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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

them that their names have been stricken off,
so as to give them an opportunity to appear at
some future sitting, not later than the first of
the October sittings, and establish their right to
be reinstated. At the end of the first October
sitting it shall, in like manner, be the duty of
said officers of registration to send notices in
the same modes to all persons whose names
have been stricken off at such October sitting,
notifying them that their names have been
stricken off, and informing them that said offi-
cers of registration will sit on the third day
after the date of such notice for the hearing and
determining of all applications for reinstate-
ment, at which final sitting said officers of reg-
istration shall sit for said purpose only. In all

Reason re-
corded.

cases when a name is stricken off, the reason
shall be recorded opposite such name, and when
a name is stricken off .upon the oath of any per-
son, the name of such person shall be recorded
opposite the name stricken off. At the end of
each day's registry, or revision of registration,

Sign name or
initial.

one of said registers in the city or the register
in the county, shall sign his name or initials
immediately under the last name registered
under each letter, so that no new name can be
added without discovery. And should any of
said officers of registration of the several coun-
ties of this state be unable to sit and register
the qualified voters of their respective election
districts on the next to the final day of the
October sitting, by reason of sickness or other
unavoidable cause, all persons qualified to be
registered, who shall appear in person at the
place of registration on said day, and who shall
fail to be registered by reason of such disability

Right of ap-
peal.

of the officer of registration, shall have the
same right of appeal as if they had been refused
registration by the officer of registration. The
provisions of this section, so far as they refer to
the striking off of names from the registry lists,
shall not apply to the action of the registries in
the city of Baltimore in the years in which there
is an entire new registration in said city, as
hereinafter provided.
SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the person or officers having charge of