Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-16
THE PROPOSED NEW GOVERNMENT.

lneht by chapters anOrdtnS convenient OppoT-
tunity to dc this without injury to the sense:
A BILL for the better government of the Dis
tTict OF Columbia.
lCoBtiREsd from yesterdIy's Star1
CHAPTER Mop ELECTIONS
Sec. g. There snail be elected, by written or
printed ballot, in said District, by the duly reg
isteTed aud qualified voters thereof on the ir-t
Wednesday following the first Monday in the
month OF June, IL he year eighteen HguiTol
| ard seventy five, ana on every such Wednesday
/ OF June, in each alternate year thereafter,
/ three members OF the Board Of Education; the
/ term or said members to begin on the first day
/ OF July EeXt following their election, aud 10
cont noe for the period of two Yeas thereafter.
Sec. is. That DO ballot used in the election
l OF members OF said Board Sd all have more n an
/ two different names written printed thereon:
/ but II there be but one name on ballot, IL
/ may be written or printed twice thereon, and
such ballot may be used on the election OF sad
three IIbeIs: and all ballots depOs ed at any
election Aforesaid OF conforming to said C0ndf-
tons shall DC wholly rejected IN the count Of
woes Ibe Three persons having the largest
nGnHer OF votes as members Of said Board on
any such election for members thereof, CONT
II iOr each candidate the Whole number OF
mes that his name l. 80 written or printed on
I al SAID legal ballots for any member of said
Board, as Eeing the whole number of votes tor
the person so named, shall be and be de dared
elected; and in case OF failure To elect three
members at any such election, said Regents
shall proceed 10 Fill the deficiency OF members
by appointment mt, the next election.
Sec. CO. That said Regents shall. in an adj
qua;e aUd just manner. give notice OF such -lec-
lions; divide said District into Convenient
yOtHg-sectiOns, not exceeding six. for the receo-
lions OF ballots; provide at each the proper num-
Der OF boxes aud persons to receive ballots; and,
tniLSIeh persons ior that purpose selected by
said Regents, and by il commissioned, they SD all
provide cOnyeniences for voting, and generally
prepare for and take charge of such elections,
ana cause the votes aud ballots cast to be Drop
erly received, a record of the vuting of each
person to be made in the tally book, and to be
noted On the Register OF Voters, as such person
nan
and the votes to be preserved and counted; and
they shall also cause the result of the election
and the election OF the person receiving the
largest number OF votes, to be duly and promptly
ascertsined, declared, and authenticated, and
shall give to the successful persons certifI ates
ofelecu0n, uuder the seal of said Regents, and
said certificates and official declarations which
said Regents shall make and enter upon its
minutes OF the results of said election, shall be
accepted In all suits and proceedings as prima
facie correct and true.
For the period OF ninety days after any such
election, and as much longer as any court shall
IN any case before it legally order, said ballots
shall be preserved In such way that the count
thereof can be verified. And said Regents
shall allow one person, having written request
TO that effect for and from each candidate be-
ing voted for, TO have reasonable access to each
voting place, and to the place of any count, for
the purpose Of aiding in securing fair election.
And each said Regent, and any person by said
Regents authorized to act SIS an inspector or
supervisor OF elections, may administer oaths
or afirmatiODs in connection with said elections
or the registering OF voters.
Said Regents may make and promulgate Or
dinances III aid OF the execution OF Its authority,
concerning said registry or elections herein pro
yided for, and shall also adopt such appropriate
regulations, for the government OF It's own
action and that of its subOrdinates in connection
Herewith, as will be adeQ uste to secure reasOn-
able notice and opportunity to all desiring to
register or vote, and convenience, order, ami
justice In such registry and voting And ii shall
be the duty of the Board OF Police To make and
enforce proper regulations, according TO which
the members OF its force shall preserve order
and otherwise aid about said election, but only
in a manner consistent with complete freedom
OF choice, and the best practicable opportunity
OF the several legal voters 70 cast their votes
legally and freely at said elections. And no place
shall be open on the day OF any such election for
the-Use or sale OF any article for which wine
and beer license, or liquor license, is required
in said District.
Sec. 10. That during each month OF January
next proceeding any such election, said Regents
shall cause registry TO be made, in suitable
books, OF all the persons desiring to be register
ed, and according 10 the provisions hereof en-
titled 70 such registry, in ssid District, and
only those go registered, and who shall also be
At the time of the next election a bona tide res
tdent OF said District, shall vote on such cleo
ton. Every person registered shall sign bis
name, II able, 70 such registry, and il not, his
whore he shall then reside shall be so stated on
the registry, and In that section only SD all he be
allowed TO vote az the next election. The records
containing such registry shall be preserved, and
shall be open to reasonable public Inspection,
TO be provided for by said Regents. To be en-
titled TO be registered, every person must pos
sess these qualifications and be free from these
First. Must be Of such age that he will
be tWenty-one years OF age en- or before the first
day Of the June next following the January in
which registration Is % be made.
Secondly. Must be citizen OF the United
States.
Thiroly. Must have been, for one year next
preceding registration, an actual resident OF
ssid District without having, within that time,
voted elsewhere than within said District
FOurthly Must not be an inmate OF any
prison, be, or during the year last past have
been, interested in any bet or wager upon the
result OF any election; must not be under in
dictment or bonds to keep the peace; and must
not have been at any time convicted Of bribery
larceny, or any Infamous crime, or which he
has not been pardoned on the sole ground that
he was not guilty.
Filthy. Must, il coming of age after the
fourth day Of July, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-siI, be able TO read and write the English
language, unless disqualified from so doing by
Sixthly. Must not, during the past year, have
omitted 20 do his duty, as In this act contem-
plsted. in regard to educating or sending any
Seyenthly. But no person shall be deemed to
have gained or lost a residence In said District
merely by reason OF his residence or absence
while employed In the service of the United
States, or while in a seminary of learning a. q
student; nor TO have gained residences by
counting the time during which he may have
kept, at public expense, In any slms-house,
asy lCm, or reformatory Institution in said Dis
trict.
Sec. II. That any person, at any time, offer
ing 20 register or to vote, may, or If challenged
shall, be summarilY examined under oath or
affirmation, or an affidavit may be required, in
such form and manner as the regulations or Or
dinances of such Commission shall provide
touching the facts as to whether such person is
entitled 10 register or vote, before he shall be
registered or allowed to vote.
Books Tor registry, reasonable notice OF which
shall be given In the public journals of the Dis
trict, selected as aforesaid, shall be kept open
in each said voting section, for registry in each
of said sections, from the hours Of seven in the
morning until seven in the evening, on such
reasonable number of days, not exceeding three
in said month Of January, as Will secure a fair
and adequate notice and opportunity, for al
persons entitled thereto TO register.
Said Regents shall make, and may enforce,
reasonable regulations for correcting such re-
gisuy, at times and in a manner open 10 the
public, at and during time within thirty days
after Its completion. But no person shall, on
such correction, be allowed TO register who had
not been present at the proper place aud offered
and been entitled and offered. and offered him
self for registry on one Of the three days pro-
vided for such registry.
Sec. ~. That any pereon feeling a1grieyed