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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

sus, 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
Commissioners 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.

18. Any voter shall be permitted to be present at the place

Challenge of
Applicants
for registra-
tion.

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 aa
hereinafter provided, in substance in the following form: "I
——— , do solemnly swear that I did, on ———— make appli-
cation to the board of registry of the ———— precinct or dis-
trict of ———— county, (or the ———— precinct of the ————
ward of the city of ———— ,) and that said board refused to
register me as a qualified voter in said precinct; that I am a
duly qualified voter entitled to vote in said precinct at the next
election.

Subsequent
meetings of
board of
registry.

19. On the Tuesdays, respectively, six, five and four weeks
preceding such regular election, and on the Wednesday next
following said Tuesdays, respectively, said board of registry
shall again meet at the place designated and shall remain in
session during the hours prescribed in section 16, for the pur-
pose of registering all qualified voters not before registered
who shall apply in person to be registered, and also for the pur-
pose of noting the names of any person on such registry whom
they suspect not to be qualified voters. The same forms shall
be observed as to the applications made on these days as were
required on the former day of registration. If any voter of