WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1679

(b) Such jurisdiction shall extend for two miles beyond
the corporate limits to prevent the deposit of any unwhole-
some substance on either public or private property, and to
require that slops, garbage, ashes, refuse, debris, and other
waste or unwholesome material be removed beyond such area.

(c) All such jurisdiction shall include the right to secure
search warrants and to make arrests, according to the gen-
eral laws and practices of the State, and to prosecute offend-
ers hereunder.

REGISTRATION

5. AUTHORIZED. The Mayor and City Council shall
maintain a registration of the qualified voters of the City,
by wards and precincts. The basis of such registration shall
be that which exists at the time this Article becomes effective.
Thereafter it shall be maintained and recorded as specified
in this sub-title.

6. QUALIFICATIONS. Any person shall be eligible to
register as a voter in municipal elections who is a citizen of
the United States, a resident of the City for at least one year,
and at least twenty-one years of age at the time of the next
municipal election.

7. CITY CLERK. The City Clerk shall be in charge of all
books and papers pertaining to the registration of voters.
He shall carefully keep and preserve the same, and do all
things necessary and proper to carry out his duties under
this sub-title. The registration records shall be kept gener-
ally in the manner required for the Board of Election Super-
visors of Allegany County, except that the applicant shall
not be required to state his party affiliation, if any, nor shall
any record be kept of such affiliation.

8. CONTINUOUS REGISTRATION, (a) Any applicant
for registration or for a change in registration as a voter in
municipal elections in the City shall present himself at the
office of the City Clerk, at any time during the regular busi-
ness hours of such office. The City Clerk, or some employee
of his office, shall by suitable questions determine if the said
applicant satisfies the requirements to be a qualified voter
in the City, as set out in this sub-title, the answers to be
given under oath. The answers of the applicant shall be
recorded on a form designed and kept by the City Clerk for
such purpose, and the applicant shall sign his name on such
form.

(b) If the said applicant satisfies the requirements of this
sub-title for registration as a voter of the City, the City Clerk