The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-04-13

SECTION 1. Belt enacted By the Legislature OF
tie State of Mississippi, That the Governor,
or the person upon whom the powers and duties
Of Governor have devolved, and the President
pro tempore Of the Senate, or when the Presl-
dent p10 teu1p0re of the Senate shall, under the
Constitution and laws of the State, become GOV
ernor, the permanent presiding officer OF the
Senate, and the Secretary of State be and are
hereby appointed a State Board OF Reglstra-
ton.
SEC. 2. BE 1t further enacted, That is (it)
shall be the duty of such State Board of Reg
istration, on or before the first Monday in June,
A. d., 1876, and annually thereafter, to appoint
in each county in the State, three persons, as a
county board of registration, who shall be fit
and competent men, and they are hereby con-
stituted peace officers with full power and au-
thority to preserve the peace while in the dis
charge Of their duties as registrars, and they
shall take the oath of office prescribed by the
Constitution of this State for other officers.
All of said county board Of registration shall
not be members of the same political party.
The county board of registration appointed as
aforesaid, shall hold their office for the period
of one year from the first day of June, A. d.,
1876, and until their successors are appointed
and qualified; Pr0Uided, that the State Board
Of Registration may, at any time, for good and
sufficient causes remove any one or more of the
county board of registration, and may fill any
vacancy occurring therein; such appOintee or
appointees to hold their office for the term
which was unexpired at the time at which they
were appointed. That the State Board of Reg
istratiOn shall transmit their certificate of the
appointment of the county board of registra-
ton to the chancery clerk of the proper
county, who shall, free Of cost record the same
in the book kept for the registration Of deeds,
and copy of such record, certified under the
hand and seal of such chancery clerk, shall be
evidence of such appointment in all proceed
lngs, civil or criminal, in any of the courts of
this State. That if the State Board of Regis
tration shall fail by the first Monday in August,
1876, and annually thereafter to appoint the
county board of registration, then, and in
that case, the board of supervisors of the
county may appoint county board of regis
ratlOn; Pr0U9ded, That in making the appoint
ments aforesaid, all Of the county board of reg
lstration shall not be members of the same DO
Htical party
SEC. 3. Be 1t further enacted, That the
county board Of registration shall, on or before
the first Monday in September, 1876, and an,
nually thereafter, divide each supervisors dis
trict Of the county into election district defin-
ing the same where more than one election
district is established in supervisors district
by metes and bounds, and shall establish in
each election district one voting precinct
which shall be the only voting precinct in
which such election district and shall desio
nate such election district by the name of the
voting precinct if it have one, if not, by some
name designating the locality selected: Pyo
gided, That if after the year 1876 any county
board OF registration shall fail to divide and
define such election district and to designate
the voting precinct therein. then the election
ustrcts ana voting precinct previously defined
and designated, shall remain until changed
That the county board of registration shall APP
point period Of not less than two. nor more
imam i've days for the qualified voters of each
elecuon district to appear for registration at
the voting precinct for each election district.
terminating such registration at the county
seat not longer than five days before any gen.
eral election, and shall give at least two weeks
nouce OF the time and place of such repistra
ton, by publishing the same in some nublic
newspaper published in the county. and bv
posting notices OF the same in at least one of
the most public places in each election dis
ulct In the county; and if no public neWspa-|
per be published in the county, then by post
ing houces OF the same in at least ten of the
most pubic places therein; and at the time
ana places as published, and during the bust
ness hours OF the day, one of said county board
OF registration, to be designated as hereinafter
ProViued, snail proceed to examine and admin
le'1I me oatIl, duly subscribed by the afiant,
or oy ms mark ,swhen he is unable to write
ana attested by such registrar, and TO REGISTER
each VoCer IN the form and manner hereinafter
prescribed. NO person convicted of bribery
perjury forgery or other infamous crime, shall
De registered; Proeided, That in the counties
W Wn simpson, omlth, Jones, Covington, Greene,
wayne, Ierry, Marion and Pearl, the county
poard OF registration shall not appoint longer
tlne imam two days nor less than one day, for
registering the qualified voters in each election
district III said counties
:, DEC f. BE 1t further enacted, That the pub
nc nc printer shall Immediately proceed to have
plank books prepared of large paper, and of
sulllclen i1 number of pages therein that the
names OF voters, under the printed heading of
the oath required by article 7, section 8 of the
constitution ION OF the State of Mississippi That