ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1513

53. Said officer of registration shall open said book of reg-
istration, for the registration of 1914, at a place in said city to
be designated by the present Mayor and City Council, at twelve
o'clock noon, on the first Monday of July, 1914, and at the
same place and hour on the next two succeeding Mondays there-
after, and keep the same open until eight o'clock in the evening
on each of said days for the complete registration of the voters
of said city who possess the qualifications required by this Act,
For all registrations after 1914 the officer of registration then
holding office shall open the said book of registration on the
second Tuesday of March prior to any municipal election,
and on the succeeding Tuesday of that month for the revision
of said lists of registration and for the registration of new
voters possessing the qualifications presented by this Act; and
shall keep said book open from eight o'clock A. M. to seven
o'clock P. M. on each of said days. Said officer of registration
shall give at least ten days' notice of the time and place of said
registration and revision by a notice inserted in a newspaper
published in Ellicott City and by handbills posted in at least
five prominent places in said city limits; and within two weeks
after the closing of said book on saidjast day of registration or
revision the said officer of registration shall cause an alphabeti-
cal list of the registered voters to be printed and posted in at
least five prominent places in said city. Said officer of regis-
tration shall at said registration register all persons of said
Ellicott City applying for registration, who have attained the
age of twenty-one years or over, or will have attained the
age of twenty-one years before the day of election, and who
have resided in Ellicott City for six (6) months previous
to the election for which the registration is being held, and
who have never been convicted of any infamous crime under
the laws of the State of Maryland; and no person not pos-
sessing the qualifications aforesaid shall be registered as a
qualified voter of Ellicott City or entitled to vote at municipal
elections held therein; and any person so duly registered shall,
while so duly registered, be qualified to vote at any municipal
election held in said city. At the sitting to be held by said
officer of registration on said second Tuesday of March as afore-
said, he shall strike from said registration books the names of
all persons who have died, removed from said Ellicott City or
who have otherwise become disqualified to vote at such munic-
ipal election.