The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-09-07
Do Not Fail to Register!
Every Voters Name Must Appear OH
the Registry List.
Where and Before Whom you Must
Appear to Register.
Remember-None but Registered Vot-
ers Will be Allowed to Vote.

Thursday, the fifteenth of August, was
the first day for the registration of voters
at the coming general election, to be held
on Tuesday, October 1st, 1889.
NECESSITY FOR REGISTRATION.
It must be borne in mind by every vot
er that no voter will he allowed to deposit
upon the registry list. The registering
of their names, as required by the new
election law, being something novel here:
it may by some be slightly considered
and by others overlooked altogether; but
every active, vigilant republican who has
the welfare Of Montana at heart and who
has an eye to his own personal security
from the misrule of democracy and the
calan,ities that the free-trade and low
wage party would precipitate upon us,
will go and register, that he may cast his
manhood and his influence in favor of
protection, home labor and home in
tercsts.
Each county has been divided into reg
istration districts by the county commits
sioners and each district numbered.
These districts have each one registry
agent, exccp: i'll cities of 5000 population
or over, where two may be appointed.
The first agent under the new law have
in accordance with that law been appoint
ed to serve until June 4, 1890. After that
date they are to he appointed biennially
each regular general election year, no
candidate for, or incumbent of any office
being eligible to the position. For the
elections of this year the law provides
registration books shall be opened and
the agent at his post--on August Is,
and continue till September 18th. After
this year the time will befrom September
10th to October 18th.
THE METHOD OF NEGIsTRATIoN.
Applicants for registration must quail
fy by oath, if they have not done so ut
some previous registration and the agents
are empowered to administer oatAs and
affirmation. Qualifications which entitle
II man to register are as follows: He
must be 81 years of age, II bona tidc resi-
dent of Montana for not less .han six
months next preceding the day of cleo
tion, u citizen of the county thirty days
and II resident Of the United States.
Agents shall question the applicant un-
der oath. Change of residence in pre-
cinct, district or county necessitates q
new registration. Naturalized citizens
applying for registration must produce
certificate of nat ur!,ization or subscribe
to al oath that th"y are citizens or have
coming citizens.
Any person, not qualified elector, vot
" ing or Offering to vote, or any person WI
ia shall vote in the name Of any other reg
istered elector. shall be deemed guilty ol
felony, and upon conviction punished
by imprisonment not less than one no:
more than three years. Frauds in reg
istering or attempting to register, and the
'e- aiding or abetting of su h frauds consti
at tute misdemeanors and are subject tt
an both fine and imprisonment. Falst
swearing before any registry agent shal
be deemed perjury and punished as such
Registry agents wilfully failing to per
form their duties or corr,lptly permitting
person to register not SO entitled, shall b.
"A punished for each and every offense upo1
~ conviction by fine and imprisonment
he When, through failure Of the agent opel
MS books, a voter finds no place in his owl
OF district, he may register elsewhere O
70 subscribing to the proper oath.
nd An elegant line of Parasols from $1.5