Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-09-29

heretofore required in this section; and
propided further, that if any person
shall fail or refuse to give his residence,
with the particularly required in this
section, he shall not he registered.
SEC. 4. Registry Agents shall cause
to he published in a newspaper pub
lished in their county, or if none be So
published, then in the newspaper pub.
lished nearest to their count y-seat, for
twenty days before the expiration OF
the time provided for registra
ton prior to any general election and
for ten days before the expiration OF
the time provided by law for registra-
ton prior to any special or municipal
election, a notice to the effect that the
time for the registration OF the names oi
| the qualified electors in election dis.
| tricts numbcr--of township number
-, prior to the - election
| (spccifying the slection) to he held on
| the = day of A. d. lS-,
| for the county OF -, Tor city
of)---, will expire at six O'Clock
p. NJ, on the - day of -, A.
d. IS. The publication of said notice
shall continue until the expiration OF
the time provided for said registra-
ton; pr0rided, that i'm remote or new
and sparsely settled districts written
notices posted at not less than i've con-
spicuous places within said district,
may be substituted for the publication
in Il newspaper.
SEC. 5. Every person applying to
be registered, shall, before lie shall he
entitled to have his name registered,
take and subscribe the following oath
or affirmation, which shall he admins
tered by the Registering Agent; pro-
ridcd, that no elector who has taken
said oath at the time of his previous
registration in this State shall be re-
quired TO do SO the second time, to wit:
do solemnly swear (or afli, M that
am citizen of the United States. that
am of the age of u years, and will
have actually and not construc;ivelv
resided in this State six months, and in
the county thirty days, next preceding
the day of the next ens..iny election
(or i'll case of municipal election,
such length OF time as may be re-
quircd by the Act of Incorporatiom,
and that I am not registered elsewhere
in this State. So hel p me God. (Or un-
der the pains and penalties of perjury J
Whenever an oath is required by the
provisions of this Act, the elcctor shall
swear according to the form of his re-
ligious faith or belief, and in such
manner AS may he considered most
obligatory on his conscience.
SEC. e. When any person shall ap-
pear and demand to be registered
whom the Registry Agent shall not
know to be entitled to registry, under
the qualifications required by law for
the election then ensuing, the Registry
Agent may question the applicant gen
orally, either under oath or not, as to
his qualifications as an elector, and if
satisfied, shall enter his name in the
Registry. But if the Registry Agent
shall not be fully satisfied, or if the
applicant be challenged by a qualified
elector of the county, stating distinctly
the grounds OF challenge, the Registry
Agent Shall require the applicant to
answer truly, under oath or ailirma-
lion, the following questions, together
with such other questions as said
Registry Agent may consider neces-
sary and proper. testing his qualilica
tions. as an elcc;or for the ensuing
election, to wit: First-Are YOU "a citi
zen of the United States? Second-Arc
you now or will you be twenty one
Years ofage, prior to the day of the next
ensuing election? Third-On the day of
| the next ensuing election, will you
have actually and not constructively
resided in this State six months, and
in this county thirty days (or in this
city -- days, or - months, as
| provided by the Act of incorporation
next preceding the day of said clcc-
ton? FOurth-Arc you now a resi-
dent of the election district in which
you propose to be registered? Fifth
! Are you registered tor this electoral
| wear in any other election district, in
the name you have now given, or in
any other name? If any of the fore
| going questions shall be answered in
the negative, cXccp: the fifth, or that
i'll the affirmative. the applicant shall
not be registered; but if the
applicant answer all the fore
going questions in the affirmative
except the fifth, and that in the
negative, and the Registry Agent
shall still believe from the answers to
such further questions as he may be
led by circumstances to ask, that the
applicant is not qualified elector, he
said applicant. But such applicant
may then apply to the District Court
of his district, or the Judge thereof, for
Il writ of mandamus to compel the
proper registration of his name in
such election district; and any elector
may also apply to the District Court OF
his district, or the Judge thereof, for /,
writ of mandamuS to compel the Reg
iStry Agent to erase from the registered
list of electors the name of any person
therein registered, whom the applicant
may know, and be able to prove, is not
Il qualified elector; prOridcti, that said
Registry Agent shall have notice and
opportunity to he heard before said
Court, or Judge thereof, and show
cause for his refusal. \ resident
within the meaning of this Act, shall
he construed to mean a person who
has resided or will have resided con-
tinuously within this State, for six
months, and in the precinct, the time
prescribed 10y law, next preceding the
day of the next ensuing election. The
electoral wear shall commence on the
first day of January and end on the
! thiriy-tirst day of December of each
wear. Whenever in the same electoral
year there shall he held in any town.
ship more than one election, general, j.,
special, or municipal, any person reg
istered for any one of such elections,
shall be deemed registered for all sub
seu,ent elections in the same year for
which the residence qualification is in
VIuOct VI W ~ 'C''NN'SS
qualification of the previous election,
and in all cases registration for a mu-
nicipal election shall be deemed reg
istered for any succeeding general cleo
ton in the same year. The person so
deemed registered shall be subject in
all cases to be excluded from the reg
| istry by reason of change OF residence,
or other causes, as provided else
where in this Act
SEC. Z. When naturalized citizen
shall apply for registration, his ceriiti-
Gates Of naturalization must be pro-
duced, and stamped or written in ink
by the Registry Agent, with his name
and the year and county where pre-
sented; but if it shall satisfactorily ap-
pear to the Registry Agent, by oath
or affirmation of the applicant,
| land the oath or affirmation
OF one or more credible citizens, as tn
the credibl;ty OF such applicant, when