Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-08-15
HOW TO VOTE.
Extracts From the ks;istrstion Law Rela-
tive to the Qualification Of Voters.


voters tn lss'one familiar with = pro
visions. R-gist ~ring agents have been
provided will copies of the law. The
hooks for regist ration will lr Opened
to-day Aug. l3):
See. .. u shall lie the duty of the
registry agents ut any time when called
upon To .lO SD ut their reslectiN offices
l,etween the hours OF = y. ~. and = y.
M, on all ltga, days from and after the
iiit rcnth day Of September 10 the filth
day of October, and bet ween the hours
of 10 70. M. and 10 y. ~. from the filth
day Of October tO and including tse
fifteenth day of Oct Oler, prior to any
general election. not herein Otherwise
provided for, to receive AMI REGISTER
the names Of all persons legally quail
lied and ent tied To vote at such elec-
ton ar who will have legally acquired
n residene (l'eirg otherwise qualitie't)
and who have u right Ia vote at s,n'h
ensuing el.st ion according to tin. pro
visions Of law under wlini, sinl, eltr.-
tiOn may le held in each election pre-
cinct within their respective districts.
Registry agents shall enter on the
official register, under the proper head
ing. the number and date Of registry,
the name. with the first or given name
| in full. the age and nativity OF the
elect or, tOget her with the number Of
the ward ut within an incorporated,
town or city), the name Of precinct,
and II particular description Of the
house. buil,ling or room in which the
elect or resides: such as will enable a
person Of common underst anding to
| lind the same without difficulty, and
when the person so r.gist cred shall he
of foreign birth the fact Oi the exhibi-
ton Of, or failure to exhibit his rer-
titicate Oi nat aturalizatiOn or cert iiicate
OF declarat ian Of intention to bscOme
! "a cit iz..n. or "a certified copy thereof
shall lie not ed in The column provided
for that purpose, which list properly
.ntere.i ~ in this ~etiO required
| shall be known ~ he "Oifi,ial register
al elections of their respective dis
,rntS, aud provided further. that II
any person shall fail ar refuse to give
his residence with the particularly re-
uliired in this section. he shall not he
reg stored. The registry agents shall
cause to Ire pa,blishe l in ut least one
newspaper published within their re
spective districts, and ii there ie no
newspaper published in such dist ricts.
then IN newspaper published at the
nearest point to their district, and
within the county III which such dis
trict is situated, ior twenty days he
fore the expiration ri the time pro
viled iOr registration prior TO any
general election, Il notice signed by the
registr, agent to the effect that the
time ior the regist ration al the names
ol he qualified electors IN elect ion dis
trnct No.. giving also the names oi
the several precincts ar polling places
embraced in such esrt ion district +,
prior 10 the elect ION.
| lslerii,ins the rlrriionl to he held on
I he. ...day of ............. \. ID. Is, Tor
the count, oi..................... Monta ana,
will expire ~ 10 O'Clock T.. m. on the
...... day of ..........., \. -. Is. The
plbirat ion al said motto. shall con
iinIic until he expiration al the time
provided for SAID rtr;isirai ION; pro
Nhl-d, that in remote or new AMI
sparsely ~ei l-,l precincts printed no
tic-s. posted at not less than iiN" con
spnuous places within sad dlsir"t ,
shall lee substituted Tor the p,iblna-
tion in u newspaper.
SEQ. a. Every person applying t"h
registered shall, before hr shall u. cii
titlei to have his name registered,
take and subscribe to the following.
oath or affirmation, which shall he
administered by the registering agent
provided, that M ele,tOr who has
taken said oath at the time Oi his pre-
viOus re.lsi ration in Mont ana shall le
required tn do 81 the second time,
to-wit: I do seleinnly swear Tor affirm
that I am u cit izen Of the Unit e,l
States Tor that ] have declared my
int ent ion To become u citizen at thu
United Statcs); that am Of the aet
al twent y-One years, ana will have
actually and not const r,ictively beei
u bona ii,le resident in Mont lana siN
months, and in the count y ihirt days
next preceding the day al the next en-
suing elect ion, and that ! am not reg
is, cred elsewhere in Montana Tor thl'
elect oral year, so help me tod tor un
der the pains and l1nalt'esO Oi lerlnry)
Whenever an oath is required by tin
: provisions OF this act, the elect or shal
> swear according tn his religious fait !
. or belief. and in such manner as ma!
i,s considered most obligatory OH hi'
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