South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-04-15
THE ELECTION LAW.


Is 1t Constitutional, and Will an
Election Under 1t Stand-An
Important Point Raised?
The Constitution of West
Virginia, Article 6, Section 43, is
in these words:
"The Legislature shall never au-
thorize or establish any board or
court of registration Of voters"
The election law passed bv the
Legislature of West Virginia of
1891, Chapter 3, Sections 81 to 100
inclusive, which l have just read
for the first time, provides that:
SECTION Git shall be the du-
ty Of each assessor in this State to
list as far as he can by due dill
gence, ascertain the name of every
qualified voter in each magisterial
district Of his assessment district,
and to enter them in q separate list
for each magisterial district, ar
ranged in the alphabetical order of
the names of the voters.
SECTION 92-Each OF said lists
shall show: IL The name in full of
the voter. (2.) HIS age. (3.) His oc-
cupation. (4.) The location of his
residence in the magisterial district
in which he resides. g How long he
has resided in this tate, how long
in this country, and how long in the
Magisterial district in which he re-
sides. (6) His place of birth and
il born outside Of the United States
and ia a naturalized citizen, the
place OF his naturalization. And
the Clerk OF the County Court OF
each county shall make out and fur
nish to the Assessor of his county
the necessary books in which TO list
the voters az herein provided, TO,
which service he shall be allowed q
reasonable compensation by the
County Court and paid out of the
county treasury. When listing
colored voters he shall add after
each name the word "colored."
SECTION 93.-The assessor shall
enter in said list the names of per
sons whom he knows to be voter
or who will DO voters at tho mex
general election in the magisteria
district in which he resides, and HI
shall call upon all male residents Of
the district who from their appear,
ance or from information he has
reason to believe to be qualified 70,
ters, and he shall examine ell such
last named persons under oath
touching their qualifications IS q
voter, and such Of them as he be.
lieyes to be qualified voters he shall
list as such. And Che assessor il
empowered to administer any oath
necessary to the performance of bis
duties under this chapter. Any
person who shall swear falsely
touching his qualifications az a vo.
ter shall be guilty of perjury and
punished as in other cases Of per-
Jury.
SECTION Q4--The Assessor shall
return with his property book the
entire list made out by msqisterial
district as aforesaid, if the same be
completed by that time, and IL not
as soon thereafter as it can be COM
pleted, to the Clerk Of the County
Court, who shall file and preserve
the same in his Office which said lat
shall DO open to the inspection of the
voters Of the county.
SBCuOE 95-Any Vster whose
name has not been entered in said
list may apply to the Assessor Of
the district in which he resides at
any time prior to the thirtieth day
next preceding the approaching
election, and If upon examination
rs herein before provided it shall
appear to the Assessor that he IL a
qualified voter his name shall be
on said list Of the district
OF which he is resident by the As-
SCISSOR or by the Clerk Of the Conn
ty Court by the written order Of