Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-06-15

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No 4. Pamela 80 .. llusl, No q,
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1hhierah Regi'irdiion Disirici.
Sub District 80. /, Wood No 2,
Marion No. 3, Davis No I, Titus !
No. 5, Hopkins No, q, Lamar No,
7, Rod River, No, 3, Cowio,
Fourteenth Registration District
Sub. District No, /, Hunt; No, 2,
Collin No. 3, Denton No. 4, Wise;
No. 5, Jack No, G, Young No, z,
Clay; No. s, Montague; No, 0,
Cooke; No, 10, Graysoni No, II,
Fannin.
Fifteenth Registration District
Sub District No, |, Palo Pinto ;
No, 2, Parker; No, 3, Tarrant; No,
4, Dallas; No, ., Kaufman; No, 6,
Erath; No. 7, Hood No. 8, john
son; No. 0, Ellis; No, 10, Hill.
III For each Registration District
there will be appointed two super
visors, who will DO entitled to one
clerk.
For each Sub. District there will
be appointed three registrars, who
will constitute board Of rcgistra-
ton, each board being entitled to
one clerk.
All supervisors, registrars and
clerks, before entering upon their
duties, shall each take and subscribe
tho oath r~-..' iUvu ny uliU ".ivJap-
proved July I'd, 1862, and all oaths
so taken within each Registration
District will be forwarded by its
respective supervisors to these
Headquarters.
Duties Of Supervisors.
III. 1t shall be the duty of super
visors to see that the books and
stationary provided for their re-
spectivc districts, be distributed and
delivered in proper proportions to
each Sub District, having in view
the probable number of legal voters
therein,
They shall see that boards organize
and perform their duties according
to instructions issued, and adjust or
refer to these Headquarters all just
causes of complaint, arising, from
registration or otherwise.
They will give special attention
to the detection Of frauds in reg
istration, and report I'LL facts in re;
lation thereto, promptly to these
Headquarters. They will see that
sufficient public notice be given
through journals, or otherwise, of
the times and places of registration
Receive from all Boards within their
respective districts, the registration
returns, and without delay forward
them to these Headquarters, togcth-
er with q report from each super
visor, and will exercise n general
supervision over all Boards within
their respective Registration Dis
tricts.
Duties Of Boards Of Districts.
Nv. 1t shall be the duty of Boards
of Registration, under instructions
from these Headquarters, to register
all legal voters within their respec:
tive Sub Districts, and issue to each
q certificate of registration. 400
Boards Of Registration will first
organize and commence their duties
at the Courthonses in thnir respec-
tive ub-Districts; they will after.
wards move TO such other points,
having reference to convenience and
facility of registration, as will in
sure the complete registration of
their Sub District, in the shortest
practicable time.
All certificates of registration is
sued, shall be numbered consecutive
ly, from one up, to the highest num-
Der registered in the Sub-District-
corresponding with the number en-
tered in the registration book, and
those certificates that are issued to
colored persons shall have written
on the back in red ink the words
"colored voter"
Boards will also keep separate
list of all applications for registra-
ton, that have been rejected-with
cause ofrejcction-sct opposite their
names.
When the registration of a Sub
District is completed, it shall be the
duty of the Board to make out,
without delay, full returns of the
result, showing; LIST. The total num-
Der of voters registered; I'd. The
number of colored voters registered;
Sd. The number of applications for
registration rejected and cause of
rejection; 4th. A statement by the
Board showing whether they have
good reason to believe that the legal
voters in the Sub-District have all
been registered; aud if not, state
the reasons why, with any other re-
marks pertinent to the subject,
which returns will be promptly
conveyed and delivered to the SUI
pervisors of the respective Registra-
ton District. a
For the guidance of Boards they
are referred to Circular No. IL, and
pending the decision of this proper
authority, as to who are disfran-
chised by law, boards will register
no person whose right to vote is
questionable.
V. In order to aid Supervisors in
the performance of their duties, they
will be furnished with such infor-
nation and statistics in relation to
their respective Districts and Sub
Districts as can be supplied from
date at these Headquarters, and are
authorized in the course of their
duties to administer all oaths neces-
sary.
vi No Suneryisor Reoistrar or