The Placer herald., 1867-07-27
REGISTER AND ENROLL

Noters should bear 10 mind that after the
4th day of August no name can 90 on the
Poll Lists unless good aud Sufficient reason,
BY the party applying, for not enrolling ear.
lier is given. Let eyery one then see for
bimself that bis name is on the Poll List
No one can vote at this election whose name
is not on both the Poll List and the Great
Register. The law makes it the duty Of the
Clerks t. put the name Of every registered
voter on the Poll Lists. But there is no
penslty attached to neglect Of this duty on
their part. In fact it is incumbent on the
voter himself to see to this. Let no Demo.
crat at this election look to the officers Of
election, or any one else, to put his name on
the Poll List, but attend to that matter per.
sooalIy, or have it done by some tried and
true friend who be knows will attend to it
properly.
We would, however, urge all to attend to
this very important duty for themselves.-
There is another thing to be looked to: the
law requires the name of the voter to be
written in full on the Great Register and on
the Poll Lists. In most instances this is
done, but it must be remembered that many
persons have given in their names to the As.
SCISSORS, or their Deputies, who report the
same to the Clerk, thus passing the name
tbrough several hands before it even gets to
the Great Register. The Great Register is
copied and the lists printed for the use Of
the Election Boards. Under the most care
ful management it would be next to impos.
sible to have all the lists correct in every
particular. We understand that our County
Clerk, Mr. Spear, says that the lists furnish.
ed by him will necessarily be imperfect be.
cause of the reason above given, and another
fact. that they have been printed without
even giving him an opportunity of correct.
ing the proof sheets. Such is the case with
SO much Of the lists as commences With the
initials A. B. and G..
In some Of the precincts, we are told the
Clerks appointed are disposed to exercise
very arbitrary authority in the matter of en-,
rolIment, and in some instances will not al,
low the voter to know his own name. Such
we are told is the case with little two pen,
ny autocrat at Forest Hill named George G.
Webster. A man whose name is on the
Great Register as William Patterson applied
to the Clerk (be said Webster) to be roll.
ell, giving bis name as it appears on the
Register. Said the aforesaid Clerk, have
known you 10 get letters addressed to Wm
e. Patterson. You must be enrolled a.
William e. Patterson. In vain did Mr. T.,
explain 10 Webster that he had used tie R.
in his address only because there was some
other William Patterson who hal got his
letters out Of the Post Ofice-tbat the Il.
was an Interpolation which he did not recog
nize except for the oro purpose of securing
bis letters, and insisted upon having his
name enrolled es It appears on the Great
Register. The little sutocrat (Webster) in
sisted that Mr.. F., did not know his own
name, and lie is enrolled on the Great
Register as William, aud on the local list
as William +.
Every Democrat should see to the proper
correction Of the poll lists, and present him
self before tho Board, when it meets for the
purpose Of correcting and revising the same
and not only be sure that he is correctly
enrolled, but make the Board identify and
know him by his true name, as given by
himself
1t must also be borne in mind that vcter
can only vote in the District or Precinct in
WHICH no Teslues, duu he thusl na'o Iesiueu
there thirty days before the election.
If be is registered for one District and
has moved into another, since bis entry upon
the Great Register, then is the greater ne
cessity for bis attending to his enrolment
personally.
There is much to be done, and the time
for doing it is short. Let every one 60 to
work with energy and zeal and see not only
that his own name is properly en-
rolled, but that Of every other name whom
be knows to be right
There is also another very important mat.
ter to be attended TO-: that is, TO carefully
examine the local Poll Lists, and see that no
spurious names are found thereon, as was
the case in Sacramento County short time
since. Too much care, TO prevent frauds Of
this kind, cannot be exercised.