Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-01-30
THE REGISTRATION BILL.
Introduced by Hon. B. H. Hereford 'ih
 the Territorial Council.


 ! SECTION 1. Provides that Justices ! of the Peace shall be ex-officio Reg | istry Agents in their respective town ships. In cases where there Is no ! qualified Justice oi the Peace, or | where election districts are too lar | from the office Of & Justice of the | Peace, the Supervisors of the county
 shall appoint a competent person to
 act as Registry Agent, who shall have power to administer oaths or aff1rma- | tions.
 SEC. 2. Provides that theiSupervis-
 ors shall provide the Registry Agents with all the necessary books and sta
 ticnery to carry out the provisions ol
 this act, and designates the nature oi the Official Register"
 SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the
 Registry Agents, at any time when called on to do so between the hours | of 10 a. m and p. m. on all legal
 days, from and after the lst day of
 July and prior to the goth day ot De- tober prior to any general election, and l for - days prior to closing the reg | ister (which shall close ten days prior to the day of election) for any special
 or municipal election provided for by law, 10 receive and register the names
 of all persons legally qualified and entitled to vote al such election, or
 will have legally acquired residence Cbeing otherwise qualitied) and right
 tC vote at such ensuing election ac-
 cOrding to the provisions of law under which such election may be
 held, in each election district in their
 respective townships, entering on the
 official register under the proper head
 ing, the number and date of registry,
 the name with the first or given name
 in full if piacticable), the age and na-
 tlvity of the elector, together with tie
 number or name of precinct, and a particular description of the house,
 building or room in winch the eleciOr
 resides, such as will enable the officer
 UT person desiring to serve notice of
 objection to vote to find the sane
 without difficulty; and when the per
 son so registered shall be of foreign 1
 birth, the fact of the exhibition of or |
 failure to exhibit his certificate of | naturalization shall be noted Tn the | column provided for that purpose,
 which list properly entered as m this | section required shall be known Gs | the Official Register" of elections of | their respective townships. Provided, | that for ten days next preceding the | day set for closing the registry before | any election mentioned in this act, | said Registry Agents shall also be in | attendance at their respective offices, | and ready tO register the names of ap- | plicants at any tune between the hours | of and 9 o'clock p. m. in addition | to the hours heretofore required in | this section. And provided, further, that If any person shall tall or refuse to give his residence, with the partic- ularIty required in this section, he shall not be registered.
 SEC. 4. Provides for giving suita- able notification to electors by Regis try Agents of the date when the time of registration shall expire, etc.
 SEC. ,. Provides that persons ap- plying to be registered shall take the following oath, provided that he shall not have taken such oath at the time of any previous registrations: '' do solennly swear tor affirm) that 1 am a citizen of the United States tor that l have declared my intentions 10 be- come a citizen); that l am of the age of twenty-One years, and will have actually and not cOnstructively re- sided Tn this Territory six months, and in the county thirty days, next preceding the day of the ensuing cleo ton tor Tn case of municipal election such length of time as may be re- quired by the act of incorporation, and that l am not registered else where in this Territory, sU help me God Cor under the pains or penalties of peuury.D
 SEC. 6. Provides that when any person shall apply for registration, if he is not known by the Registry Agent 10 be duly qualified, or if he be challenged by a qualified elector of the county ho shall state his grounds of challenge), he shall be required to answer under oath the following ques. tions:
 " "First-Are you citizen of the United States, or have yOa declared your intentions to become a citizen: Second-Are you now or will you be twenty-one years of age prior to the day of the next ensuing election Third-On the day of the next ensuing election will you have actually, and not construcuvely, resided in this Territory six months, and in this county thirty days tor in this city - days or - months, as provided by the Act of Incorporation next pre- ceding the day of sad election | Fourth-Are you resident of the district in which you propose 10 be registered? Fifth-Are you reg. istered for this electoral year in any other district in the name you have now given, or in any other name?'
 The applicant shall answer the above questions in the affirmative, with the exception of the fifth, as we'll as an swer satisfactorily such questions as the Registry Agent may deem neces- sary. The balance of this section pro vides that an electOr may, if necessary, apply to the District Court for a writ of mandamus to compel the registra- | ton of his name; that any qualified clector may apply for writ of man. damus to compel the ensure from the registered list of the name Of any per e son thereon whom he may know is not L. qualified elector; that the term resident shall mean person who has resided or will have resided SIX q months continuously before the day of c election; that the electoral year shall a on January 1 that person C registered for election within an cleo c toral year shall be deemed registered tor all subsequent elections in the $ same year where the registration qusl ifications shall continue the same; and a that a person deemed registered shall be subject in all cases to be excluded | from the registry by reason of change ! of residence or other causes, as pro- V vided in this Act.
 SEC. :. When a person shall apply for registration his certificate of natur- llization or his .' declaration of in- U