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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

or refuse to qualify forthwith, or who, having qualified,

shall fail or refuse to perform any of the duties of his said

Penalty.

office, shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars, to

be recovered by indictment in a court having jurisdiction

of the subject matter.

SEC. 159 G. The mayor shall cause the books to be pre-

pared at the expense of the city of Hagerstown, which

Books.

shall be necessary for the use of the respective officers of

registration for the registration of the names and facts re-

quired by this article to be registered ; there shall be thus

provided for the purposes aforesaid, two registries of voters

for each ward in the city of Hagerstown ; said registi ies of

voters shall be uniform in their general character and shall

each be of sufficient size for the uses for which it is intended,

each of the said registries of voters shall be so arranged as

Classifi-

to admit of the alphabetical classification of the names to

cation.

be recorded therein, and shall be ruled in paralelled col-

umns for the entry of the following particulars : First of

the name of the person applying to be registered ; second,

his color ; third, whether sworn or affirmed ; fourth, his age ;

fifth, the place of his birth ; sixth, the place of his actual

residence or domicile, by street and number, if any ; seventh,

the time sucli applicant has resided in the city of Hagers-

town and in the ward in which he applies to be registered ;

eighth, if naturalized, the date of his final papers or cer-

tificate of naturalization and a minute of the court by which

the same was issued ; ninth, " qualified voters ; " tenth,

"disqualified;" eleventh, "remarks;" there shall be also

columns for the check marks showing that the voter has

voted.

SEC. 159 H. The mayor shall cause to be delivered to

the respective officers of registration of said registration

districts before the first Monday in March, in the year

Registries
forward.

eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two of said registries for

the ward for which said officer of registration shall have

been appointed ; and the said respective officers of regis-

tration, on receiving the same, shall immediately receipt

therefor to the mayor ; and in the same manner, on the first

Monday in March, in the year eighteen hundred and

ninety-four, and on the same date every two years there-

after, similar registries shall be deliveied to said respective

officers of registration, who shall accurately transcribe into

said new registries the names of all registered voters then

appearing as qualified voters upon the registries delivered

as aforesaid, the second year preceding the delivery of said

new registries.

SEC. 159 I. The said officers of registration appointed for

any registration district in the city of Hagerstown, shall