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the column "Date of naturalization, " the date of naturaliza-
tion, if naturalized; no naturalization papers shall be required
to be produced if a majority of the board of registration are
satisfied that for three years next preceding the applicant
claiming to be naturalized has been a registered voter in this
State, and has actually voted on such previous registration;
but they shall note his answers to the questions when and in
what court he was naturalized, also under the column headed
''Remarks" when and where he was previously registered.
(k) Under the head "Court, " the name of the court in which
the applicant, if naturalized, was so naturalized. (1) Under
the column headed "Qualified voter, " the word "yes" if the
fact shall appear or be determined by a majority of the Board
of Registry, or the word "No" if the fact be not established
to the satisfaction of a majority of the Board, (m) Under the
column headed "Date of application, " the date, by month,
day and year, when the applicant presents himself, (n) After
the answer of the applicant to the questions under the heads
of each column as above mentioned have been properly entered
by the officers of registration in his presence in both registers,
and not until then, he must sign his name upon the line under
the column headed "Signature, " in each of them, unless he
shall state his inability to do so, in which case the officer of
registration shall make the entry, "Cannot write, " in the
place of said signature; the Board of Registry, of each pre-
cinct shall be entitled to receive from the person or persons
having the custody of the same the last preceding registration
books for the purpose of comparison and assistance in identifi-
cation, and if anyone applies for registration who appears in
such former registry to be disqualified, his name shall be
entered in the new registry, but he shall be marked "Dis-
qualified" unless such grounds of disqualification have been
removed. At the end of each day's registry said officers of
registration shall compare the two registers so kept and cause
any error in either of them to be corrected by the aid of the
entries in the other, so as to make the same agree if there is
any difference between them. Each of said officers having
the custody of one of said registers shall then sign his name
or initials at the end of and under the last name registered,
under each letter in the book kept by him so that no name can
be added without discovery. The said Board of Registry shall
keep on blanks, to be prepared and provided for the purpose
by the Board of Supervisors of Elections for said city, an