Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-04-08
THE REGISTRY Law.

The Board of Registration has been in
session at the Court House. in Virginia,
all this week; but for some reason, unae-
countable to us, not more than FIVE or ak
hundred persons have gone forward to
have their names registered. Virginia
City is on the eve of an important munich
pal election-as important one for the
future of that corporation as could well
happen. to it-and, if we are correctly in
formed, out of the four thousand voters
in it, not one-fourth have yet secured the
legal right to vote at the next election.
The Union men of Virginia, especially,
should not neglect this matter. As the
law requires the party whose name is
registered to take the Constitutional oath,
which is not very desirable performance
for Copperheads, and who will doubtless
cast every obstacle in the way to discour-
age this Registry business, Union men
should not be influenced by them, but
promptly see to it, that the law is strictly
enforced. We know of no better law
passed at the last session of the Legisla-
ture-for it was enacted at the earnest So
licitation of the people. in order to purify
and hold sacred the elective franchise. As
the law requires six sessions of the Board
of Registration to be held in the course of
the year, it is not so important for citizens
outside of Virginia to become registered
at this time, but to those who reside in
that city, and expect to vote at the city
election, it is of Importance. The follow
ing is a brief abstract of the Registry Law,
which must be complied with before a
person can vote:
County Commissioners constitute the Board
Of Registration.
Each voter shall be registered by his full
name in alphabetical order, the age, country
of birth, occupation, place OF residence, date
Of registry and number.
There shall be six sessions year Of the
Board Of Registration. Each person regis
tered shall take the constitutional oath OF
loyalty.
Challenges to the qualification Of voter
may be made when he applies to be regis
tered.
Mandamus lies from the District Judge to
the Board to compel them to register name
when they improperly refuse so to do, or to
compel them to drop his name when they
improperly register it.
Naturalized citizens must produce their
papers, to be stamped and marked, and their
loss and absence be accounted for BY the oath
or affirmation OF the applicant, land the oath
or affirmation Of one or more credible citizens
as to the credibility Of such applicants, if
deemed necessarily that such certificate OF
naturalization is destroyed or lost.
Removals from one voting precinct to an
other must be brought to the notice OF the
Board.
The Board shall, in October Of each year,
publish or post the lists in FIVE public places,
and contests may be made before them as to
the right Of any person enlisted to vote.
The Clerk Of the Board County Clerk
calls the elections, and gives fifteen days
notice of municipal election to the Sheriff
or Justice of the Peace.
No name can be registered as voter unless
the poll tax is paid.
No person whose name is not registered
can vote at any election, and any person vot-
ing illegally, though his name is registered,
can be punished for such illegal voting.