106 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

administer to all persons who shall personally apply to register
the following oath or affirmation: "You do solemnly swear (or
affirm) that you will fully and truly answer all such questions
as shall be put to you touching your place of residence, name,
place of birth, your .qualifications as a voter, and your right as
such to register and vote under the laws of this State." 2. The
two officers 'of registration designated by the supervisors to
have the custody of the two registry books, or such of their
colleagues as such of them may respectively ask to temporarily
replace him in the discharge of this duty, shall make the entries
therein required by this Article, and the questions as to qualifi-
cations shall be asked by the other officers of said board.

3. The name and age of every applicant shall be entered in such
registry books and all the facts of his application shall be
therein stated as herein provided, whether he be entitled to
vote or not. If it shall be determined by the board that he is
not a qualified voter in the precinct, then an entry shall be
made in the appropriate column "No," and a line shall be
drawn in red ink through his name and through all the other
entries on the line on which his name is written, but so that
the name and said other entries shall remain legible; and if
qualified, an entry shall be made in the same column "Yes."

4. Only persons constitutionally qualified to vote in the pre-
cinct at the next election and personally applying for registra-
tion shall be registered as qualified voters. 5. The headings to
the registry books shall be so prepared that the registry shall
be made alphabetical, according to the surname of each person
applying, and so that the residence and postoffice address of such
persons shall appear in the first column. The registers shall
be- ruled, and one name shall be written on each line, but -no
names shall be written between the lines. The entries shall be
as follows: (a) Under the column "Residence and Postoffice
Address," the name and number of the street, avenue or other
location of the dwelling, if there be a definite number, and if
there shall not be a number, or if there shall be duplicate
numbers, such clear and definite description of the place of
such dwelling as shall enable it to be readily ascertained; if
there shall be more than one house at the number given by the
applicant as his place of residence, it shall be stated in which
house he resides, and if there be more than one family residing
in -said house, either the floor on which he resides, or the
number or location of the room or rooms occupied by him shall
be stated, every floor below the level of the street or ground
being designated as the basement; the floor upon or first above
such level being designated as the first floor, and each floor
above that as the second, or such other floor as it may be. In
county precincts it shall only be necessary to give such general