The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-10-04
IMPORTANT TO DEMOCRATS.
synopsis of the Registry Laws for the
Guidance of Voters.

Guidance of Voters.
Registry agents are required to register
the names of all persons legally qualified
to vote when called upon to do 50 at their
respective offices between the hours of 2
p. M and 8 p. III, on all legal days from
and after the 10Th day of September to
the 9TH day of October, and between 10
IL. nj. and 10 p. M. from the 5th day of
October to and including the 18th day of
October.
Every person applying to register must
take an oath, first, that he is a citizen Of
the United States; that he is or will be
before election day, q years of age, and
that he has resided, at least n year in
Montana and 30 days in the county, and
that he has not registered elsewhere in
Montana for this electoral year; or,
I'd. If he was born out Of the United
States, an oath that prior to the date OF
the adoption of the constitution (Oct. l,
1881. he had declared his intention to
become a citizen, and had resided in
Montana at least SIN months, and in the
county at least 30 days.
Unuer our state constitution, to enable
one born out of the United States tc
register and vote at the coming election,
he must either, in addition to the othel
qualifications required, be Il full citizen,
or he must have been entitled to vote on
the first day of October, 1889; and to en-,
| title him to vote On that day he must
have previously declared his intention.
and also have resided in Montana six
months, and in the county 80 days before
Oct. /, 1889.
Those who have taken out only their
first papers since Oct. /, 1889, are not en-
titled to register or vote at the coming
| election.
Nor are those who had taken out theil
first papers before October l, 1889, bu,
| who had not been six months in Montana
or thirty days in the county before tha'
date.
The registry books and lists are re
auired to be open at any time for inspec
ton by any qualified voter.
When a naturaliZed citizen, or a person
who has declared his intention to become
such prior to the adoption of the consti
tuition, applies to be registered he mus
produce his certificate Of naturalization Of
intention or copy thereof. If such cert.
icate has been lost. destroyed or beyond
his reach for the time being he can make
oath to the fact and have his namt
registered, providing he is in nc othel
way disqualified.
Registry agents are required within
seven days after the close OF registration
to post in at least fifty public and con
spicuous places, alphabetically arrange,
lists of the registered voters In each pre-
cinct.
Registry agents are also required to Civ
notice in said lists that they will recelv'
objection to the right to vote on the par
of any person so registered until sil
o'clock p. M. on the seventh day previou
to the day Of election. Also requesting al
persons whose names may be %erroneousl,
entered in said lists to appear at mis- Office
and have such error corrected. 1t would
be we'll for each person to see the list ant
see that his name appears upon the same
and is properly spelled.
Objections to the right of any persol
registered to vote may be made by a quail
flied elector. Such objections must b.
made in writing under oath, glvin,
grounds for such objections, ETC., and tn,
same deposited with registry agent.
Any registered elector moving from
one election district to another within
Montana, prior to the day of the ensuing
election, may apply to the registry agent
before whom he has already been regist
cred, at any time prior to the last day o
registration, have his name erased, ant
shall be entitled to receive from him
state registry certificate. Such certificat
shall entitle him to have his name regist
cred in any other precinct or county il
the state, provided he will have reside
in such precinct 80 days prior to election
In case an elector who has received sucl
IL certificate, and for good cause been un
able to register a second time anywher'
within the state before the closing regis
t%ration, may offer to vote within TIN
county where he resides and was regist
cred, or in any precinct In the county
but moi the precinct where he lives AM
was registered. The judges Of election
shall challenge such person and put hin
under oath to prove bis. qualifications ant
identity, and if such be proved and tn
person so challenged shall establish hi
identity and qualifications he shall upoI
the surrender of his certificate to tn,
judges of election, be entitled to have hi!
name entered in the lists and to vote.
All persons entitled to vote must regis
ter O for the coming election, even i
they registered last year for the election
of 1889.