The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1880-10-30
Law on Elections.
QUALIFICATIONS.

Every male citizen of the United States {;
and every male citizen of Mexico, who
shall have elected to become citizen of
the United States under the Queretaro
treaty of 1913, and the Gadsden treaty of
1854; and every male person who shall
have declared, on oath, before competent
court of record, his intention to become Il
citizen of the United States, aud shall have
taken an oath to support the Constitution
and Government of the United States, of
the age of twenty one years, who shall
have been resident of the Territory one
year next preceding the election, and the
County or Precinct, In which he claims
his vote, ten days, and whose name is en-
oiled on the Great Register of such
County, shall he entitled to vote at all
elections which are now or may be here
after authorized by law.
REGISTRATION.
The Great Register must show: The
name at length; the age, ommltting the
fractions of wears: the country of nativity;
the place of residence. giving the pre-
cinct; the time and place of declaration of
intention, or of naturalization; date of
registration.
No persons name must be registered
unless: Upon certificate of registratioh
in another County, showing that such reg
istration has been Cancelled, and upon
proof. by affidavit of the party, that he is
an elec:or of the County in which he seeks
to be registered; upon production Of his
certificate of naturalization, or intention
or upon his affidavit of its loss, together
with the affidavit OF registered voter to
the effect that the applicant has resided in
Arizona for one year next preceding the
time of application, and is reported and
believed to be citizen or to have declared
his intention to become one, and afhdaVlt
of the party that he is an elector OF the
County; upon production of a certified
COPY of his fathers certificate or upon the
same proof as in the preceding subdivision,
in case the party claims citizenship by vlr-
tue Of his fathers natura lization during
his own minority; in other cases upon the
affidavit of the party that he Is an electof
of The County.
REGISTERING OFFICERS.
Every Justice of the peace is a register
ing officer; the board of supervisors shall
appoint registering officer in every pre-
cinct that has no justice of the peace,
A statement of the date of presentation
and his action thereon shall be endorsed
and signed by the registering officer on
every certificate of naturalization or inten-
ton presented to him.
Registering officers will return to the
County Recorder certified copy Of their
registration entries, and all athdavits made
for procuring such registration.
No person must he registered in one
County while his registration remains un-
cancelled in another.
ELECTION.
The polls shall be opened at eight
O'Clock in the morning. and be closed at
sunset. A recess of one hour may be taken
at any time before three O'Clock: but the
ballot box shall not be removed from the
room nor from the presence of the Election
Board.
The person offering to vote must manu-
his ballot to the Inspector or to one o'
the Judges acting as Inspector, ana ""-
nounce his name and the number alilAeo
to ii on the printed copy of the hegis''''
| if his name is thereon,
The Inspector, or Judge acting as suc"'
must receive the ballot. ana eei"re ue-
posting it in the ballot-box, must' IN an
audible tone of voice, anHonnce the name
| and registered number, if there oe one' Oh