16                                Laws of Maryland                         Ch. 11

land (1957 Edition), title "Elections," sub-title "Temporary Certi-
ficates of Registration," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

41.

(a)    Any voter may file with the board of supervisors of elec-
tions, with the permanent board of registry, or with any supple-
mental board of registry which the board of supervisors may ap-
point, objections to the registration of any person whom such voter
has reason to believe is not eligible to vote, or a request for the ad-
dition of any person whose name has been erroneously omitted or
dropped from the registration list of any precinct. Application for
the correction of any such precinct registration list or a challenge
of the right to vote of a person named on such list may be made by
any qualified voter of the county or city, as the case may be, at the
office of the Board of Supervisors in Baltimore City on or before
the Tuesday three weeks preceding [such] any general election, and
in the counties seven weeks preceding such election. [Such applica-
tions or challenges, with the reasons therefor, shall be filed on forms
provided by the board for that purpose and shall be attested by the
oath of such qualified voter.] Such applications or challenges shall
be made on forms provided by the Board for that purpose. Thereon
the voter shall state, under oath and of his own personal knowledge,
the reason for the application or challenge. Thereafter the voter so
applying or challenging shall be required to appear in person at the
time of the hearing on the application or challenge as provided for
in sub-section (b) of this section and for wilful failure to so appear
shall be subject to the penalties provided for in Section 199 of this
Article.

(b)    In Baltimore City, two members of the board of supervisors
of opposite political parties, and in the respective counties the two
members of the permanent board of registry or such supplemental
boards of registry, consisting each of two persons of opposite politi-
cal parties, as may be appointed, if deemed necessary, by the board of
supervisors, shall sit for the purpose of hearing applications for
changes in such registration lists, or challenges of the right to vote
on such lists. They shall meet on the Tuesday two weeks before an
election in Baltimore City, and on the Tuesday six weeks before
an election in the counties, at such hours as the board of supervisors
may designate. If all such applications or challenges be not deter-
mined on that day, they shall sit during the same hours on succeed-
ing days until all cases are heard and decided. If it is not possible to
hear all such cases within one week from the time when such ses-
sions shall commence, the board of supervisors may appoint one or
more boards, each consisting of two members of opposite political
parties, to aid in hearing such applications or challenges at a compen-
sation fixed as provided in Section 5 of this article. Persons whose
right to register has been challenged and persons whose names are al-
leged to have been erroneously omitted or dropped from the registra-
tion lists shall be given written notice, sent by mail, addressed to
the voter at the address given in the registry and, in addition, a
similar notice shall be served on such voter by a member of
the board, or one of the judges in the precinct in which
such voter is registered or by a police officer, and, if such voter
cannot be found at the address shown in the registry, or other