with the exception of Howard county, for the purpose of supporting a high school, and in consequence of withholding the sum from Howard county, the board of school commissioners have been unable to organize a high school in said county, therefore this act enacts that the treasurer, upon the warrant of the comptroller, be directed to pay to the board of school commissioners for Howard county the sum of six thousand four hundred dollars, that being the amount in arrear and due to the said county by the state.

That the said board of school commissioners for Howard county shall employ the said sum of money for the purpose of organizing and supporting a high school in said county, and for no other purpose whatever.

That the sum of six thousand four hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose aforesaid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

In force and approved March 28, 1868

1868, c. 434 recites that whereas, resolution No. 34, passed at December session, 1831, declares that the donation granted to schools and academies in the several counties of this state shall be equalized, so as to give eight hundred dollars to each county; therefore, it enacts that the treasurer of this state, upon the warrant of the comptroller shall pay annually, on the first Monday in April, to the board of school commissioners of Wicomico county, the sum of eight hundred dollars, one-half of said sum to be paid to the board of trustees of Salisbury academy, and the other half to be applied to the public school fund of said county.

That the donation of two hundred dollars, now paid to the trustees of Salisbury academy, for Somerset county, shall hereafter be paid to the trustees of Fairmount academy, in said Somerset county.

That the treasurer, upon the warrant of the comptroller, shall pay annually, on the first Monday in April, to the board of school commissioners of Wicomico county, the sum of four hundred dollars, in addition to the sum named in the first section of this act, to be applied to the public school fund of said county.

In force and approved March 30, 1868.

1868, c. 400 entitled an act to increase the number of free scholarships in the Baltimore Female College, and to change the manner of appointing the beneficiaries and board of trustees recites that whereas, since the endowment of the Baltimore Female College, two new senatorial districts have been established in Baltimore city, and the county of Wicomico has been erected; therefore it enacts, that three additional free scholarships be established in the Baltimore Female College, upon which two pupils from the city of Baltimore, and one from the county of Wicomico, shall be admitted to all the instructions given in the college, and to the privileges of the normal class, with the use of all necessary books, without any charge whatever. That to meet the expenses of the above, the further sum of three hundred dollars, in addition to the present donation of twenty-two hundred dollars, shall, on the warrant of the comptroller of the state, be annually paid on the first day of April in each and every year to the president of the board of trustees of the college.

That in filling vacancies in all the free scholarships established in the college by the state, the orphans' courts of the several counties and of the city of Baltimore, shall always give preference to such applicant's as may be presented to them by the several boards of school commissioners respectively of the several counties.

That instead of the usual mode of selecting an annual board of trustees, the present trustees, and their successors, constitute a permanent board of trustees, with power to fill all vacancies that may occur by death, resignation or removal from the city. That all acts or parts of acts in relation to the Baltimore female college, inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby repealed.

In force and approved March 30, 1868.

1868, c. 234 enacts that the annual donation of five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby restored to the West Nottingham academy in Cecil county, to be paid out of the free school fund of said county.

That the treasurer of the state of Maryland is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to retain the sum of five hundred dollars out of the free school fund of Cecil county, and pay over the sum of five hundred dollars to the treasurer of the said academy, or to any other person properly authorized to receive the same, on the first day of October in each year, beginning with October 1, 1868.

That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed.

In force and approved March 28, 1868.

1868, c. 307 incorporates a college or general seminary of learning, near Westminster, in Carroll county, by the name of the Western Maryland College.

VOTERS.

ARTICLE -.

Begistration.

13. Governor to appoint registers: oath: proviso.

14. Books of registration: lists.

15. Registers to demand books, &c., from clerks of courts.

16. Times of sitting: notice.

17. To correct lists of voters, &c.; white male persons: oath: provisos.

18. Requisite qualifications for voters: disqualifications.

19. What to be recorded in book.

20. Alphabetical lists: lists to be published.

21. Time for correcting books, &c.: notice.

22. Correcting lists, &c.: registering

names.

23. Names of qualified voters: where to vote: notice.

24. Copies of lists, &c. to be furnished. 25. Party aggrieved: right of appeal. 26. Powers of registers: fees.

27. Duty of Baltimore police: list of names, &c.

28. Certificate: provisos: change of residence.

29. Clerks, &c., to file copies of lists, &c.: records.

30. Sheriffs to receive copies: missing lists: sheriff's to deliver lists to judges of election.

31. Judges to return, &c.: lists: duty of judges.

32. Per diem of officers of registration, &c.: cost of recording, &c.: certificates, &c.: sheriff's costs, &c.: accounts to be approved.

33. Neglect or refusal of register, clerk of court, &c.: penalty: damages.

VOTERS.

