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Revision of
registration.
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21. On the Tuesday, three weeks preceding such regular elec-
tion, said board of registry shall again meet at the place desig-
nated, and they shall remain in session during the hours pre-
scribed in section 16, for the sole purpose of revising their regis-
try, and no new name shall be added. At the beginning of
the session the officer of registration to whom such suspected
list was delivered, shall make affidavit as to the mailing of the
notices sent by him. and to whom directed, and where, and as
to the personal service upon such person, or as to the leaving of
the same at his place of residence so designated; and if any person
to whom such notice was sent shall appear before the board of
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Hearing of
persons to
whom
notices
were sent.
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registry during that session he shall make and sign an affidavit in
substance as follows: " I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of
the United States, and that I have resided in the ———— precinct
of the — ——— ward, in the city of ———— (or ———— district of
———— county), in the city of ———— (or ———— district of
— — — county in the State of Maryland, from the ———— day of
—— — up to the ———— day of ———— , 18 —— , and that I have
not since acquired a legal residence giving me the right to vote
elsewhere." If it is charged that he has been convicted of any
infamous crime and has not been pardoned, he shall further make
oath that he has never been so convicted, or if convicted, that he
was pardoned at a time stated. This affidavit shall be signed
and sworn to before one of such board of registry, and it shall
be preserved and filed in the office of the board of supervisors
of election.
Thereupon said board of registry shall further examine him,
and shall also swear the officer of registration who has made
the inquiry and hear him upon the question, and they shall also
have the power to examine on oath any other witness that may
appear or be produced before them in regard to the matter, and
make any further examination or inquiry that they may deem
proper; and if, after such further examination and hearing, the
majority of said board are of the opinion that such person is
not a qualified voter in such precinct, they shall draw a line in
red ink through his name and through all other entries on the
line on which said name is written, but so that the name and
said other entries shall remain legible, which memorandum,
in case of any registration shall indicate that the name of such
person is erased from the registry, and such person shall not be
entitled to vote unless his name be restored as hereinafter pro-
vided. During the last hour of said session if any person so
notified to appear at such sessions has not yet appeared and
shown cause why his name should not be erased from the reg-
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