FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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been stiicken from said duplicate registries of voters of the

ward in which he was formerly registered ; when any per-

son applying for registration at any sitting of officers of

Certificate

registration appointed under the provisions of this article,

of
Former

shall be found upon proper inquiry to have been previously

Registra-

registered within the city of Hagerstown, under the pro-

tion.

visions of this article, the officers of registration to whom

such application is made before registering such person

shall demand and receive from him a certificate of his last

previous registration, made by the officers of registration,

or by the clerk of the court in whose custody the duplicate

registries of voters may then be, in which such applicant

was formerly registered, allowing the entries relating to

said person in such former registration, and showing that

the name of such person has been stricken from the dupli-

cate registries of voters in the ward in which lie wa.s last

before recorded as a qualified aud registered voter ; such

certificate of previous registratiou shall be cancelled by the

officers of registration, who shall register such person anew ;

it shall be the duty of said officers of registration on the

Duty of

last day of their first sitting to send notices, one by mail

Registers.

and one to be served by a policeman of the city of Hagers-

town, to all persons whose names have been stricken off at

such sittings (other than the names of those known to be

dead), notifying them that their names have been stricken

off, the reason shall be recorded opposite such in said du-

plicate registries, and when a name is stricken off upon the

oath of any- person, the name of such person shall be re-

corded opposite the name stricken off; at the end of each

day's registry or revision of registratiou, the register shall

sign his name or initials immediately under the last name

registered under each letter in each of said duplicate regis-

tries, so that no new name can be added without discover-

ing, and should any of said officers of registration be un-

able to sit and register the qualified voters of their respect-

ive wards on any day of their sittings, by reason of sick-

ness or other unavoidable cause, all persons qualified to be

registered, who shall appear in person at the place of reg-

istration on said day, and who shall fail to be registered by

reason of such disability of the officer of registration, shall

have the same right of appeal as if they had been refused

registration by the officer of registration.

SEC. 159 O. Said officers of registration shall within three

days after the expiration of their respective first sittings in

the year eighteen hundred and ninety -three, and in each

year thereafter, make, complete and publish two alphabetical

lists, one of which alphabetical lists shall comprise the names