1868, c. 297 repeals 1865, c. 174 entitled, an act relating to the registration of the voters of the state, and to enact other provisions in relation to the registration of voters in lieu thereof, 1867, c. 336 [Sup. 240] and enacts therefor, the following sections to be arranged in the Code of Public General Laws under the article entitled Registration:

Governor to ap

SEC. 13. The governor shall nominate, and by and 1868, c. 297, s. 2. with the advice of the senate, appoint at this session point registers. of the legislature, and at every regular session of the legislature to be held hereafter, one person in each ward of Baltimore city, and one person in each election district in every county, voters in said wards and districts, respectively, to be styled officers of registration, who shall perform the duties imposed on them by this article; and all such officers before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall take and subscribe before the clerk of some one of the courts of Baltimore city, and the clerk of the circuit court of the several counties, respectively, the oath prescribed in Oath. the sixth section of the third article of the constitution; provided, that if the governor shall not have time to Proviso. make such nominations to the senate at this session, he shall appoint said officers of registration and send their names for approval to the senate at the next ensuing session.

Books of regis

tration.

14. The clerk of the superior court of Baltimore Ibid. s. 3. city, and the clerk of the circuit court of the several counties, shall deliver to the officers of registration for Baltimore city and the several counties, the books of registration in the offices of said clerks, respectively, and also duly certified copies of the lists of qualified Lists. voters in their respective offices on the third Monday in September, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and on the same Monday in every year thereafter.

Ibid. s. 4.

&c., from clerks

15. The officers of registration, as aforesaid, shall, Riders to deon the third Monday in September, eighteen hundred mand books, and sixty-eight, and on the same Monday in every of courts. year thereafter, demand from said clerks of the said courts of Baltimore city and the several counties, said

Ibid. s. 5. Time of sitting.

Ibid, s. 6.

To correct lists of voters, &c.

books of registration and certified copies of the lists of qualified voters directed to be delivered to said officers, by said clerks in the third section of this article, and said officers of registration shall safely keep and protect said books and lists from alteration, mutilation and defacement whilst in their possession.

16. For the purpose of discharging duties imposed on them by this article, said officers of registration shall for six successive days in Baltimore city and Allegany county, and three days in the remaining counties of the state, commencing on the third Monday in September, and on the same Monday in every year thereafter, at some place in their respective wards and districts in Baltimore city and the several counties convenient to the voters thereof, sit with open doors from nine o'clock A. M., until nine o'clock P. M., in Baltimore city, and from nine o'clock until six o'clock P. M. in the several counties, and they shall give at least ten days' notice of the time and place of their sitting by publication in three newspapers published in Baltimore city, one of which shall be printed in the German language and in one newspaper in the several counties in which a newspaper is published, having the largest circulation, and by handbills posted at such public places, as said officers shall select in said ward and district, and in case of change in the place of sitting, they shall at once publish in said papers notice of such change.

17. At the time and place published by said officers of registration, they shall proceed to strike from the list of qualified voters the names of all persons known, or made known to them, who have died or removed. from the ward or election district or have become disqualified under the provisions of the second and third sections of the first article of the constitution, and to deliver to any persons applying whose names appear on the said list of qualified voters, a certificate of registration, and to strike from the books of registration the name of said dead, removed, or disqualified, and for what cause under the constitution and laws of this state

persons.

as the case may be, and to register the name of every male white person who shall apply to said officers to be White male registered as a qualified voter, who shall satisfy them he possesses, or before the day of election next ensuing, will possess the requisite constitutional qualifications of age, citizenship and residence, and is not disqualified under the provisions of the second and third sections of the first article of the constitution; provided, however, Proviso. that before registering any person as a qualified voter, the said officers of registration shall administer to him the following oath: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) Oath. that I will true answer make to all questions necessary to ascertain my qualifications, or disqualifications, under the constitution, to be registered as a qualified voter;" provided, that nothing herein contained shall be con- Proviso. strued to authorize said register to ask any questions touching cause of disqualification not expressly enumerated in the constitution.

Requisite quali

voters.

18. Said officers of registration shall, before striking Ibid. s. 7. from said list of qualified voters and from said books fications for of registration the name of any registered person, diligently enquire, and accurately ascertain that said registered person does not possess, and before the election next ensuing will not possess, the requisite constitutional qualifications to entitle him to be registered as a qualified voter, or that such person is disqualified under the provisions of the second and third sections of the first article of the constitution; and if it shall appear that said registered person does not possess, or will not possess said qualification, and that he is so disqualified, then said officers shall strike the name of such person from said list of qualified voters and said books of registration; but if it shall appear otherwise, then said officer shall not strike the name of such person from said books of registration and from said list of qualified voters; and before registering as a qualified voter any person who has applied to said officers of registration. to be registered as a qualified voter, said officer shall diligently enquire and accurately ascertain that such person possesses, or will possess before the election next