate of removal be furnished me at this time." The foregoing
affidavit shall be written or printed on the back of such certifi-
cate of removal, and whon presented to the board of registry
of the precinct in which such applicant resides it shall be taken
by said board and returned to the office of supervisors of elec-
tions. When such certificate shall be granted, either by the
board of registry or by the supervisors of elections, as the
case may be, the name of such applicant shall be erased from
the registers of the precinct from which he removed.

1896, ch. 202, sec. 27.

31. At the end of each of such sessions the registers shall
be made to agree, where there is any difference between them,
and then the officers of registration having the custody thereof
shall sign their names or initials in their respective registry
books immediately under the last name registered under each
letter on said registers, so that no new name can be added
thereto without discovery.

1896, ch. 202, sec. 28.

32. It shall be the duty of the board of registry after the
close of the last-mentioned session to note for erasure from
such registry the names of all persons known or supposed to
be dead, and the names of all persons who are suspected of
being disqualified under sections 2 and 3 of article 1 of the