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ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 431
39. Before every November election held in the counties be-
tween the general registration hereinbefore provided for the
last general registration shall be revised by the Board of Regis-
try of each precinct where such election is to be held; and for
that purpose the Board of Registry shall meet on the Tues-
days five and four weeks, respectively, preceding the regular
fall election, and shall hold a session from 9 o'clock A. M.
to 9 o'clock P. M., except that in Wicomico County the said
Board of Registry shall hold a session from 10 o'clock A. M. to
7 o'clock P. M., and that in Talbot County the said Board of
Registry shall hold a session from 8 o'clock A. M. to 7 o'clock
P. M., and names may be added on the registers in the same
way, upon sworn application, as in the case of a general regis-
tration, and all the same forms and requirements shall be ob-
served. If it shall appear that any applicant has been upon the
registry in any other precinct of any county at any time since
the beginning of the last general registration for such precinct,,
his name shall not be added to the registry where application is
made until he produces a certificate of removal given him by the
Board of Supervisors of said county or by the Board of Regis-
try for such other precincts, which certificates shall be in sub-
stance as follows:
"..........precinct, ...................ward or county.'}
This is to certify that the name of.........................
heretofore residing at...........................in this pre-
cinct, has been stricken from the registry of the precinct and
the proper erasure made, and that upon the registers of this pre-
cinct the following entries appear with reference to him:.
Name..........., age...., color.'..,, residence................
nativity............., time of residence in precinct..........,,
time of residence in county (or city).................., time
of residence in State.............., naturalized..............
date of papers................, court............., qualified
voter............, date of application..............
Board of Supervisors of Elections.
(or of Registry)
The foregoing certificate shall be granted by the Board of
Registry when in session, or by the Board of Supervisors of
Elections prior to said session of the Board of Registry under
the following regulations, that is to say: If at the time applica-
tion for said removal certificate is made the name of the said
voter is already erased from the registry, then it shall be the duty
of the said Board of Supervisors or the said Board of Registry
to grant the certificate to the voter himself or to any other per-
son making application therefor. But if at the time such appli-
cation is made the name of the voter be still upon the registry
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