Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-15
QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS
CHAPTER w.
QUALIFICATIONS AND DISABILITIES OF
ELECTORS.

SECTION 500. All male inhabitants
over the age of twenty-one years,
who are citizens of the United States,
and have resided in the Territory four
months, and in 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 Off
GERS, except as provided in the next
section.
SEC. sol. No person under guar
diansbip, non compos m,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 biga-
mist or polygamist, or who teaches,
advises, counsels or encourages any
person or persons to become biga-
mists or polygamlsts, 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
wh,oh teaches, advises, counsels, or
encourages its members or devotess,
or any other persons, to commit the
crime of bigamy or polygamy, or any
ether crime defined by law, either as
a rite or ceremony of such order,
organization or association, or other
wise, is permitted to vote at any
election, or to hold any position or
Office of honor, trust, or profit, within
this Territory.
Sec. 5O2. The board of County
Commissioners of each county of this
Territory, must, prior to the LIST day
of August, 1888, appoint registrar
for each election precinct in the
county, who must be Justice OF the
Peace and qualified selector, resident
of such precinct, and otherwise a
properperson, and qualified toperform
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, and
such Registrar may hold his office
until his successor is appointed and
qualified. When any Registrar fails
to act, or the Office becomes vacant
the said Board must appoint another
Registrar, and should the board fai
to appoint Registrar, or from any
cause none should act, the elector
may, on the last Saturday of Septem
Der, at one (I) o'clock p. M, mex
preceding any general election, Il
which this chapter is applicable, NEE
at the place in the precinct, appointed
by said board for the holding of sue
elections, and elect Registrar.
SIC. 500. The said Board mus
at least three months prior to an
general election, cause notice to b
given, for not less than fifteen Ga
nor more than thirty (30) days, b
publication in some newspaper pub
lished in the county, il there be one
otherwise by at least three (3) notices
posted up in different parts of tn
county, one a. of which must be 9
the Court House door, of the name
and general description of electio
precincts, the name of the Registrs
for each, and the time during whic
registration may be made.
The time during which registratio
is made is as follows: For the gener,
election in the year eighteen hundre
aud eighty. eight lSesl, during ever
Saturday between the fifteenth (15ti
day of August and the day of election
except the Saturday immediatel
preceding the election; for ever
succeeding general election, to whic
the provisions of this act are applies
BILE, during the Ave (5) Saturdays ne,
preceding such election, except tn
last Saturday thereof, and whe
necessary in any precinct, for an
election, said Board may appoir
additional days, and give such motto
thereof, as the Board deem necessar,
At the time of, or before giving
such notice, the Board must furnis
to each Registrar two (2) books, on
~ to be known as the Eclectic
Register" for the registry of qualife
electors, aud the other for the registr
of rejected applicants.
Said Board must also furnish I
the Registrar the blank notices, Gel
tifcates, oaths, and all other blank
books and papers needed to perforI
tba dptiaS ~ his nffsca