EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVEENOR.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 24 of Article 33 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, title " Elections," as the same

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was amended by Chapter 254 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed at the Session of 1904, be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments, so as to read as follows :

24. In the counties a new general registration shall be
made by each board of registry in the year 1910; such new

Repeal and
re-enact

general registration shall be made in the same way, at the
same time, and under the same rules and provisions in all
respects as are in this article made for the first general reg-
istration; and the respective boards of supervisors of elec-
tions in the several counties are hereby authorized and
required to furnish, whenever in the judgment of said board
it may be necessary, new books of registry for use in any of
the districts or precincts in the said several counties for the
transcribing of the names of qualified voters residing therein
from the registration books in use; the said transcribing
shall be done in the office of the board of supervisors of
elections by two clerks to be selected — one by the super-
visors representing the majority party, and one by the super-
visor representing the chief minority party — as the said

New general
registration
of voters.

parties are now constituted in this State; the transcribing
shall be done by the said clerks, both present at the same
time; and new books, after being transcribed, shall corres-
pond in all respects, and if they do not correspond at the
conclusion of the work, or if any error in the transcribing
be alleged to exist, either of the said clerks, or any citizen
and voter in any of said counties, may file a petition in the
Circuit Court within twenty days after said work is finished,
naming the said two clerks and the board of supervisors of
elections as defendants, and the said court shall have the power
to make such order for the correction of said books as may
be proper; any political party that polled more than one per
cent, of the vote cast at the last election may, through its
political committee, if it has one, or by citizens representing
the said party, if there be no political committee, name a
watcher and substitute watcher who shall be permitted to
attend at the transcribing of said names, and have power to
examine the said books during the sittings of the said clerks
for the said work, and for a period of five days thereafter, in
the presence of said board of supervisors.

Transcribing
of voters.