The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-21
MUST REGISTER TO VOTE.
THE CITY REGISTRATION BOOKS
TO OPEN DEC. 81.

The Board Organizes and Registration
Offices Located in Three Districts
Who May and Who May Not Regis
ter - Powers OF the Registration
Board-To Be Sworn in Next Wednes-
day.
The city registration board and managers
OF the election held a meeting last night in
the superior court room, and organized by
the election Of Justice S. Elsinger, OF the
Fourth district, president, and Mr.. j. w.
Mcintyre, Of the Third district. secretary.
The following constitute the full board, all
of whoIa were present:
First District-Thomas A. Folliard, J. P.
R. c. Fetzer and E. w. O'Connor.
Second District-M. S. Baker, E. j. Kief-
fer and W. H. Prendergast.
Third District-L. c. Strong, ]. w. Nc
Intyre and F. j. Ruckert.
Fourth Districts. Esinger, j. P; Lau-
renee Dunn and Thomas Clark
Col George A. Mercer, chairman Of the
commissioners which were charged with the
selection Of the registration board and man
ayers OF the election, was present and gave
such legal information as will guide the
registrar in the discharge of their duties,
and Receiver of Tax Returns j. r. Dillon
also explained the routine work of thu board
THE BOOKS TO OPEN DEC. 81.
1t was stated by Col. Mercer that the reg
lstratlon books must be opened in the sew
eral districts on MO day, Dec. 81, and kept
open daily from 9 o'clock a. M, to 2 .. IN. ,
except on the two intervening Saturdays,
when the books must also be open from 6
O'Clock p. III. to ocl ok D. m
The board was furtht instructed that it
must publish on Thursday m ,rning next,
and for three days thereafter, in the MORN
ING NEWS, notice setting forth that the
registration books will be open for the reg
istration Of voters in each of the four dis
tricts of the city, and naming the locality
where the registration will be conducted !;
that they must publish on Friday, = an. II,
list of all who have registered up to the
time of closing the books for the day pre-
vious, aud on Monday, Jan. IA, they must
publish the complete list of registered
voters.
WHO MAY REGISTER.
The board was instructed that all who
have not paid city and poll tax S, or in
short all taxes which SHOULD have bee paid
81 &c the adoption of the new constitution
in 1875, are not entitled to register, but those
who may have attained tuer majority
since April l, Lass, may register,
as no poll tax is chargeable to them. Those
who have recently been admitted to citize =
ship are not eligible to register if their poll
| tax has not been paid for each year they
may have been resident of tbs city since
1878. The board was Informed further that
it may fix its own rules for judging of the
eligibility of an applicant whose name NAV
| not be found on the list of those who
have paid their taxes. An oath NAV
re required, but it was stated
for the information of the board that it
has been the custom to show the tax col
lector'S receipt, or in lieu thereof certif.
cate from ak Coilec or MCGOWAN would
10 primd fdcie evidence of the right to
register.
MAY CHANGE THE REGISTRY.
If the beard should find that anyone had
| improperly registered, the party so regis
| tering might be notified that the district
| board had stricken such illegal registry
| from the books.
The DO ird instructed the secretary to
obtain from the clerks of the superior and
city courts list of those who have been
ADM ted to citizenship since the last regis
| tratiOn, with the number of years the aliens
have resided in the city. Also to obtain
| from Clerk Carr, of the superior court, four
| forms of an oath to be administered to
those whom the registrars may desire to
put on oath touching their right to register.
| rior court room at o'clock next Wednes-
day afternoon, and the secretary was in
structed to confer with Clerk Carr and
| secure his attendance, and administer the
| oath of office to each member.
THE REGISTRATION OFFICES.
At an informal conference among the
members of the different districts the fol-
lowing places were selected as the places
where the registration will be conducted in
! the different districts:
First District-Justice Folliard's Office,
No. 9H West Broad street.
Third Di ,trict-L. c. Strong's drug store,
No. 81 Bull street.
Fourth DISTRICT ustice Elsinger's office,
No. 80 Price street.
In the second district the members had
not agreed last night. but it was thought
that the office of DR.. Shelf IL. at Jefferson
and Liberty streets, will be selected if it
can be obtained.