The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-03-17

AN relation registration of persons entitled to
vote.
The election districts, heretofore establish
ed by the county board of registration in each
county, shall continue to be the election dis
tricts, unless altered by the Commissioners of
Election of the county, whose duty it shall be
to establish such districts. and alter, and
change the same, from time to time, as may
be proper.
1t shall be the duty of the board of super
visors of each county to cause an entry to be
made on the minutes of the board, at some
meeting, as early as convenient after the pas
sage of this act, defining by metes and
bounds the several election districts in the
county, and suitably designating each of them
and establishing one voting place in each of
said election districts, which election districts
and voting places shall be those heretofore
designated by the county board of registra-
| ton
Each election district shall be either the
district for the election of a member of the
| board Of supervisors, or subdivision of such
district, and there shall not be more than one
voting place in each election district.
The books of registration Of the electors of
| the several election districts in each county,
and the poll books, heretofore made out,
shall be delivered by the county board of reg
istration in each county, if not already done,
| to the clerk of the circuit court of the county,
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records of his office; and the poll books shall
be delivered in time for every election to the
commissioners of election, and after the cleo
ton, shall be returned to the said clerk
The clerk of the circuit court of each county
shall register on the registration book of the
election district of the residence of such per-
son any one entitled to be registered as an
elector, on his appearing before him, and
taking and subscribing the oath required by
| article seven and section three of the C0nsti-
tuition of this State, and printed at the top OF
the pages of the registration books, which sub
scription of the oath aforesaid, shall be by the
person writing his name mark in the proper
column of said book.
No person shall be registered for any other
election district than that in which he resides
at the time; and when an elector duly regis
tered, shall change his residence to another
election district in the same county, he may
be registered in the election district to which
he has removed, by appearing before the clerk
of the circuit court of the county and request
ing him to erase his name from the register OF
electors in the election district of his former
residence, and to place it on that of his present
residence, which said clerk shall do
No person who has been convicted oil
bribery, perjury, forgery, grand larceny or any
felony, shall be entitled to be registered, or il
registered, the name of such person shall be
erased from the book of registration on which
it is found by the clerk of the circuit court
Whenever any person shall be convicted in
any circuit court of any of said crimes, said
clerk shall thereupon erase the name of such
person from the book of registration. And
whenever any person shall be convicted o.
any of said crimes IN any other court in any
county, the presiding judge thereof shall certify
the fact in writing to said circuit clerk, who
shall thereupon erase the name of such person
from said book and file said certificate as :
record Of his Office.
a full pardon shall restore any person
whose name has been stricken from the regis
ter of qualified electors, or who has been de
Inied registration because Of conviction Of an,