The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-08
AM ORDINANCE
To Provide for the Registration
of Voters.

SECTION |. Be ID Ortluincd by Mc Cdy COM
cHW me CHy Of DdiiaS, That the City Seer.
! tary is hereby constituted the Registrar OIL
voters the City of Dallas.
Section Q. The Registrar shall be Required
to take and subscribe to the oath requiredOl
other officers of the city, and shall procure,
! at The expense of the city, other additional
ana suitable looks, one for each Ward ifnee'
essary, in which to register the voters Of each
| Ward separately, and shall also procure, a.
the expense of the city, all necessary blank
forms and certificates.
Section 3. 1t shall be the duty of theReg'
istrar to keep the registration books open at
the City Hall, commencing on "Wednesday,
March 10, 1915, and 20 continue until the %h
day of March, 1873, having his office hours
from o'clock a. m. until O'Clock p. IN OIL
each day Sundays excepted), with an inter
mission of one hour at II O'Clock M, except
upon Tuesdays and Saturdays, when ibe
office OF the Registrar shall be kept open W.
VI O'Clock p; M, with an intermiSsiOn olsn
hour NJ o'clock p. M, and 1t shall be The
duty OF the Registrar to register upon ihe
registration books OF each Ward in The city
the name OF every person entitled TO vote
thereon upon his application TO the Reg
istrar, and provided that his rame has not
been registered prior TO that time. and The
heg,strar snail receive for his services three
collars per day, payable out of the ClV
| Treasury.
Section Every male person not disqual.
lhed by law, who shalt have attained De
| aye OF twenty-0ne years, and is entitledl9
vote FOR members Of the Legislature, aud
snail have resided In the city of DallasM
SIX non,hs, next preceding his applicauGn
Tor registration, shall be entitled to be regis
| tered under this ordinance.
section D. That when person appliesM
registration, If he be Known to the regisln
ton officer to possess the qualifcationslr
CURED in the preceding sections OF this ol1 .Ir
nance llla mama shall hn entered as duly
registered and qualified voter; should, nov
ever, he be unknown to the registration OM
Ger, and there be present no qualified vos ,,
Known to the officer TO vouch under 0atnI@
the applicants qualification, or If the o1lce
shall entertain any doubt, or II requestedW
any citizen present, he or they shall swear
the applicant as to his right to registraon,
IL he swears that he does possess the requrd
qualiflcation-they being explained to him.
Ills name shall be registered, but otherw~
his name shall not be so registered.
section Q. That each voter shall be fs'
quired to vote in the Ward of his residenss
and no person shall be allowed TO voeu w
less MS name appears upon the said VIM inv
books OF registration, provided. that ".
managers of the election shall have author
lty to register the names of all persons en-
Titled to register under the ordinances OF lps
,lty, and provided further that the managen
)f the election can enter upon the reglsnsa,
Ion books OF the Ward in which he ene,'
us vote the name of any voter who VIII Pr
luce TO them the certificate of the ResislIS,
hat his name is duly entered upon ". ".
Ward books OF any other Ward as reg
cred voter, and that since his registrausus
has removed 10 the Ward where hep'V
,oses to vote. ,
Section Z. That this ordinance shall lan
fleet and be Ia force from aud after us y"
age. .,
Approved this LIST day of March, A. d. ~"
w. l.. CABELL, MayV'
Attest. J. b. HEREFORD, Secretary.
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