988 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 486

bot, Dorchester, Calvert, Kent, Washington, Allegany, Somer-
set and Prince George's Counties as an alternative method of
making said Declaration, be made before the Board of Regis-
try when in session of the election district or precinct in which
the Declarant intends to reside, and be entered by said Board,
Said entry to be made by said Board of Registry on blanks to
be furnished by the Board of Supervisors of Election of said
city or county, said blanks to be headed as follows: "Certifi-
cate of Declaration of Intention," and said entry to contain
the name, the age, the residence, the occupation and the color
of the Declarant and also date of application before said Board.
Said certificates shall be signed by both members of said
Board of Registry, and one of said certificates shall be fur-
nished by said Board of Registry to the Declarant without
charge, and the other certificate shall be forwarded by said
Board to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County and
of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, respectively, to be
recorded by said Clerk in a record book to be kept by him for
that purpose, for which recording the said Clerk shall receive
the sum of fifteen cents for each certificate so recorded, to be
paid by the County Commissioners of said County and the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and said Board of Reg-
istry shall also include the names, color and residence of said
Declarant in the alphabetical list to be furnished by said Board
of Registry under the provisions of Section 23 of this Article.
And the intent of each person, so declaring before said Board
of Registry, to become a resident of said State and County or
City, shall date from the date of said entry of said Declara-
tion by said Board. And no person coming into said State
and county or city, from any other State, District or Territory,
and making said Declaration before said Board of Registry
shall be entitled to registration as a legal voter in said State
and county or city until one year after his intent to become
such legal voter, shall be thus evidenced by such entry of said
Declaration by said Board of Registry, and such entry of said
Declaration by said Board of Registry, and such entry, or a
duly certified copy, thereof, shall be the only competent and
admissible evidence of such intent. And such Declaration of
Intention, or a duly certified copy thereof, shall be evidence
of the right of such person to registration as a legal voter
according to law.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1918.

Approved April 10th, 1918.