Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1888-08-30
ELECTION LAW.
CHAPTER ".

QUALIFICATIONS AND DISABILITIES OF
ELECTORS.
Sec. 500. All male inhabitants over
he age of twenty one years, who are
,itizens Of the United States, aud have
resided in the territory four mouths, and
N the county where they offer to vote
thirty days, next preceding the day Of
election, if registered as in this Code
provided" are entitled to vote at any
election for Delegate to Congress, and
for Territorial, County and Precinct
officers, except as provided in the next
section.
Sec. sol. No person under guard
ianship, non compos n,entis, or insane,
nor any person convicted of treason,
felony, or bribery, in the territory, or in
any other state or territory in the Union,
unless restored to civil rights, nor any
person who is a bigamist or poIygamist,
or who teaches, advises, counsels or
encourages any person or persons to be,
come bigamists or poligamias, or to
commit any other crime defined by law,
or to enter into what is known as plural
or celestial marriage, or who is member
of any order, organization, association
which teaches, advises, counsels or en-
courages its members to devotees, or any
other persons, to- commit the crime of
bigamy or polygamy, or any other crime
defined by law, either as a rite or cere-
mony of such order, organization or
association, or otherwise, is permitted to
vote at any election, or to hold any
position or Office or honor, trust, or profit,
within this territory.
Sec. 5O2. The board of County
Commissioners Of each county of this
territory, must, prior to the first day Of
August, 1888, appoint register for
each election precinct in the county, who
must be a Justice Of the Peace and
qualified elector, resident of such pre-
cinct, and otherwise proper person, and
qualified to perform the duties Of such
Office, and when there is no such Justice
of the Peace, or none who will act, then
any other qualified voter resident therein,
i and such Registrar may hold his Office
until his successor is appointed and
qualified. When any Registrar fails tt
act, or the Office becomes vacant, th'
said board must appoint another Regis
trar, and should the board fail to appoin
a Registrar, or from any cause non
should act, the electors may, on the las
Saturday Of September, at one q
o'clock p. m., next preceding any gen
eral election, to which this chapter is az
plicable, meet at the place 10 the precinc
appointed by said board for the holdin
| Of such elections, and elect Registrar
| Sec. sos. The said board must, q
least three months prior to any gener,
election, cause notice to be given, for nc
less than fifteen (l5) nor more tha
thirty (ao) days, by publication in som
newpaper published In the county,
there be one, otherwise by at least thre
(3) notices, posted up in different per
in the county, one of which must be I
the Court House door, Of the names an
general description of election precinc
the name of the Registrar for each, an
the time during which registration ma
be made.
The time during which registration
made is as follows: For the gener
election in the year eighteen hundr'
: and lightweight, during every Saturd'
between the fifteenth day Of August al
the day Of election, except the Saturd'
Immediately preceding the election +
y every succeeding general election,
i, which the provisions Of this act q
. applicable, during the five Saturda
next preceding such election. except t
last Saturday thereof, and when nec
: sary in any precinct, for any electie
said Board may appoint additional da.
aud give such notice thereof, as
Board deem necessary.
At the time Of, or before giving, su
notice, the Board must furnish to ca
Registrar two books, one to be known
: the Election Register" for the regis
). of qualified electors. and the other
sr the registry Of rejected applicants.
1. T. Said Board must also furnish to
i Registrar the blank notices, certi6ca
y oaths and al other blanks, books ,
paper needed to perform the duties
his Office.
SEC. 504. Before entering upon
.n =. duties Of his Office, each Registrar m
rio take and subscribe, before any OFF
I'll authorised to administer oaths,