1300 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 638

presence of the four registrars, and returned to the Board of
Supervisors of Elections, which shall be done before the end
of any week in which any registration shall take place, the
original and duplicate cards shall be filed in different filing
cases or loose-leaf binders. The original forms shall be ar-
ranged by precincts in alphabetical order and shall constitute
the precinct register for use in polling places on election day.
The duplicate forms shall constitute the permanent office rec-
ord of the Board and shall not be open to public inspection
except in the presence of a clerk of the Board and shall not
be removed from the office of the Board except on order of
Court. The registration records shall be kept open to public
inspection under reasonable regulations at all times when the
office of the Board is open for business, except that, during
the thirty-five days preceding and the ten days following an
election, such records shall not be open to public inspection
except upon the special order of the Board.

The binders containing the precinct registers shall be secure-
ly locked and the keys safely kept by the Supervisors of Elec-
tion; and the cabinets containing the duplicate forms shall
also be securely locked, and neither the binders nor cabinets
shall be unlocked except on the authorization of the Super-
visors and then only by a clerk or other employee of said
Board.

The duplicate forms shall be arranged, for the entire city,
in alphabetical order, with an adequate form of visible index
system, to be prescribed by the said Supervisors of Election.

At the time of registration, a card, with the name and ad-
dress of the voter inserted, and certifying to the ward and
precinct in which such voter is registered, shall be signed by
one of the members of the board of registry and given to the
voter, after having also been signed by such voter in the
presence of the board of registry, and such card shall be
prima facie evidence that such voter has been properly regis-
tered. If any person is found to have registered more than
once, the additional registration forms shall be cancelled by
the Board.

If, upon receipt by the Board of Supervisors of Election
from any Board of Registry of any form containing informa-
tion which shows that the applicant to whom such form re-
lates was not entitled to register in the precinct in which he
or she has registered or which creates a doubt as to such
right, said Board of Supervisors shall cause a notice to be
mailed to such applicant, directing him or her to appear
within such reasonable time as shall be named in such notice.
Upon the appearance of such applicant or upon his or her
failure to appear within the time so named, his or her regis-
tration shall be cancelled, unless it shall clearly appear that