Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-10-02
DAILY SENTINEL.
AN a
Provide S0r she Registration Of
she Names Of Electors. and 10
Prevent IPaWsl ut Elections.
Approved March 5, 1853.

u AeSPtc ~ 6o ctute ~ Neeedu'
represented in Senate and Assem-
by. 40 enact as foiioms:
SECTION /. The Justices of the
Peace of the several connties of the
State, shall be cr-g6fcio the Registry
Agents of their respective townships;
and, as such, their powers and duties
shall be as hereinafter provided in this
Act; prortded, that in any township
where, from any cause, there shall lie
no Justice of the Peace duly commits
stoned aud qualified. or where an cleo
ton district may be situated too dis
tant from the office of the Justice of
the Peace of said township, the Com
missioners OF the county in which said
election district is located. ma ap-
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-
Stric;ions as Justices of the Peace in
the registration of the names of cleo
tors under the provisions of this Act.
All Registry Agents shall rave power
to administer oaths or athrmationS,
and do such other acts as nay be
necessary TO fully carry out the provi-
sions of this Act.
SEC. .. The County Commissioners
of the several! counties shall provide
for the Registry Agents. in their re-
spective counties, when and where re-
quired. all proper and neces ,ary books
and stationery to carry out the provi-
sions of this Act. They shall furnish
to each Registry Agent a book, which
shall be known as the Official Regis
ter" which shall be ruled in columns
of suitable dimensions, TO provide for
A. - ,,.-~ th.
name of each e%lector, to wit: list
Number on the Register. 2d-Date of
registry. 5d-Name of elector. 4.h-
Age of elector. 5th-Where born.
6th-Number of ward, or name of
electoral district. 7th-Description of
residence. Sth-Certificate OF natulali-
zation exhibited.
SEC. ). 1t shall be the duty of the
Registry Agents, al any time when
called on TO do SO, between the hours
of ten A. NJ. and six p. NJ, on all legal
days. from and after the first day of
July. and prior to the twenty-tirst day
of October. prior to any general cleo
ton. and for twenty days prior TO clos
ing the Register, (Which shall close ten
days prior to the day of election) for
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 at such
election, or who will have legally ac-
quired 4 residence, being otherwise
qualified and right to vote at such
ensuing election, according to the pro-
visions of law. under which such cleo
ton may be 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 practi-
cable:) the age and nativity of the cleo
tor. together with the number of the
ward or name of precinct, and Il par
ticular description of the house, build
ing or room in which the elector re-
sides: such As will enablethe officer or
person desiring To serve notice of OBJ
lection to vote, to iiEd the anne 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
Tor that purpose; which list, properly
entered As in this section required,
shall be known AS the "Otficial Reg
ister" 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
shall also be i'll attendance at their re-
Spective offices, and ready to register
the names of applicants at any time
between the hours of seven and nine
O'Clock p. NJ, in addition to the hours
heretofore required in this section; and
pr0uided further, hat if any person
shall fail or refuse to give his residence,
with the particularly required in this
section, he shall not be registered.
SEC. 4. Registry Agents shall cause
10 he published i'll a newspaper pub
,ished in their county, or if none be 50
published, then i'll the newspaper pub
lished nearest to their county-seat, for
twenty days before the expiration of
the time provided for regi>tra-
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 OF municipal
election. a notice to the effect that the
time for the registration of the names of
the qualified electors in election dis
iricts rumber-of township number
-, prior to the ---e election,
Specifying the election) to be held on
the = day of --,A A. D. IS,
for the county of --,( COR city
Off,, will expire at six O'Clock
P. NJ, on the - day of ---, A.
l.. IS. The publication of said notice
shall continue until the expiration Of
the time provided for said regi,tra-
ton; prorided, that in remote or new
and sparsely settled districts written
notices posted at not less than five CON
s~picuous places within said district,
ma be substituted for the publication
in a newspaper.
SEC. 5. Every person applying to
be registered, shall, before he shall be
entitled to have his name registered,
take and subscribe the following oath
or affirmation, which shall be admins
tered by the Registering Agent; pro-
tidcd, that no elector who has taken
said oath at the time OF his previous
registration in this State shall be re-
Juired to do so the second time, to wit:
/ do solemnly swear Tor affirm that /
am a citizen of the United States, that
l am of the age of 81 years, and will
have actually and not c~onstructively
resided in this State six months, and in
the county thirty days, next preceding
the day of the next ensuing election
fOr in case of a municipal election,
such length of time as may be re-
quired by the Act of Incorporation),
and that / am not registered elsewhere
in this State. So help Inc God. lOr I'M
tier the pains and penalties OF perjury
Whenever an oath is required by the
provisions of this Act, the electOr shall
swear according to the form of his re-
ligious faith or belief, and i'll such
as may be considered most
obligatory on his conscience.
SEC. 9. When any person shall ap-
pear and demand t 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, eitller-Iinder oath or not, as to
his qualifications as an e~lector, and if
satisfied, shall enter his name in the
Registry. But if the Registry Agent
shall not be fully satisfied, or if the