432                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                [CH. 151

of voters as a qualified voter, the removal certificate shall be
granted and the name stricken off only upon the personal appli-
cation of such voter to the Board of Supervisors or to the said
Board of Registry, and after his taking and subscribing to an
oath substantially as follows:

"I, ............................., do solemnly swear (or

affirm) that I now reside at................................

in....................county; that I am the same person who

is entered by that name as a qualified voter in the registers of

the.................precinct of.....................county;

that I have removed from the said last mentioned residence and
I do request that the proper entries and records be made, and
that my name be erased' from the registers of said last men-
tioned precinct, and that a certificate of removal be furnished
me at this time.''

The foregoing affidavit shall be written or printed on the back
of such certificate of removal, and when presented to the Board
of Registry of the precinct in which such applicant resides, it
shall be taken by such Board and returned to the office of Super-
visors of Elections. When such certificate shall be granted, either
by the Board of Registry or by the Supervisors of Elections,
as the case may be, the name of such applicant shall be erased
from the registers of the precinct from which he removed.

41. It shall be the duty of the Board of Registry after the
close of the session on the Tuesday four weeks preceding the
regular fall election to note for erasure from such registry the
name of all persons known or supposed to be dead, and the
name of all persons who are suspected of being disqualified un-
der Sections 2 and 3 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the
State, and the names of all persons who are supposed to have
removed from such precinct and have not taken out removal
papers, and of all persons who are suspected to be otherwise
disqualified as voters, and they shall before separating make
out a list of all persons so noted for erasure, with the address
as the same appears upon the registers. In making out such list
said Board of Registry shall treat as persons suspected of not
being qualified voters all persons against whom a sworn com-
plaint is filed by any voter in the ward or county. Such com-
plaint shall be, in substance, as follows:

"I, .........................., a voter of..............

county, do solemnly swear that I believe..................who

professes to reside at............................., is not a

qualified voted in the................precinct of............

county, on the ground (here state reasons)."

If a majority of the Board know, or are satisfied that such
complaint is untrue, they need not note such name for erasure
unless required by a member of the Board. Said list shall be