The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-06-10

pear for registration llprein. icr /
minating tlr registration al the
court house " count, sc,t inai p +.
county, with fsc days 10 CON
plctc sub registration, and slall
give 80 iasl two week. publie no
iicc thereof by publishing in some
public new spaper therein, and post
ed At least in one Of the most pub
lie places in each lislric' in said |
county; and If no such newspaper
shall be published therein, then by
posting in at least ten of the most
public places in said county, aud at
such times aud places, aud during
the business hours of each deslg-
mated day, said registrars shall pro.
coed 90 examine, administer the oath
duly subscribed by the affidavit or
written by one of the registers, with
the mark Of the afliant, when he is
unable to write, go register aud give
certificate to each qualified voter of
said registration, in the form here
after prescribed, with the number of
the rcgistrationan aud a corresponding
number on each certificate. No per-
son convicted OF bribery, perjury,
forgery or othcriufamous crime shall
be registered.
Sec. 2. The first member of each
Board shall act as President, and
sign all the vouchers, the second
member shall administer the oath,
and the third member shall perform
the clerical duties of said Board.
ARTICLE J.
Duties of the Secretary of State per,
tanning to Registration.
Section /. Immediately after thii
Chapter shall be in force the Sccre,
= tary of State shall proceed to hav,
, blank books prepared Of large pape
, of sufficient number of leaves @
' pages therein, that the s,me will con
tain, by double column of names, til
voters in the designated county uu
der the printed heading of the oat
required Of each voter, according t
: the estimated number of qualiiic
: voters in said county, assisted i
n such estimate by the books of regl'
+ tration in his custody, made at tl
+ rogistration,in 1869, under the +,
. construction acts of Congress, oil
by the returns of Tax Assessors
the number Of males IN each count
D over twcnty-one years of age.
9 Sec. 2. Tic shall Immediately pr,
o ceed to have such blanks prepare
g by having printed at the top of sue
If page the words, District No, coul
/ ty o., Mississippi; and next,
= -, do solemnly swear Tor q
T firm) in the presence of Almigh
f, God, that ] am twenty-onc years ol
= that ] have resided in this State 8
y months, and in county OF
le month; that ] will faithfully suppo
vs. and obey the Constitution and la
s. Of the United States and of the Sta
ID of Mississippi, and viii bear trl
N faith and allegiance to the same,
=, help nc God. The remainder
each page shall then be divided in
~ four columns, the first colnmn I
Is the left shall be for "numbers," Il
r, second for "namcs," the third (
4 "signatures," and the fourth for ~
i'll Marks" and the words Registratio
a Books, District No. ------ County
- - -, Mississippi, shall be plain
printed on the outside Of the GOV
= OF such book, and he shall furth
:. cause to be printed a sufficient nui
iss Dor of certificates, in tho followil
D. form:
he CERTIFICATE No. A.
e. The bearer, -----, is registere
e. qualified voter in District No. =,
at - county, Mississippi, this -
day of ------, ID.
Section 8. The Secretary o. Sta
? having prepared at the earliest r
P Rod for the present year, such blal
IN books and certificates, shall trar
p NIT Immediately the same, with t
c. registrationss books Of such count
Be- of November, 1869, for a rcfcrcn
70 and assistance to said registrars,
some safe messenger or rcsponsib
express company, to the Clerk
~ the Board Of Supervisors of thcpro
l. or counties that tho same may.
!. received in due time by the Boa
Of Registration to discharge the d
,d ties herein required; and said Boa
Of Registration shall proceet. INN
diately to give notice, complete I
: preparation Of the books and CO
~ tifcates, arranging proper pal
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