Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1889-08-24
REGISTER.
THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAW MADE
PLAIN. .#
A Short, Concise and Accurate Explana-
ti0n of the New tangled
.4''& Registration ....
Statute. @"I"a 4.

trail committee OF Cascade county, j. B.
Leslie, Esq, prepared the following Syn
opsis Of the registration law, touching
upon every important point and making
plain the provisions Of the new law. II
the voter will study it carefully he need
make no mistake and will know Just
what steps are to be taken to secure his
right Of franchise. Remember always
that no one can vote who has not regis
tered, and our advice to democrats is not
to delay day in having your names en-
rolled; that done then see THAT your dem
ocratic nelghbors go and do likewise.
Following is.
MIR. LEsLIE's SYNOPSIS OF THE LAW.
Under the registration law the counties
Of the territory are divided into election
or registry districts, each district having
a registry agent. An election district is
composed Of one or more voting precincts
as may have been fixed by the county
commissioners. XII
The registry agents are required to be
at their offices and register qualified
voters who may apply for registration at
any time between the hours Of 2 p. m.
and s p. m. on all legal days from and
after the 10Th day Of August, 1889, to the
9th day Of September, 1889, and between
the hours Of 10a. m. and 10 p. m. from
the 9th Of September to and including
the 18th Of September, 1889.
Every male citizen Of the United States,
Or who has declared his intention Of be
coming such, Of the age Of q years, wht'
will have actually resided 10 the territory
Of Montana six months, and in the coun-
ty 80 days next preceding the 1st day Of
October, 1889, will be entitled to vote ut
the election held October next by COM
plying with the requirements of the reg
istration law.
Before being qualified to vote the voter
must 60 in person before the registry
agent Of his district and register on any
legal day before the expiration Of the
18th Of September, 1859, not after. sF
II the person applying for registration
be a natura!ized citizen, or one who has
declared his intention to become such,
he will be required to produce mis- papers
or certified copies thereof, or IF LOST,
DESTROYED OR BEYOND REACH FOR THE
TIME BEING, make oath to that effect.
This oath entities him to be registered as
fully as if he had produced his papers.
Having registered as directed above,
the voter is then entitled to vote at any
voting precinct in his election district;
provided he continues to be a resident of
such district until the election.
Should a aregistered voter move from
our election district to another, or from
one county to another, he must apply to
the registry agent before whom he has
already registered, before the 18th of
Sept, and have his name taken off the
official register, and receive from the
agent state registry certificate. This will
bntitle him within the registration period
to register in any election district in the
same or any other county, provided he
will have resided in that county 80 days
prior to the election. But if for good
cause snch voter holdlnga state registry
certificate is unable to so register the
second time any where in Montana before
the registration period expires q5th d
jSept.) he may vote ut any preelnctin the
county where he resides and was regis
tered, except the precinct where he live
and WINS formerly registered, without reg
istering second time, by presenting hi
certificate to the judges Of election O
election day.
If there should be no registry agent II
an election district. the voters theree
may go before the registry agent OF an.
other district Of the county wherein the.
reside and register and they may vote
the precinct wherein they reside.
There are other provisions covering
the duties Of the registry agents, etc, bn
these are the important ones to be know
by the voter.
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