LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

that upon the registers of this precinct the following entries
appear with reference to him: Name ——— , age —— — — , color
———— , residence ———— , nativity ———— time of residence in
precinct —— —— , time of residence in county (or city) ———— ,
time of residence in State ———— , naturalized ———— , date of
papers ———— , court ———— , qualified voter ———— , date of
application ———— .

Board of Supervisors of Elections, (or of Registry.)"

The foregoing certificate shall be granted by the board of
registry when in session, or by the Board of Supervisors of
Elections prior to said session of the board of registry, under
the following regulations — that is to say: If at the time appli-
cation for said removal certificate is made, the name of the said
voter is already erased from the registry, then it shall be the
duty of the said Board of Supervisors or the said board of reg-
istry to grant the certificate to the voter himself or to any
other person making application therefor. But if at the time
such application is made the name of the voter be still upon
the registry of voters as a qualified voter, the removal certifi-
cate shall be granted and the name stricken off only upon the
personal application of such voter to the Board of Supervisors

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or to the said board of registry, and after his taking and sub-
scribing an oath substantially as follows: '"I, ———— , do sol-
emnly swear (»r affirm) that I now reside at ———— , in —— ——
county; that I am the same person who is entered by that name
as a qualified voter in the registers of the ———— precinct of
———— county; that I have- removed from the said last-men-
tioned residence, and I do request that the proper entries and
records be made, and that my name be erased from the regis-
ters of said last-mentioned precinct, and that a certificate of
removal be furnished me at this time." The foregoing affidavit
shall be written or printed on the back of such certificate of
removal, and when presented to the board of registry of the
precinct in which such applicant resides, it shall be taken by
said board and returned to the office of Supervisors of Electiens.
When such certificate shall be granted, either by the board of
registry or by the Supervisors of Elections, as the case may be,
the name of such applicant shall be erased from the registers
of the precinct from which he removed.

Oath of appli-
cant for
removal
certificate.

27. At the end of each of such sessions the registers shall
be made to agree, where there is any difference between them,
and then the officers of registration having the custody thereof
shall sign their names or initials in their respective registry

Registers to
agree and
be signed.