The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-05-22
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
Important Orderfrom General Scloleld.

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
Important Orderfrom General Schofleld.
General Schofeld has issued Gen
eral Order No. 20. prescribing regulations
for the registration Of voters as required
by act of Congress Of March %, 1867.
We cendense from these ordersth follow
ing
There shall be one place of registration
in each ward or magisterial district. All
question Of the right persons to be regis
tered must be decided by the full board.
Persons shall vote only in the district or
ward where they are registered. For the
purpose Of securing a just registration.
and to prevent the registration Of any
person not entitled to vote under the pro-
vision Of the said act of Congress of
March I'd, 1867, or the act supplementary
thereto-three white and three colored
persons, voters Of the district, shall be
selected by the board, who shall be allow
ed to remain with the board, and who
shall have the privilege, and whose duty
it shall be as well as that of each member
of the board, to challenge the right of
any person to be registered, who in the
opinion Of the person challenging, is dis
qualified as voter by reason of any of
the causes set forth insaid acts of Congress.
Upon such challenge being made, the
board shall examine the person presen-
ting himself for registration, in reference
to each cause Of disqualification mentioned
is said act and the act supplementary
thereto. Evidence shall also be heard, if
offered, to substantiate the cause of chal-
lenge, or to rebut that offered in support
of it.
In registering the voters, the names Of
the whites and colored persons registered
shall be entered in separate columns OF
lists kept for that purpose, which lists at
ter the registration shall have been com.
pleted shall be alphabetically arranged
| the names Of the white and colored voters
being kept in separate columns Three
separate lists shall be kept. The first
| shall contain the names Of all voters who
shall be registered without challenge, af-
ter taking the prescribed oath set forth
in the first section Of the supplement to
the aforesaid act. The second, those
who may be registered after challenge
made, and the third, those who may be
rejected upon challenge.
Opposite the name cf each person chal-
lenged, whether registered as entitled to
vote or not the cause of challenge be
clearly stated, and also the facts relating
thereto as developed by the examination
Of the board
Two weeks or more after the registra-
ton has been completed, and after ten
days public notice the board shall recon
vene at the place Of registration for the
correction of the published lists at which
time additional evidence may be heard in
reference to the cases of those rejected
upon challenge at the previous registra-
ton, when those then rejected may be
registered in the evidence warrants The
name Of any one registered after Or with
out the challenge may be stricken from
the roll, ita case Of disqualification is
then established. The names Of such
| personsma be registered las established by
satisfactory proof, the facts, Of their ina
bility by reason Of sickness, or other una
voidable cause, to attend the registration
previously made.
Boards of Registration shall have the
| power to summon witnesses and compel
/ their attendance, in any case Of contes-
ted registration, and the power to suppress
disorder and preserve the peace at and in
the vicinity of the place Of registration
For these purposes they may call upon
the local civil authorities or the nearest
commander Of troops, for such aid as may
be necessary Or they may at their discre-
ton, summon specialpolice force for the
purpose.
Any person who shall knowingly and
wilfully violate any of the provisions OF
there.regulations, or who shall, by violence
or intimidations, prevent, or endeavor to
prevent, theregistration Of any voter, shall
upon conviction thereof, be punished by
fine and Imprisonment, at the discretion
of $ military commission.
Registering Officers appointed from
civil life, for counties or cities, will be
paid at the rate Of one hundred and
twenty five dollars per month those for
magisteriai districts or wards OF cities, at
the rate Of five dollars per diem, for the
time they are actually employed.