PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, GOVERNOR. 825

nature of each legal voter shall be written the town, village or
election district, as the case may be, in which he resides, and
the date of signing the same.

No signature shall be valid or counted in considering such
petition, unless these requirements are complied with and unless,
the date of signing is less than six months preceding the date of
tiling the same.

At the bottom of each sheet of such petition shall be added a
statement, signed by a resident of Carroll County, with his resi-
dence address as aforesaid, stating that the signatures on that
sheet of the said petition are genuine, and that to the best of
his knowledge and belief the persons so signing were, at the time
of signing said petition, legal voters of Carroll County; that
their respective residences are correctly stated therein and that
each signer signed the same on the date set opposite his name.
Such statement shall be sworn to before some officer residing
in said County where such legal voters reside, authorized to
administer oaths therein. Such sheets shall be fastened to-
gether in one document, filed as a whole, and when filed shall
not be withdrawn or added to. No signature shall be withdrawn
after the filing of such petition.

Such petition, so verified, or a copy thereof, duly certified as.
hereinafter provided, shall be prima facie evidence that the sig-
natures, statement of residence, and dates upon such petition
are genuine and true and that the persons signing the same are
legal voters of Carroll County.

Upon request of any one filing such a petition and verified
statement and paying or tendering to the Supervisors of Elec-
tions one dollar for each one hundred names, or fraction there-
of, signed thereto, together with a copy thereof, the Supervisors
of Elections shall immediately compare the original and copy
and attach to such copy and deliver to such person their official
certificate that such copy is a true copy of the original, stating
the day when such original was filed in their office.

Whoever, in making the sworn statement above prescribed,
shall knowingly, wilfully and corruptly swear falsely shall be
deemed guilty of perjury, and, on conviction thereof, shall be
punished accordingly. Whoever forges the signature of any
person, upon any petition or statement provided for in this Act,
shall be deemed guilty of forgery, and, on conviction thereof,
shall be punished accordingly.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Supervisors of
Elections, with whom any petition shall be filed, as provided
in this Act, shall cause notice to be given in the manner pro-