HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1467

cant so challenged shall be carefully questioned by the Board
of Registry as to his right to be registered in such precinct or
district, and by decision of the majority of the Board shall be
entered as a qualified voter or refused registration, as the case
may be.

(9) At the end of each such session, the registers shall be
made to agree, where there is any difference between them, and
the officers of registration shall sign their names in their re-
spective registry books immediately under the last name
registered under each letter on said registers.

(10) The place of any officer of registration who may be
absent on any day of registration or revision shall be filled by
the other members of the Board then present, always selecting
a person of the same political party as the absent person and
the oath prescribed in Section 7 of this Article shall be ad-
ministered by one of the members of said Board then present
to such temporary officer of registration; whenever the regular
officer shall return or be present the temporary incumbent shall
vacate his office. The appointment and swearing in of any such
substitute and the reasons therefor, and the time when such
substitutes began and ceased to serve as officers of registration
shall be noted by the Board in the registers.

16. It shall be the duty of each Board of Registry, after
the close of the session on the Tuesday four weeks preceding
a general election, to note for erasure from the registry the
names of all persons appearing thereon known or supposed to
be dead, or to have removed from such precinct or district,
as the case may be, or suspected of being disqualified under
Sections 2 and 3 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State;
and they shall before separating prepare a list of all persons
so noted for. erasure with the address of each as it appears
upon the registers, under the following headings: "Deceased
Voters", "Removed Voters", and "Disqualified Voters7'. The
Board shall treat as persons suspected of not being qualified
voters all persons whose right to be registered has been chal-
lenged by any voter of the county as hereinafter provided
or against whom a sworn complaint is filed by any voter in
the county which 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 voter in the...... precinct (or election district)

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

If a majority of the Board are satisfied that any person so
challenged is a qualified voter or that such complaint is un-
true, they need not note such name for erasure unless re-
quired by a member of the Board. The member of the Board