EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 203

CHAPTER 158.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 17
of Article 33 of the Code of Public General Laws (Bagby),
Section 24 of said Article, as repealed and re-enacted by
Chapter 723 of the Acts of 1914, and Section 36 of said
Article.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 17 of Article 33 of the Code of Public
General Laws (Bagby), and Section 24 of said Article, as re-
pealed and re-enacted by Chapter 723 of the Acts of 1914, and
Section 36 of said Article be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted with amendments so as to read as follows:

17. On Tuesday six weeks preceding the election to be held
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1896,
which shall occur after the enactment of this Article, each
Board of Registry shall meet at the place designated by its
Board of Supervisors of Election, and shall proceed to make a
general registration of all voters in its precinct or district, as
the case may be. The proceedings of each Board of Registry
shall be as follows: 1. They shall open the registry in the City
of Baltimore at 12 o'clock M., and continue in session until 10
o'clock P. M., on the Tuesday aforesaid. In the counties the
hours of session shall be from 8 o'clock A. M., to 8 o'clock P. M.
One of the officers of registration shall 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 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 his duty, shall make the entries therein required
by this Article, and the questions as to qualifications shall be
asked by the other officers of said Board. 3. The name and age
of every applicant shall be entered in such registry book 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