Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1890-05-02

by-siander shall demand IL, he shall
be sworn by one of the officers and
interrogatnd by him, or by such by.
stander touching his qualifications a:
provided in this section. Opposite
to the name of each person so sworn
The clerk shall write the word "sworn'
which entry shall be prima facie evi.
dence of such swearing in any prose.
cution under this act.
81. Any alien possessing all the
qualifications of voter, named in
section six of this act, except citizen
ship, shall be entitled to be registered,
but the clerk shall write opposite to
his name, in the column headed ere
marks" the words "not naturalized"
and such alien shall not be entitled to
vote, at any election held under that
registration, unless he shall produce
to the officers of the election his nat
uralization papers in due form OF law.
MODE OF REGISTERING.
S.. In making the registration
the clerk shall act as tho recording
officer, and the judges shall decide all
questions relating to the qualifications
of persons offering to be regis
tered except that in case of difference
of opinion between the judges, the
clerk shall have the casting vote. II
shall be the duty Of the clerk to num-
Der consecutiyely the names recorded
under each letter Of the alphabet as
they are taken down, and at the close
of the registration he shall sign his
name as clerk after the last name re-
corded under letter as aforesaid, lin such
manner as that no more names can be
recorded above his, and shall foot up
and certify in the back of the regis
tration book, the whole number of
names recorded at that Registrations;
and this certificate shall be signed by
all the officers of registration, before
leaving the place of registration, and
in the presence of by. ISLANDERS, any
twoaof whom may, if they desire, sign
their names as witnesses thereto. In
addition to the requirements above,
the clerk shall sign his name as such
clerk at the foot Of each page.
RETURN AND CUSTODY OF BOOKS.
SO. On the day following the close
of the registration, the clerk shall de-
liver the registration book into the
hands of the clerk of the county court
of Christian county or one Of his dep
uties, and take his receipt therefor. 1t
shall be the duty of said clerk to keep
the said books safely in his office, and
not to suffer the same to be taken
therefrom, except as provided in this
act. He shall also cause to be made
one copy of each registration book in
blank book retained by him as pro-
vided in section four of this act, which
shall be kept in his Office, and not
taken therefrom for any purpose. In
case Of loss Of any registration book,
a copy shall be made by the clerk
from the copy retained in his office;
which copy shall be used in registra-
tions and elections with the same effect
as the original. The clerk shall permit
any citizen at any time to copy
any registration book without fee or
charge, and he shall also furnish
copies at the same rate as provided in
section twenty-four of this act, for
copying the book kept in his Office.
Copies furnished citizens under this
section shall be paid for in cash by
the person ordering them.
SPECIAL REGISTRATION.
5 10. On the Friday and Saturday
next after the FIRST Monday in Octo-
Der, 1890, and on. tho same days in
every second year thereafter, there
shall be registration Of those per-
sons whose names were not registered !