Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-09-30

| applicant be challenged by qualified
| elector of the county, stating distinctly
the grounds of challenge. the Registry
Agent shall require the applicant Ia
answer truly, under oath or ailirnla-
iion, the following questions, together
| with such other questions as said
| Registry Agent may consider neces-
sary and proper, testing his q,alifica-
tons as an electOr for the ensuing
election, to wit: First-Are you u citi
zen of the United States? Second-Are
you now or will you be twenty one
years Ofage, prior to the day of the next
ensuing election? Thiri-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 Tor in this
city -- days, or - months, as
provided by the Act of Incorporation)
next preceding the day of said elec-
ton? Fourth-Arc you now a resi-
dent of the election district i'm which
you propose to be registercd9 Fifth
Are you registered tor this electoral
wear in any other election district, in
the name YOU have now given, CIR in
any other name? II any of the fore
going questions shall he answered in
the negative, except the fifth, or that
in the affirmative. the applicant shall
not be registercd; 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 a qualified electOr, he
shall refuse to register the name of
said applicant. But such applicant
may then apply to the District Court
of his district, or the Judge thereof, for
writ of mandamus to compel the
proper registration of his name in
such election district; and any elcctor
may also apply to the District Court of
his district, or the Judge thereof, for II
writ of n,anlamus to compel the Reg
iSiry 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
u qualified elector; p''or'eted, that said
Registry Agent shall have notice and
Court, or Judge thereof, and show
cause for his refusal. \ resident
within the meaning of this Act, shall
lc construed to mean Il person who
has resided or will have resided con-
tnuously within this State, for six
months, and in the precinct, the time
prescribed by law, next preceding the
day of the next ensuing election. The
electoral year shall commence on the
first day of January and end on the
thirty-first day of December of each
wear. Whenever in the same electoral
year there shall I've held in any town
ship more than one election, general,
special. or municipal, any person reg
i>tcr0d for any one Of such elections,
shall be deemed registered for all sub
scquent elections in the same wear for
which, the residence qualification is i'll
cluded in or implied by the residence
qualification of the previous election,
and in all cases registration for mu-
nicipal election shall be deemed reg
i>tcred for any succeeding general elec-
ton il, the same year. The person so
deemed registered shall lie subject in
all cases TO be excluded from the reg
i>try by reason of change OF residence,
or other causes, as provided else
where in this Act.
SEC. I. When ,iaturalized citizen
shall apply for registration, his certiti-
Gates Of naturalization must he pro-
duced, and stamped or written i'm ink
10y the Registry Agent, with his name
and the year and county where pre-
sentcd; but if it shall satisfactorily APP
pear to the Registry Agent, by oath
or affirmation of the applicant,
(and the oath or affirmation
of one or more credible citizens, as to
the credibility of such applicant. when
deemed necessary that such ceriti-
- -, = Ia,
>iroycd or beyond the reach of the a,-
plicant for the time being, said Regis
lrv Agent shall register the name of
said applicant, unless he be hy law
Otherwise Disqualified; prorHdci, that
in ease of failure to produce the cerli-
1icate of naturalization, the Registry
Agent shall PROFOUND to him the fol-
lowing questions: First--In what
wear did you come to the United
States ? Second-In what State, coun-
ty, court and year did you declare
your intention to become citizen :?
Third-In what State, county, court
and wear were you finally admitted to
citizenship? FOurth-Where did you
last see your certificate of na;uraliza-
ton? The answer to the above queS-
tiouS shall be taken down in the form
of an affidavit, which shall be sub
scribed and sworn to by the applicant
and retained in possession by the Reg
istry Agent, and by him handed over
to his successor; prorHfed, that no per-
son shall be required to make the atli-
lavit twice before the same Agent, or
the successor of such Agent, having i'll
his possession former affidavit.
SEC. s. On the day next succeeding
that on which the registration OF elect
orS, prior to any election mentioned IN
this Act, shall have been closed. the
Registry Agents shall, with all reason
ahle expedition, prepare. and canse to
| be written or printed. Il full and com
pcte list OF all the names registered
| by them and then remaining on the
| Official Register. for each election dis
trict, alphabetically arranged. COM
mencing always with the surname of
each; and they shall have printed or
written such reasonable number of
copies of each district list, as in their
| Judgment may be necessary; at
! least five copies of which they
shall cause to be posted up in as
| many public and conspicuous places
within the district to which they APP
! plv, and the remainder of such lists
| Shall be distributed among the elect
ors of the respective districts. The
Registry Agents shall give notice in
said lists, that they will receive objec-
tons to the right To vote, ON
the part of any person so regis
tered, until 6 a'clock z. NJ. on the
! fourth ,lav previous to the day OF cleo
| ton; and, also, requesting all persons
whose names may be erroneou>iy en-
! tered in said lists, toappear at his Office
| and have such error corrected. such
objections to the right to vote shall he
made only by qualified eleclor in
writing, setting forth the ground Of OBJ
.jcc:ion or disqualification, and sworn
/ 10 or affirmed to. to the best of h.>
| knowledge and belief. \ copy OF such
written objections, with the name oi
the "bieetor. together with a copy OF
notice, requiring the person objected
to, to appear before the Registry
| Agent at IA time certain and specified
| therein, and answer under oalh
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