100 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 75

CHAPTER 75.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 18
of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Elections, " sub-title
"Registration. "

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 18 of Article 33 of the Annotated Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title
"Elections, " sub-title "Registration, " be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as
follows:

18. On Tuesday six weeks preceding the election to be held
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1896,
which shall occur after the enactment of this Article, each
Board of Registry shall meet at the place designated by the
Board of Supervisors of Election, and shall proceed to make
a general registration of all voters in its precinct or district,
as the case may be. The proceedings of each Board of Reg-
istry shall be as follows: (1) They shall open the registry in.
the City of Baltimore at 2 o'clock P. M., and continue in said
session until 10 o'clock P. M. In the counties the hours of
session shall be from 9 o'clock A. M. to 9 o'clock P. M. except
that in Wicomico County the said Board of Registry shall
hold a session from 10 o'clock A. M. to 7 o'clock P. M., and
that in Talbot County the said Board of Registry shall hold
a session from 8 o'clock A. M. to 7 o'clock P. M. One of the
officers of registration shall administer to all persons who shall
personally apply to register the following oath or affirmation:
"You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully and
truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you touch-
ing your place of residence,. name, place of birth, your qualifi-
cations as a voter, and your right as such to register and vote
under the laws of this State. " (2) The two officers of registra-
tion designated by the Supervisors to have custody of the two
registry books, or such of their colleagues as such of them
may respectively ask to temporarily replace him in the dis-
charge of his duty shall make the entries therein required by
this Article, and the questions as to qualifications shall be
asked by the other officers of said Board.

(3) The name and age of every applicant shall be entered
in such registry book and all the facts of his application shall
be therein stated as herein provided, whether he be entitled
to vote or not. If it shall be determined by the Board that
he is not a qualified voter in the precinct, then an entry shall
be made in the appropriate column "No, " and a line shall be