LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

istry, the same shall be so erased in the manner aforesaid, unless
a majority of the board are satisfied of their own knowledge or
upon competent testimony that such person is entitled to have
his name retained on the registry; and under the head of "re-
marks," opposite each name erased, shall be stated the facts as
to such erasure, the date of making the same, and the grounds
and evidence on which it was made.

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22. At the end of the last session above provided for, the
said board of registry shall compare and correct the two regis-
ters and make them agree, and the officers having them, respec-
tively, in their custody, shall then immediately, under the last
name registered under each letter of the registers, sign their
names, so that no other names can be added without discovery ;
all of said officers of registration shall then subscribe, at the
end of each register, a certificate, in substance, in the words
following: We, the undersigned, constituting the board of
registry in precinct or district of ———— county, (or in ————
precinct ———— of the ———— ward of the city of ———— ,) in
the State of Maryland, do jointly and severally certify that, at
the general registration of voters in said precinct, closed on this
———— day of ———— , there were registered by us, in said pre-
cinct, the names which in this book are entered, and that the
number of- registered and qualified voters was and is the num-
ber of (Signature.)

Registers to
agree and
be signed.

Dated ————
During the next day the board of registry shall return the two
registers to the Board of Supervisors of Elections, and in the
counties, the said boards of registry shall, at the same time,
return the alphabetical list of the names, color and addresses
of the persons registered and erased by them, and in Baltimore
city, the boards of registry shall, at the same time, return the
lists made by them at their last session; and the said boards
of supervisors shall at once cause said alphabetical lists to be
printed in hand-bill form in long primer type, and copies
thereof posted, within three days after the return of said lists,
as aforesaid, in such manner that they may be easily read, iri
at least ten prominent places in the respective precincts. The
board of supervisors in the city of Baltimore and in the several.
counties shall cause to be printed at least ten extra copies of
all the hand-bills prepared by them, respectively, under thiw
article, and as many more copies as may be required to supply
all demands for any of them made, with the tender of the
price before the printing thereof, which copies they shall sell
to the public at five cents per copy, the proceeds of said sale

Return of
registers
and lists.