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348 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 188

3. The officer making the enrollment shall at the time of
making same serve a notice of such enrollment upon each per-
son enrolled by delivering or mailing such notice to him or
leaving it with some person of suitable age and discretion
at his place of residence. All persons claiming exemption
must within fifteen days after receiving such notice file a
written statement of such exemption, verified by affidavits, in
the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore
City, or in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the
county in which the enrollment is made. Such clerk shall
thereupon, if such persons be exempted according to law,
mark the word "exempt" opposite his name; and the re-
mainder of all thus enrolled, and not thus found to be exempt,
shall constitute the militia of the State, and such clerk shall
transmit a copy of such corrected roll to the Adjutant Gen-
eral and the commanding officer of each organization in the
National Guard. The heads of fire and police departments in
each city or town shall, whenever an enrollment is ordered,
file in the office of the clerk above named a certified list of the
names of all persons in their command or departments.

4. All persons shall, upon the application of any person
making such enrollment, give the name of and all other
proper information concerning any person within their
knowledge liable to be enrolled, and any person failing or
refusing so to do, and any person who fails or refuses to
answer any question properly asked by the officer making the
enrollment, or who answers any such question untruthfully,
or who declines to give or conceals any information or who
gives any false information, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and be subject, for each offense, to a fine of not more than five
hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for not less than one
month nor more than six months; or to both fine and im-
prisonment, in the discretion of the court or justice before
whom the prosecution may be had, and any court or justice
having criminal jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction to try such
person. The officer making the enrollment shall forthwith
report all such persons to the Adjutant General and to the
State's Attorney for the county or for Baltimore City, as the
case may be, for prosecution.

5. In all cases in which the enrolling officers in any dis-
trict of Baltimore City or in any county of the State have
already enrolled, or shall hereafter enroll, in the manner


 

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