ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1103

repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as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
the Board of Supervisors of Elections, and shall proceed to
make a general registration of all voters in its precinct or dis-
trict, as the case may be, The proceedings of each Board of
Registry shall be as follows: (1) They shall open the registry
in the Qity of Baltimore at 12 o'clock M., and continue in ses-
sion until 8 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 reg-
ister the following oath or affirmation: '' You do solemnly swear
(or affirm) that you will fully and truly answer all ,such ques-
tions 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 re-
spectively 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 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, the entry
shall be made in the same column "Yes" (4) Only persons con-
stitutionally qualified to vote in the precinct at the next
election and personally applying for registration shall be reg-
istered as qualified voters. (5) The headings to the registry
books shall be so prepared that the registry shall be made alpha-
betical, according to the surname of each person applying,