INDEX TO THE LAWS.

Chap.

Sec.

cise of the elective franchise in,

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BALTIMORE CITY,— The government with the ad-

vice of the senate shall appoint two per-

sons in each ward, as registers of voters,

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Said registers shall annually open

books, in which the names of every per-

son who shall prove &c., to said registers

that he is or will be entitled to vote at

the next election &c., and who may apply

to said registers for that purpose, shall

be. registered,

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Said registers on or before the 1st

September annually, shall make out from

said book a list alphabetically arranged,

stating their wards, and publish the

same, and affix copies thereof in at least

ten public places in each ward,

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Five days before the election, said re-

gisters shall meet and set publicly in

their respective wards, for examination

of said lists,

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Shall furnish the judges of elections

with the lists, of their respective wards

under oath,

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Shall add the names of all qualified

voters thereto,

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Safely keep the same till the day of

election,

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And before the opening of the polls,

on the morning of election, deliver them

to the judges duly attested,

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Said list shall be deemed and taken

to be the only and conclusive evidence

of the qualification of the voters;

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On proof to the judges that the name

of a person not qualified to vote is insert-

ed on said list, they shall erase the same,

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In case a voter shall remove out of a

ward where his name has been enrolled,

he shall retain his right to vote in said

ward and no other,

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Written statement, on oath, required

of that fact,

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Said registers shall set from the 1st to

the 15th September, to register votes,

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