1198                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 739

acting as clerk to sign and mail to the address as given in the registry
of each person so noted for erasure a notice requiring such person
to appear before the board upon the Tuesday six weeks preceding
the general election and show cause why his name should not be
erased from such registry. A similar notice shall be prepared by
such member of the board acting as clerk and such notice shall also
be served by a member of the board on or before the Friday next
following, upon each such person and if he cannot be found at the
.address designated in the registry, said notice shall be left at said
address.

33. Revision Day. (a) Days and Hours. Each board of registry
shall meet for revision on the Tuesday six weeks preceding a general
election, during the same hours as stated in Section 31 of this Article.
No new names shall be added to the registry at such meeting except
where the applicant produces a removal certificate TRANSFER IS
REGISTERED, as hereinafter provided, in which case such applicant
shall be entitled to registration as if he had applied for registration
on a regular registration day.

(b)  Wicomico County. Only one board of registry in Wicomico
County shall meet for the purpose of revision. Said board in Wicom-
ico County shall meet in the office of the Board of Supervisors of
Elections for Wicomico County on the Tuesday, six weeks preceding
a general election, and at no other time or place.

(c)   Challenges. At such meeting the officer acting as clerk shall
file with the board an affidavit stating the names and addresses of
all those persons to whom notice was mailed or presented as provided
in Section 32, the date of such presentation or mailing, and also the
names and addresses of those actually served with such notice or
served by leaving the notice at the designated place of residence,
stating how service was made. If any such person shall appear be-
fore the board, he shall make and sign an affidavit in substance as
follows:

"I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the United States and

that I have resided in the ................................precinct or district of

....................................................county in the State of Maryland from

the....................................day of............................up to the................

day of................................, 19........, and that I have not since acquired

a legal residence giving me the right to vote elsewhere".

If it is charged that he has been convicted of any infamous crime
and has not been pardoned, he shall further make oath that he has
never been so convicted, or if convicted, that he was pardoned, at a
time stated. Such affidavit shall be signed and sworn to before one
of such board of registry and shall be preserved and filed in the
office of the Supervisors of Elections.

(d)  Examination and Inquiry. The board of registry may ex-
amine the challenged voter or any other witness that may appear
or be produced before them, under oath, and make any further ex-
amination or inquiry that it may deem proper. If after such examina-
tion and hearing a majority of said board shall decide that such
person is not a qualified voter, his name shall be erased from the
registry by drawing a line in red ink through said name and through
all other entries on the line on which said name is written, but so
that the name and said other entries shall remain legible.