The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-10-15
REGISTRATION BILL FOR COBB COUNTY

SECTION |. BE 1t enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State of Georgia, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the same.
that from and after the passage Of this Act,
| the lax Collector of the county of Cobb.
shall be by virtue of his office, the Registrar
OF said county and shall take an oath. faith
fully TO discharge the duties imposed bv this
Act 1t shall be his duty as such Registrar,
to register all persons applying who are le-
gally qualified to vote, in the following man
ner Said Registrar shall stamp or write
the word registered upon the tax receipt
OF the person registering, and also upon the
stub IN bis book OF tax receipts His book
| for registering shall be closed ten DAYS be-
fore each election. All persons voting shall
vote in the district in which they reside. and
for which they are registered All applica-
tons to register must be in person, and no
person shall be registered, unless he is a
| citizen of the United States, and has resided
in the State of Georgia one year preceding
the next coming election, and has resided in
Cobb county six months, and is twenty-one
years of age, or will be before said election
and has paid all taxes which, since the
| adoption OF the Constitution of 1871 has
been required of him, and which he has had
a reasonable opportunity to pay except for
the year of the election 1t shall be the
duty Of said Registrar, Immediately upon
the close Of his books, to make out alpha
betical lists of the registered voters for each
district in said county, and turn the same
over to the Ordinary Of said county.
See, 2, BE it further enacted, That the
said Ordinary of said county, shall cause to
be printed said alphabetical lists OF such vo-
! tiers so registering and shall cause to be fur
nished to the managers OF each election pre-
clnct copies of the lists for the district in
which they sit, which lists shall first be ver-
| fed from the registered list before being
| turned over to said managers, and the said
managers shall not permit any person to
vote at said election whose name does not
appear on said lists, unless it should appear
! that such person Offering to vote was over
| sixty years of age and owns no property liza
| bic to taxation under all the pains and
penalties prescribed by law, for illegal 70
| ting and that any person voting at any one
OF sad elections, without having been regis
| tered as aforesaid or vino shall vote in the
name OF some person appearing on said
lists other than his own name, shall be pun
ished as is prescribed in section 1910 OF the
! Code of lSS2; Provided that any person who
presents his tax receipt with the word 'rer-
| lstered' stamped or written on it by the
said Registrar, shall be entitled to vote in
the district of his residence, although his
name does not appear on the lists in the
| hands OF the managers OF said elections.
| Provided however, that If the stamping, or
writing of the word registered upon the
tax receipts has been done after the time for
the closing Of the registration, the said vote
| shall be Illegal, and the voter and any and
| all persons engaged III the illegal stamping,
or writing shall be subject to all the pains
| and f5ae bod I'm. ilin,r,1
| Sec g. Be it further enacted by the au-
| thority aforesaid, That the amount of com
pensation for the services, to be thus rem
dered by the Registrar, shall be three cents
for each name appearing on said lists, to be
paid from the county Treasury, on the or
der Of the Ordinary The actual cost for
| printing registration books and other legti-
mate expenses, shall be paid from the coun-
ty Treasury OH the order of the Ordinary.
The Ordinary shall be paid for his services
| such sum, as the Grand jury of the county
may recommend, not exceeding twenty-five
dollars every two years
See. 1. Be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That when two or more
elections occur, within one hundred and ten
days of each other, the registration lists for
the first shall be used in the succeeding cleo
tons Provided that the Registrars books
shall be kept open up to ten days before the
elections, and supplemental lists made out
and used In the manner prescribed in this
Act for the original registration.
Sec. ). Be it further enacted That in
case any person who shall have registered
under the provisions Of this Act, ana who
Shall move from the Militia district of his
residence to some other militia district in
said comfy, on making OATH that he has
registered, N terms OF this Act, in the dis
trict from which he moved, and that he
would have been entitled to vote in said dis
trict from which he moved under the pro-
| visions of this Act had he remained in the
same, shall be entitled to vote in such dis
hict in which he may be living at the time
Of making such oath.
See. s. Be it further enacted by the ar-
thority aforesaid, That in case said Regis
trar shall refuse to all ow any person to reg
ister offering to register, entitled to register
under the provisions of this Act, shall be
punished as is prescribed i'll section 1910 Of
the Code of 1882
Sec, l. BE it further enacted by the au-
thority aforesaid, That should any person
fail to pay his tax and register before the
close Of the books Of the Tax Collector, for
the collection of the tax, an execution shall
issue against such person for his tax, and
be turned over to the Sheriff Of the county
for collection, such person shall have the
right to pay off said tax execution, and on
| payment Of the same it shall be the duty of
the Sheriff to give him IA receipt for the
same, specifying in the receipt the year for
which the tax is paid and the Sheriff shall
also write, or stamp the word registered
on such receipt; Provided such person is a
| legal voter in accordance with the provis-
| ions of section first of this bill and keen a