The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-08-11

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Id for the purpose of registering said voters,
&c or any other voters that may present
u themselves for registration, before the
e final close of the books for the day.
1t Sec. D. Be it further enacted, That
:. the first general or new registration under
d this Act, shall occur in 1876, and every
b four years thereafter, and any certificates
/ OF registration that may have been pre-
J. vlously issued, shall be, after each sue
/ ceeding registration, null and void in
d other words, whenever there shall be
: general or new registration of voters, no
certificate of registration that may have
t been issued prior to that time, shall be
e valid for any election that may occur after
E said general or new registration.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That
preceding the general election in the year
: 1879. and prior to any general or special
election that may occur in this State be-
tween the periods herein provided for
general registration, it is hereby made |
the duty OF the several Boards of Regis |
trars, in each and every county in this |
State, commencing on the first Monday /
in September, to hold a session of not |
more than two nor less than one day, in
each election precinct or voting place, for
the purpose of revising the registration
lists, and to register such persons as may
have become qualified electors since the
last registration, and to issue certificates
to those who may have lost or mislaid
their certificates of registration, and to
issue certificates to such as may have fail
ed to register at the last preceding regis
| tration, Provided, That, after the Board
of Registrars shall have visited each
election precinct or voting place, as
above provided, they shall hold session
of three days at the county seat or
Court House, ending two days before the
day of the election, for the purpose of
further revising said registration lists and
adding thereto the names of such persons
as may have been omitted in their re-
spective precincts or voting places ;
And Provided further, Thatin conducting
said revision, whether the same be pre- ;
ceding special or general election, the !
registrars shall be governed by the re-
quirements of the third and fourth Sec .
tons of this Act; And Provided further, t
That in any county where the registra- I
ton books have been or may hereafter d
be lost or destroyed, the Registrars shall,
prior to any general or special election
for said county, make general registra-
ten of the legal voters Of their county,
in the manner prescribed by law for a
general registration. t,
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted, That in i.
case of loss or destruction of the registra- f
ton certificates forwarded to any county, 4
it shall be the duty of the Board of Reg \
istration of such county, to provide other Il
certificates, to be paid for by the county a
where the same are furnished. '
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That I
the Registrars shah be governed by the T +
requirements of chapters five and six Of 7
the Revised Code of 1871, and by the re- d
quirements of an "Act to amend the laws v
in relation to registration, and for other L
purposes" approved April 10, 1878, ex- 1
cept so far as they may be in conflict with r.
the provisions OF this Act. 7,
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That I,
nothing contained in this Act shall be S
so construed as to change the present J.
mode Of appointing registrars, and the v
registrars that have already been appoin- "
ted shall continue to discharge their re- y y
spective duties the same as though this =
Act had not been passed. But the Circuit r
Judges, the Chancellors, or the Sheriffs T
shall be, and they are hereby authorized c.
and empowered, for good and sufficient r
reasons, such, for instance, as drunken Il
ness, incOmpetency, neglect of duty, or l.
for any other good cause, to remove any ~
registrars that may have been appointed :
by either of them, and in the appoint A
ment and removal of registrars the said j
Judges, Chancellors and Sherifs shall Je
not act as Board, but separately and "
Provided Tqat each Judge, l.
Chancellor, or Sheriff shall only have "
power to remove the registrar that may =
have beer appointed by him. J..
Sec 10. Belt further enacted, That if NJ
the Judge, Chancellor, or Sheriff, or S.
either of them, should at any time fail, j.
refuse or neglect to appoint the registrars, u
or for any unforeseen reason be rendered ~
unable or incompetent to make such APP A.
pOiutments, tnen in that event the reg !
istrars in each county shall be appointed H
in the following manner, to-wit: One W
to be appointed by the Sheriff of the Z.
County, and the other two to be appoint ::
ed by State Board, to consist of the +.
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, or r,
President of the Senate, the Secretary of s,
State, the uditor of Public Accounts, NJ
and the Attorney-General, a majority of J.
whom shall be sufficient to act and the g
said Sheriffs and State Board, as above ID
constituted shall have the same power to " "
remove registrars as is provided in Sec y
ton of this Act "
SEC. H. Be it further enacted, That J.
Section 344. Article 2, Chapter 5, Re- d
vised Code 1871, be and and the same is J.
hereby repealed, and that each member ; y
of the Board of Registrars be authorized a
to discharge any of the duties of said r
Board. "
Sec y. Be it further enacted, That G.
after the registrars have been appointed, j.
it should appear that they are all of the A
same political party, then in that case u
the registrar appointed by the Sheriff,
shall be removed, and one appointed in
his stead belonging to the political party
different from the other two.
Sec. Is. Be it further enacted, That -
Registrars shall receive three dollars per Of
day each, payable out of the county to
treasury, on the allowance of the Board PIIf
eff Supervisors. ali
Sec. IA. Be it further enacted, That Ii,
all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with Re
the provisions of this act, be and the AZ
same are hereby repealed, and that this IA
Act shall take effect and be in force from fr,
and after its passage. IN
Approved July 81, 1873. IN