The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-07
AN ORDINANCE
TO Provide for The Registration
OF Voters.

SECTION |. BE il Ordained on the Ciiy C0ui,.
atV the CHy Of Dallas, That the City Secre-
tary Is hereby constituted the Registrar OF
| voters OF the City of Dallas.
Sectlon z. The Registrar shall be required
TO take and subscribe to the oath required Of
| otner omcers of the city, and shall procure
NJ tne expense OF the city, other additional
] ana suitable hooks, one fOreach Ward If nee
eSsary, In which to registerthe voters of each
ward separately, and shall also procure, OF
the expense of the city, all necessary blank
forms and certificates.
Section 3. ltshall be the duty of the Reg.
istrar to Keep the registration books open at
the City Hall, commencing on "Wednesday,
March Is, 1876 and TO continue until the Nih
day Of March, 1915, having his Office hours
from O'Clock q. IN. until o'clock D. m. OF
each day Sundays excepted), with an Inter.
mission OF one hour at L O'clock M, except
upon tuesdays and SATURDAYS when the
office of the Registrar shall be kept open un
I'll O'Clock p. M, with an intermjssion OF an
hour at O'Clock p. m, and il shall be the
duty OF the Registrar to register upon the
ttStg e oooksof each Ward in the city
the name OF every person entitled to vote
thereon upon his application to the Reg
lstrar, and provided that his name has not
been registered prior to that time, and the
registrar shall receive for his services three
Treasury,
section Every male person not disqual
lneu by law, who shalt have attained the
age OF twenty-one years, and is entitled 10
vote lor members of the Legislature, ana
shall have resided IN the city of Dallas for
slX months, next preceding his application
Tor registration, shall be entitled to be regis
tered under this ordinance.
section D. That when q person applies f0r
registration, IL he be known to the registra'
ton officer to possess the qualifications re-
quired in the preceding sections of this ord.
nance, his name shall be entered as duly
registered and qualified voter; should how
ever, he be unk nown to the registration ON
Ger, and there be present no qualified voter
known to the officer to vouch under oath for
the applicants qualification, or If the officer
shall entertain any doubt, or II requested by
any citizen present, he or they shall swear
II he swears that he does possess the REQUIRED
qualification-they being explained to him
his name shall be registered, but otherwise
his name shall not be so registered
Section Q. That cash voter shall be re-
luired to vote in the Ward of his residence
and no person shall he allowed to vote IN,
ess MS name appears upon the said Warn
BOOKS OF registration, provided, that the
managers of the election shall have author
ny 70 register the names of all persons en,
,itied TO register under the ordinances of tbs
Ivy, ana provided further that the manager
d tne election can enter upon the registrs
lon books OF the Ward in which he eheIs
us vote the name ofany voter who viii pro-
luce to them the certificate of the Registrar
hat his name IL duly entered upon the
Ward books OF any other Ward as o regis,
cred voter, and that since his registration
'oses TO vote.
Section ]. That this ordinance shall take
fleet and be in force from and after It's pas
age.
Approved this LIST day of March, A. u. So
w. l.. CABELL, Mayor
Attest ]. b. HEREFORD, Secretary.
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