Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-09-29
a N ACT
TO Provide for the Registration of
the Names Of Electors. and to
Prevent Eraui at Elections.
Approved March ), lSi9.


The Popte cf the state Of Ncrot1a,
represented in Senate and .IsScm-
b'y, do enact as fotiows:
SECTION l. The Justices of the
Peace of the several counties of the
State, shall be cr-odicio the Registry
Agents of their respective townships;
and, as such, their powers and duties
shall be as hereinafter provided in this
Act; proriticd, that in amy township
where, from any cause, there shall bc
no Justice of the Peace duly commits
stoned and qualified, or where an cleo
ton district may he situated too dis
tant from the office of the Justice of
the Peace OF said township, the Com
missioners of the county i'm which said
election district is located, may APP
point some other competent person to
perform the duties OF Registry Agent,
who shall be clothed with the same
power and governed by the same re-
.trictionS as Justices of the Peace in
the registration of the names of elec-
tors under tine provisions OF this Act.
All Registry Agents shall have power
to administer oathS or atirmationS,
and do such other acts as may be
necessary 10 fully carry ont the provi-
sions Of this Act.
SEC. ,. The County Commissioners
of the sevcra! counties shall provide
for the Registry Agents, in their re-
Spective counties, when and where re-
quired, all proper and necos ary books
and stationery to carry out the provi-
sions of this Act. They shall furni III
to each Registry Agent book, which
shall be known as the "Otlicial Regis
,i..l, Sl, 1n1 i'm
of suitable dimensions, to provide for
name of each elector, to wit: list
Number oh tho Register. 2d-Date of
registry. 3d-Name of elector. 4th-
Age of eiectOr. 5th-Whcre born.
6th-Numbcr of ward, or name of
electoral district. 7th-Description of
residence. Sth-Certiticatc of naturali-
zatiOn exhibited.
SEC ). 1t shall be the duty of the
Registry Agents, at any time when
called on to do SO, between the hours
of ten A. NJ. and six T. NJ, on all legal
days, from and after the first day of
July, and prior to the twenty first day
of October, prior to any general elec-
tion, and for twenty days prior to clos
ing the Register, (Which shall close ten
days prior to the day of elecion) tor
any special or municipal election pro-
vided for by law, to receive and reg
lister the names of all persons legally
qualified and entitled to vote at such
election, or who will have legally ac-
iuired a residence, (beiny otherwise
qualitied.) and right to voc at such
ensuing election, according to the pro-
visions of law, under which such cleo
ton may he held, in each election dis
trict within their respective townships;
entering on the Official Register, under
the proper heading, the number and
date of registry, the name, with the
first or given name in full, il prac,i-
cable; the age and nativity of the elec-
tor, together With the number OF the
ward or name of precinct, and par
ticular description of the house, build
ing or room in which the elector re-
sides; such as will enable the officer or
person desiring to serve notice OF OBJ
lection to vote, to iiEd the same with
out difficulty; and when the person so
registered shall be of foreign birth, the
fact of the exhibition of or failure to
exhibit his certificate of naturalization,
shall be noted in the column provided
for that purpose; which list, properly
entered as in this section required,
shall be known as the "Oilicial Reg
lister" Of elections of their respective
townships; prOrided, that for ten days
next preceding the day set for closing
the registry before any election men
toned in this Act, said Registry Agents