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blank and returning it by mail; or to appear at the office of the Board
and fill out such blank affirming or denying the change of address
and stating the address to which such person shall have moved.
Upon the return of such blanks duly filled in with the required infor-
mation, the Board shall proceed as in other cases of change of address
in accordance with the provisions of Section 41 38 (C) hereof. Failure
to return such blanks or make affirmation or denial, within two weeks
from the time when such notification shall have been mailed, shall
be sufficient cause for the cancellation of the registration of such
person, and his original and duplicate registration card and entry
of his name, in the precinct book, shall be dealt with as in other cases
of cancellation.

52. Persons Removed from the Registration Rolls. (a) Removals.
The Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City shall main-
tain a separate file, by precinct, of all those persons removed from
the registration rolls for any reason set out in Section 51 SECTIONS
51 AND 53 of this Article. A printed list with the names of all per-
sons so removed from each precinct shall be delivered to the respec-
tive judges in each precinct prior to the next succeeding primary,
general or special election. When a person so removed appears at the
precinct from which he has been removed for the purpose of voting
and when his name appears upon the list so delivered to the judges at
the precinct, the judges shall put the person so desiring to vote under
oath. After interrogating him in reference to his residence, and after
obtaining an affidavit from the voter as to his residence, the judges
shall, if a majority of them are in agreement, that the person so desir-
ing to vote is entitled to be retained on their roll or the roll of another
precinct to which the person has moved, enter such facts upon a form
to be supplied by the Board, similar to the form now used for a
temporary certificate of registration, as provided for in Section 40 48
(b) of this Article. The person so desiring to vote shall then be
permitted to vote in the precinct from which his name has been re-
moved and where his name appears on the list supplied by the Board
under the provisions of this subsection.

(b)  Temporary Certificate. The temporary certificate issued un-
der the provisions of Sub-section (a) of this section shall be returned
by the judges of election at the precinct to the Board of Super-
visors of Elections who shall then correct the original records of the
person so voting and reinstate his registration to the precinct in
which the judges agree the person presently resides.

(c)  Permanent Removal. All persons who were removed from
the registration rolls and who do not subscribe under oath to a
temporary certificate of registration as provided for in Subsec-
tion (a) of this section or who in the opinion of the judges have not
clarified their residence or other qualifying status sufficiently to
become qualified for reinstatement in a THE FOLLOWING primary,
general or special election, shall be permanently removed from the
registration rolls of Baltimore City and in order to be reinstated, they
must re-register under the provisions of this Article.

(D) PRESERVATION OF RECORDS. THE BOARD OF SU-
PERVISORS OF ELECTIONS IS AUTHORIZED TO MICROFILM
CANCELLED REGISTRATION RECORDS AT ANY TIME AND
TO DESTROY THE ORIGINAL RECORDS AFTER THEY HAVE
BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.