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214 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 106

oaths in connection with the registration of voters in said
town.

(5) Said Board shall, on the first Monday in May, if not a
legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the day following,
and also on the second Monday in May, if not a legal holiday,
and if a legal holiday, then on the day following, conduct a
registration of the qualified voters of said town.

(6) Said registration shall be conducted on the two days
named, between the hours of 3: 00 o'clock P. M., and 7: 00 o'clock
P. M., at a place designated by the Board of Election Super-
visors, unless said Commissioners shall, by resolution entered
in the minute books of said Commission, appoint a different
place.

(7) Said Board of Election Supervisors shall, at least one
week before
the first registration day, post in a public place in
said town, a notice of such registration, which said notice shall
state the place where such registration shall be
conducted.

(8) All citizens of the United States who have attained the
age of twenty-one (21) years, and who are bona fide residents
of said town for at least six (6) months prior to their registra-
tion, shall be
eligible to vote at all town elections so long as
they remain bona fide residents of said town.

(9) Said Board of Election Supervisors shall determine the
qualifications and right of each applicant to register by asking
such applicant the following questions, which shall be
answ-
ered under oath by such applicant: (1) Are you a citizen of the
United States? (2) Have you attained the age of twenty-one
(21) years? (3) Have you been
a bona fide resident of the
Town of
Bowie for at least six (6) months f Should the
answers of such applicant be in the affirmative to each such
question, it shall be
the duty of said Board to allow such appli-
cant to register. But should such applicant refuse to answer
all such questions, or should the answer of such applicant be
in
the negative to any such question, then such applicant shall
not lye allowed to register. Should any applicant answer any
such questions falsely, he shall be
guilty of the crime of perjury
and subject to the penalties provided by the law of the State of
Maryland. Any applicant who feels that he has been aggrieved
by any ruling of
said Board as to his eligibility to register may
appeal to the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, which
court shall determine such appeal.

(10) It shall be the duty of said Board of Election Super-
visors to make a record of all applicants who present them-
selves to register, and a record of all persons who have regis-



 

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