Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-11
OUR LOCAL AFFAIRS.
SOME POLITICAL POINTS.
A f,,st 90 Registrars About Persons mo'iss
IN the Ciy Personal, kc.

A HiSt 90 Registrars About fefsohs "o''"s
In the City Personal, kc.
Attention Of registrars is called 10
the following provision of low
The Common Council or Board o.
Trustees of each city and town having
more than five thousand Inhabitants
shall appoint for each ward as many
yoting-places or precincts as they may
deem necessary. and shall prescribe and
cause to be published the boundaries OF
such voting places or precincts, and no
voter shall cast his ballot save at the
voting-place Of the precinct wherein he
lives: provided, however, that every
person offering to vote shall have been
aresident Of the ward in which he offers
to vote for thirty days next preceding
any election at which he offers to
vote prorided that ,rhen any rofer re-
mores from oss tcard TO another Nth
IN thirty days Of an election IL shdH De
lawful for him 10 rote IN the Tdrd
from which he remoped until he has dc-
CURED the right to rote an the irard TO
schiok he remorss provided that IN
case of the lawful change or rearrange
ment of wards it shall be the duty Of
the registrar Of each ward to transfer
ut once. and without application, every
voter in the ward in which he is placed
or thrown by such change or re-
arrangement of wards, and thenceforth
such voter shall vote in the ward into
which he is so placed or thrown without
having resided therein thirty days.
PERSONAL.
The present residence OF Mr.. >. Is.
Perdue. registrar for the Third pre-
ciact OF Jefferson Ward, is 1902 Main
street; place Of business, 22Ol Main
street.
Mr.. Z. NJ. Crump. registrar for the
Fourth precinct of Clay Ward. now
resides at 1929 west Grace. Voting
place will hereafter be 1900 west Main.
Martin Octers's.
CLAY-wARD ACTIVES.
The officers and members Of this ell
Gent and energetic Democratic club are
doing good and laboriOus work, which
will result no doubt in bringing out the
largest vote ever polled in tho ward.
They have canyaSsers now in each pre-
cmct, who are going from house to
house, listing every voter. When this
is completed, which will be IN a lev
DAYS, the work OF registering and trans
ferring all new voters will be diligently
and earnestly pushed. At their Place OF
meeting, No. COG west Main street, a
large banner has been unfurled and
they have also opened a room at No.
rs west Broad street, where all needed
information relative to transfers andre
gistration can be obtained.
The citizens Of the ward should ap-
preciate the zeal and efforts of the mem
bers of this club, and aid and assist
them in every way possible.
A conference-meeting of the Finance
and Executive Committees Of the club
will be held at No. lis west Broad
street tomorrow night at O'Clock.
MAprsoN-wARD DEMOCRATIC CLUB
This club have procured headquarter'
in the lIannewinkel building, corner O
Ninth and Main streets, Rooms l aud !
entrance on Ninth street. Their regu
lar meeting will be held on each Mon
day night between this and the cleo
ton, and rooms will be open from nov
until November 4, 1885, for the pur
pose Of procuring transfers and attend
ing 10 other business pertaining to tn
election.
,MARsHALI-wARDC CLUE.
The Democrats composing the clu'
in Marshall Ward, finding their oil
headquarters unsuitable for their pur
poses, have secured the store-room No
25O7 east Broad street, where they vii
regularly open for business in a fe'
days. A banner will be flung out an
. Transparency put in front of the door
They have now perfected their organ
zation and will 60 to work in earnest
taking cognizance Of all political MAJ
tiers relating 10 the ward.
TucKAu0E DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
The Tuckahoe Democratic Club,
Heprico, xill meet at Shoemaker
Store voting precinct instead Of Al
derson's Store) on Monday night, IL
instant, at y o'clock. A comfortae
room having been secured from NJ
James Phillps, at this place, for d
use Of the club, all Democratic vote
Of the precinct are earnestly invited
unite with them.
A CORRECTION.
The following was issued yestsrda,
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
OFFICE OF SECRETARY
OF THE COMMONWEALTH,
RICHMOND, October, 1895.
The attention Of registrars. judges
election, and other officers is cahed
the act approved November %, 1888
herewith printed, as affecting par
graph ., page &c Of" Extracts iromkl
Election Laws" &C., compiled aud q
Gently sent from this Office.
II. W. FLouRsoy,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
clas,,er lss.-<R act 10 Ap,eRd Melton 1 /
thapfsf ~ R< ODD Of 1878, Ia RsgGr
70 kcgtsirdfioa Of Voters.
Approved November 20. Iss4.l
J. ne Enacted oy TIE General fssentiy 3
logtnM. That section IL OF chapter I q
Code al 1878 be amended and fe.enaeted y
- g. read NJ follows.
III. whenever q registered vote
changes ne place OF residence fson on,
voting. precinct 10 another. n an ali DO law
fui for him 10 Apply for. la person or n wr!
Ting. aud IL shah be the dat, OF the regis
trar " his fosmer voting .lncinct ri an,
Tine TO furnish certificate that ne NJ 4,
du'y registered. and that his name IA,
aimee bis removal bsen erased fsom u . re.
HisiIatior.oooks VI ssid voting precinct
which shall he sufficient evidence to entitls
him 10 register, and the name OF every
zach pe'son shall " entered ppoo lns regis.