The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-07-20
Regisrratlo,a Law.

Regeneration Jaw.
We call the careful attention of yo-
ters to the following important provis-
ions OF the new registration law. Read
them carefully SO as to be able to regis
ter correctly. The law provides that
the county board of registration shall
on or before the LIST Monday in Septem-
Der. 1876, and annually thereafter, di-
vide each Supervisors district of the
county into election districts, defin,
ing the same, where more than one cleo
tion district is established in q Super,
visor's district by metes and bounds, and
shall establish in each election district
one voting precinct, which shall be the
only voting precinct in such election
district, and shall designate such cleo
ton district by thename of the voting
precinct, if it have one. if not, by some
name designating the locality selected.
The county board of registration
shall appoint a period of not less than
two, o more than five days for the
qualified voters of each election district
to appear for registration at the voting
precinct, terminating such registration
at the county seat not longer than five
days before any general election, and
shall give at least two weeks notice of
the time and place of such registration,
by publishing the same in some public
newspaper published in the county, and
by posting notices of the same in at
least one of the most public places in
each election district in the county
The said county board shall designate
one OF their number to register the vo-
ters in the county who shall, ot the
time and places Of registration, as pub
lished, make o faithful and complete
registration Of all the qualified voters
in the county assigning each COS
ter TO the registration 6ooh Of The
election district Of his residence, and
registering him only while register
ing voters in the election district in
which such voter resides, and shall re-
quire each voter to state, under oath,
in what election district of the county
he resides at the time of registering,
and IN what portion of such district;
and, if resident in any incorporated city
or town, in what ward of said city OF
town, and his occupation and where
prosecuted; and, if in employ Of any
one, where aud the nature of such en-
ployment. That the answer of the vo-
ter shall be entered by the registrar
designated by the county board Of reg
istration, under the appropriate heads,
as we'll as the number and name OF the
voter, the date thereof, and it white or
colored.
Section six provides that st the time
Of the registration. any voter may be
challenged, and If the registrar decides
to register. or refuses to register him,
the party challenging, or the voter who
has been refused registration, may, at
the county site, have such decision re-
viewed by the county board Of registra-
ton, who shall proceed TO hear the tess
timony, and if they believe that the
party has been improperly registered,
they shall erase his name from the reg
is tration book, or if they believe the vo-
ter has beer improperly refused, they
shall registerhim. Atthetime published
for registration ut the comfy site, the
county board of registration shall! regis
ter all quaIified,voters who may present
themselves aud not previously register
ed, whether they be resident in the
election district in which the county
site may be located or not, registering
each voter in the registration book of
the election district Of his residence.
II any person shall swear falsely in
reference to any material matter before
a registrar, or before the board of reg
istration, he shall he guilty of perjury
and if any person shall knowingly regis
ter, or cause his name to be registered
rs an -eleetor except on the registration
book of the election district of his res
idAnce. or shall register, or cause his
name to be registered more than once,
or shall register under different names,
he shall be guilty of a felony, and on
conviction of any person of either or
any of the ofenses mentioned in this
section, said persons hall be punished
by Imprisonment in the peniteutiary
not less than three, 0 more than ten
years.