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

SECTION /. BE il Ordained on ne CUy Co,ui.
eli Of the city Of Dallas That the City Secre.
tnry is hereby constituted the Registrar OF
voters of the CITY of Dallas.
Section 2. The Registrar shall be required
TO take and subscribe to the oath required OF
other officers of the city, and shall procure,
mt the expense of the city, other additional
and suitable books, one for each Ward If nee
essary, In which to register the voters of each
Ward separately, and shall also procure at
the expense of the city, all necessary blank
forms and certificates.
Section 8. Itshall be the duty of the Reg
istrar to keep the registration books open nj
the City Hall, commencing on Wednesday,
March 10, 1876, and to continue until the 30th
day of March, 1875 having his office hours
from o'clock n. m. until D o'clock p. m, of
each day Sundays excepted with an inter.
mission OF one hour at II o'clock m, except
upon Tuesdays and Saturdays, when the
office OF the Registrar shall be kept open un.
I'll So'clock p. m, with an intermisslon of an
hour at O'Clock p. m, and ii shall be the
duty of the Registrar to register upon the
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 came has not
been registered prior to that time, and The
Registrar shall receive for his services three
dollars per day, payable out of the City
Treasury,
Section Every male person not disaual-
ihed by law, who shall have attained the
age of twenty-one years, and is entitled 10
vote for members of the Legislature. md
snail nave resided IN the city of Dallas for
six months, next preceding his application
for registration, shall be entitled To he revis.
tered under this ordinance.
Section o. That when person applies for
registration, If he be known to the registrn.
ton officer to possess the qualifications re-.
CURED In the preceding sections of this ordi-
nance, ms name shall be entered as a duly
registered and qualified voter; should, how
ever, he be unknown TO the registration on.
GER, ana there be present no qualified voter
nm owm 10 ,,e ocer 70 vouch under oath for
shall entertain any doubt, or IL requested nv
any citizen present, he or they shall swaor
the applicant rs TO his right to registration.
II ne swears that he does possess the required
", SinaiincationI,hey being explained to him
MS name shall be registered, but Otherwise
his name shall not be so registered.
Section u. That each voter shall he "a.
quired TO vote in the Ward of his residence
ana no person shall be allowed 10 vote mn,
Tess ms name appears upon the said Ward
books OF registration, provided. that The
managers OF the election shall have author.
NY TO register the names of all persons On.
titled TO register under the ordinances of this
city, ana provided further that the managers
% the electloh can enter upon the registra-
.ion DOCKS OF the Ward in which he offers
his vote the name Of any voter who will nrn.
uuoo 10 Them the certificate of the Reristrar
that his name Is duly entered mon tbe
ward books OF any other Ward as n reg,s.
,ereu voter, ana That since his registration
poses to vote. ' P'''
section Z. That this ordinance shall take
effect and be Ia force from and after its ms.
sage. '''e' no Pas
Approved this LIST day of March. A. d. s7s
Attest: ]. b. HEREFORD, secrctary '""'or'
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