The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-03-06
LAWS OF rME
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

a subscription by said county TO The capital
stock Of the NatcheE, Jackson and Columbus
Railroad Company should be submitted TO the
voters OF said county at an early day aud
WHEREAS, IL Is represented that the present
registration books of said county are exceed
iugly inaccurate and imperfect. containing
the names Of hundreds OF deceased persons.
hundreds of persons who have removed from
the county, hundreds Of persons who are reg
IS cred in election districts in which they do
not now reside and in which they cannot vote
and many WIN are not now legal voters under
the laws Of MississippI SO that il is impossi-
bic IN the present condition of said books 10
ascertain with auy degree Of accuracy what
is the will of the people of sail county AS TO
the question of subscription or no subscription
TO the capital stock OF said railroad company;
and,
WHEREAS II is desired by said TAX. payers
and voiers that there should be a new and
complete registration Of the qualified voters
or sad county and also an early election 10
determine whether OF not the county of Kinds
by the president of its board of supervisors.
shall subscribe to the capital stock of said
railroad company in such sum and On such
conditions as the said company and the requi-
site number Of taxpayers of said county may
ass and,
WHEREAS Owing to the aforesaid condition
OF said registration books il is public dcsii-
erntum aud necessity in said county that
there should be a new general and complete
registration Of all the qualified voters OF said
county for use In future elections; therefore,
SECTION /. BE il enacted by the Legislntureut
the State of Mississippi, That there shall be "A
new, general and complete registration of all
persons entitled, under the Constitution aud
laws OF this state, 20 vote AZ any election i'm said
Kinds county, and said registration shall be
held at each Of the voting places or precincts
of said county eff Kinds on the first Moudny
and Iuesday Of the month Of August A y.
1873, between the hours of seven o'clock A. NJ
and SIX o'clork =. ". And the public printer
shall on or before the first day of July A. H.
ISIS transmit aud deliver to the clerk Of the
chancery court of said county "A number Of
blank books of the kind and character men
toned and described IN section tour { ~ Of an
act entitled, an act TO provide for the rrgistra-
uou OF voters, amending aud repeating the
laws relating thereto, and for other purposes,
approved April I, 4. ID. 1876, sufficient 10 sup
ply each voting place or precinct in said coun-
~ with one blank book. and shall be compcn-
stated therefor as provided ia said act, and IL
such public printer should fail TO furnish such
b anS books or Il sufficient number, as afore-
SAID; the board o. supervisors of said county
shall for hwith furnish the same and the
county board Of registration Of said county
shall prepare and assign said blank books as
provided IN section five (5) of said act.
SIC. ,. BE il further enacted, That the said
county board Of registration ghall give TT
leas thirty days notice of the time and places
of such registration by publishing the same
In some public newspaper published in said
county, and by posting notices in at least one
OF the most public places in each election dis
trict IN said county.
county board of registrati n, shall, for the
purpose Of making the general registration
herein provided tor, at sometime, not less than
ten days before said first Monday in August
appoint for each voting place or box in said
county three ~ persons of like qualifications
with themselves, who shall constitute "A board
Of regIst alton for such voting place or box
except for the box or voting place nj yhicu
said county board Of registration usually set
for the purpose Of holding elections And the
president Of said county board of registration
shall administer to the persons appointed,
the oath of office prescrI bed bV the Cunstitu-
ton of this State for other officers and the.
said several boards Of registration shall be
composed Of persons not all Of the same polt-
iCal party.
SEC. f. Be il further enacted. That each Of
said boards of registration shall, on said first
Monday and Tuesday of August 1878 and
within and during said prescribed hours of
sald days, ST at the voting place or box, TO
which such board has been appointed as afore-
said, and make faithful and complete regis
tratlon, in the manner hereinafter prescribed,
of all the qualified voters entitled TO register
at such voting place, who may appear before
them for that purpose, examining ana admin
lstering TO each voter the oath, duly sub
scribed by he aflant or by his mark when he
Is unable to write, and attested by one Of said
board, and shall require each voter 10 stare
under oath in what election district Of the
county he resides at the time of registering
and ia what portion Of such district, and if
resident OF any incorporated city or town, in
what ward of said city or town and his occu-
pati n and where prosecuted, and # IN the
employ of any one, whom, where, and the ma
ture OF such employment. That the answer Of
the voter shall be entered by such board I'M
der the appropriate heads as well as the num-
Der and name Of the voter the date thereof
and whether white or cOlored As soon as the
registration at such voting place or box shall
have been completed, the board Of registra-
ton for such voting place or box shall attach
the following certificate to the registration
book therfcr: I'VE, the board Of regi, tratiun
. h, l. u u III
place or box, or ward, as the case may be, Is
usually designated do hereby certify that
the foregoing Stating the number) pnges con
tain the names of Stating the number) voters
numbered from one to tstating number) con-
secutively and inclusively, registered at here
insert the name by which the voting place or
box or ward, as the case may be, is usually
designated in supervisors district No -
county Of Kinds, Mississippi. Given un-
der our hands this DIN Of ---- A. |
d. 1873 Which certificate shall be written |
under the name Of the voter last
in the registration book Of such !
voting place or box. copy Of said regstra-
ton book, or any part thereof, certified to as |
a correct copy under the hand and seal Of Of |
ice OF the chancery clerk Of said county, shall I
be evidence IN all the courts and in all pro-
ceedings civil or criminal, in this State the |
same as n the original were produced and !
their genuIneness duly proven, and shall be |
PR ma facie evidence that the voter made the |
evidence under oath written opposite his |
name
SEC 5. Be it further enacted. That if m
any time, not ess than forty DAYS prior /
he petition provided for in section IL |
Of act entitled, "an act to incorpo- |
rate the, Natchez aud Jackson Railroad |
Company, approved July II, 1870 shall be |
presented to the president of the board Of SUI /
pervisors Of said Kinds county, an election \
shall be held by said board Of registration |
for the purpose Of voting for or against /
10 the capital stock Of said rail |
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petition. on said first Monday and Tuesday in /
August 1878 and within and during said /
hours Of registration and cOHtempOraneously |
herewith and in the manner hereinafter Dro- /
vided the president Of said board Of supervi- |
sOrs shall give notice Of said election as pro- /
ylded in said section IL. Said election shall /
be held and conducted at each Of said voting /
places, or boxes by the board Of registration |
fore provided and each of said boards shall |
appoint two clerks to assist il in conducting
said election. Ii shall be the duty Of the |
board OF registration at each precinct upon
aud imme diately after registering each voter
10 receive and deposit his ba lot in the ballot |
box, and check his name upon the registration
book. Upon the closing OF the registration and |
voting on first said Tuesday of August 1879 il
count the ballots which may have been cast
for or H'against' said subscription and
lpon the completion Of such count TO make
return thereof to the county board Of registra- |
ion, who, after compiling and. verifying the
several returns, shall certify the result and
return the same into the Office Of he clerk of
he board of supervisors Of said county, and
said result shall be entered upon the minutes
If the said board Of supervisors at any general
lr called meeting thereof Said election and
subsequent proceedings shall be conducted in
Ill respects as other elections are in said
county except as herein otherwise provided
SEC. 8. Be itfurther enacted That il il shall
appear that two-thirds of all the qualified
voters of said county have voted at said cleo
ion, For subscription it shall be the duty
If the president OF said board Of supervisors
o subscribe to the capital stock Of said rail
'oad company and 10 execute bonds to said
company provided in section II of said
act to incorporate the Natchez and Jackson |
Railroad Company.