1244 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

State, ................; naturalized, .............; date of

papers, ............; Court, ......... qualified, ..........;

voter, ..............; date of application, ...............

Board of Registry.

"The foregoing certificate shall be granted by the Board of
Registry when in session, under the following regulations; that
is to say, if at the time of application for said removal certifi-
cate is made the name of said voter is already erased from the
registers, then it shall be the duty of the said Board of Regis-
try to grant the certificate to the voter himself or to any other
person making application therefor, but if at the time such ap-
plication is made, the name of the voter be still upon the reg-
istries of voters as a qualified voter, the removal certificate shall
be granted and the name stricken off only upon the personal
application of such voter to the said Board of Registry, and
after his taking and subscribing an oath substantially as fol-
lows:

"I, ....................... do solemnly swear (or affirm)

that I now reside at ............... in the City of ...........

County................ of..............; that I am the same

person who is entered by that name as a qualified voter in the
registers of the................ precinct of the..............

City; that I have removed from said last-mentioned residence,
and I do request that the proper entries and records be made
and that my name be erased from the registers of said last-
mentioned precinct, and that a certificate of removal be fur-
nished 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 in the precinct in which such applicant re-
sides, it shall be taken by said Board and returned to the office
of the Supervisors of Elections. When such certificate shall
be granted by the Board of Registry the name of
such applicant shall be erased from the register of
the precinct from which he removed. At the end of
each 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