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crime and has not been pardoned, he shall further make oath
that he has never been so convicted, or, if convicted, that he
was pardoned at a time stated.

This affidavit shall be signed and sworn to before one of
such board of registry, and it shall be preserved and filed in
the office of the Board of Supervisors of Elections. Thereupon,
said board of registry shall further examine him, and shall
also swear the officer of registration who has made the inquiry,
and hear him upon the question, and they shall also have the
power to examine on oath any other witness that may appear
or be produced before them in regard to the matter, and make
any further examination or inquiry that they may deem pro-
per; and if, after such further examination and hearing, the
majority of said board are of the opinion that such person is
not a qualified voter in such precinct, they shall draw a line
in red ink through his name, and through all other entries on the
line on which said name is written, but so that the name and said
other entries shall remain legible, which memorandum, in case
of any registration, shall indicate that the name of such per-
son is erased from the registry; and such person shall not be
entitled to vote unless his name be restored as hereinafter
provided. During the last hour of said session, if any person
so notified to appear at such sessions has not yet appeared and
shown cause why his name should not be erased from the regis-
try, the same shall be so erased in the manner aforesaid, un-
less a majority of the board are satisfied of their own knowl-
edge, or upon competent testimony, that such person is en-
titled to have his name retained on the registry; and under the
head of '' remarks, " opposite each name erased, shall be stated
the facts as to such erasure, the date of making the same, and
the grounds and evidence on which it was made. All provi-
sions now by law provided for returning the registers and for
appeals from the action of the registration officers shall be
applicable to this general registration.

451. All judges, whether acting as such or sitting as officers
of registration, and clerks of election shall be allowed and paid
four dollars a day; fractions of a day shall be allowed for at
the rate of forty cents an hour. Each judge and clerk of
election who has performed all the duties and services required
of him by this Article shall be allowed pay for this time, as
above provided. When any judge or clerk does not perform all
the service required by this Article, then such Board of Super-