The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-23

tory" There are no laws of the
United States other than the one
from which we have quoted, bearing
on the subject, save the general
statute in reference to the election
of territorial delegates; hence the
Commissioners must be guided by
the territorial law. This last men
toned law provided that in
1878 the assessors or their
deputies should "visit every
dwelling in each precinct, and
make careful inquiry as to any OF
all persons entitled to vote" and
upon the person taking a certain
prescribed oath. TO register him OF
her. That was the registration, and
the law provides for no other. An.
nually thereafter, at the time of
making the assessment for taxes,
the assessor is Ito take up the
transcript of the next preceding reg
istration list, and proceed to the
revision of the same, and for this
purpose he shall visit every dwelling
house in each precinct, and
make careful inquiry if any
person, whose name is on his list,
has died, or removed from the pre-
clnct, or is otherwise disqualified as
voter of such precinct, and if soto
erase the name therefrom, or
whether any qualified voter resides
therein, whose name is not on his
list, and if so to add the same
thereto" During the week COM
mencing the first Monday in June,
the assessor at his Office, is to enter
on his list the name of any voter
that may have been omitted, ON such
voter appearing and complying with
the provisions as noted above. The
list having been completed by the
assessor, is turned over to the clerk
of the county court, but for the pur-
pose of revision for the delegate
election the assessor "shan, during
the week commencing the second
Monday in September in 1873, and
every second year thereafter, enter
the names of voters" as was done
the first week in June. The regis
tration was made in 1878, and the
lists will stand till doOmsday, unless
the law should be changed, the only
alterations being such as are made
annually during the yearly assess
ment, and biennially IN September
for the November election. The
Commissioners have no authority to
order new registration. If they
decide to hold an election in August
the situation would be the same, for
only the old lists could be used. The
list might be made up entirely of
names of those ineligible TO vote,
and the Commission could make no
change. There is a way pro-
yided for getting rid of the
names of ineligible voters, and |
It will not be closed now. If
anyone has an idea shat
whose name is on the list
IS not entitled to vote. it is an easy
matter to make his objection known
and have the question settled.
The Commissioners have simply
followed the plain letter of the law,
and in doing so have earned the
of all good citizens.
Abuse under such circumstances is
in fact praise, for it is the censure Of |
the yenal and wicked, which all |
honest men are proud of. We do not
that the Commissioners
will be much hurt by the condem-
nation they have received from the
nor do we believe they |
will suffer much from the abuse /
hat is in store for them if they
shall perform their duty fairly and
honestly. They are not tender
FEET" they have no political capital
% make in Utah, cannot be hurt by
g country newspaper may
'ay against them, and will never
suffer from doing right.