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1030 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 390

(F) That said registration shall be conducted on the two
days named between the hours of 7 o'clock P. M. and 9 o'clock
P. M. at the regular meeting place of The Cottage City Com-
mission unless said Commission shall, by resolution entered in
the minute books of said Commission, appoint a different place.

(G) The said Board of Election Supervisors shall, at least
one week before the first registration day, post in a public place
in each ward and also at the regular meeting place of The Cot-
tage City Commission, a notice of such registration, which said
notice shall state the place where such registration shall be
conducted.

(H) That all citizens of the United States who have at-
tained the age of twenty-one and who have been bona fide resi-
dents of said town for at least three (3) months prior to their
registration, shall be eligible to register, and after registering,
shall be eligible to vote at all town elections so long as they re-
main bona fide residents of said town. Provided, however, that
nothing contained in this paragraph shall apply to the election
provided for in Section 12 of this Act to determine whether or
not this charter shall be adopted.

(I) That said Board of Election Supervisors shall deter-
mine the qualifications and right of each applicant to register
by asking such applicant the following questions which shall be
answered under oath by such applicant; (1) Are you a citizen
of the United States? (2) Have you attained the age of twenty-
one years? (3) Have you been a bona fide resident of the Town
of Cottage City for at least three months? Should the answers
of such applicant be in the affirmative to each such questions, it
shall be the duty of said Board to allow such applicant to reg-
ister. But should such applicant refuse to answer all such ques-
tions or should the answer of such applicant be in the negative
to any such question, then such applicant shall not be allowed
to register. Should any applicant answer any such question
falsely he shall be guilty of the crime of perjury and subject to
the penalties provided by the law of the State of Maryland.
Any applicant who feels that he has been aggrieved by any rul-
ing of said Board as to his eligibility to register may appeal to
the Circuit Court for Prince George's County which court shall
determine such appeal.

(J) That it shall be the duty of said Board of Election Su-
pervisors to make a record of all applicants who present them-
selves to register, and a record of all persons who have regis-

 

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