Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-11-03
NEW ELECTION LAW.
Voters Should Read and Study
Carefully.
SECTIONS from the Annotated Code of 1892

COMMISSIONERS TO REVISE REGISTRATION
BOOKS, ETC.
80. On the first Monday of October,
preceding a general election, and five
days before any other, the commits
sioners of election shall meet ut the
Office of the registrar and carefully
revise the registration books and the
poll books of the several election dis
tricts, and shall erase therefrom the
names of all persons enormously
thereon, or who have died, removed,
or become disqualified electors from
any cause: and shall register the
names of all persons who have duly
applied to he registered and have
been Illegally denied registration.
REGISTRAR TO ATTEND CERTAIN MEETINGS.
36. The registrar shall attend the
meetings of the commissioners, and
shall furnish them the registration
books and the poll books, and shall
render them all needed assistance, of
which he is capable, in the perform
ance of their duties i'll revising the
lists of qualified electors.
OF BALLOT BOXES.
81. The commissioners of election
in each county shall procure, If not nj
ready provided, sufficient number
of ballot boxes, which shall be dis
tributcd by them to the election dis
.tricts of the county before the time
for opening the polls; the boxes shall
be secured by good and substantial
locks, and if an adjournment shall
take place, after the opening of the
poll, and before all the votes shall be
counted, the box shall be securely
locked, so as to prevent the admission
of anything into it, or the taking of
anything from it, during the time of
adjournment, and the box shall be
kept by one of the managers, and the
KEY by another of the managers aud
the manager having the box shall
carefully keep it, and neither unlock
or open it himself, nor permit it to be
done, or permit any person to have
any access to it during the time of adj
iournment. But the box shall not be
removed from the polling building
after the polls are opened until the
count is complete, if three qualified
elect ,rs object. After each election
the ballot boxes shall be delivered,
with the keys thereof, to the clerk of
the circuit court of the county, for
preservation, and he shall keep them
for future use, and when called for de-
liver them to the commissioners OF
election.
BAILIFFs TO KEEP THE PEACE APPOINTED.
81. The commissioners of election
shall appoint, by. writing, an election
bailiff for each election district, to be
present during the election, to keep
the peace and to protect the voting
place, and TO prevent improper intru-
sion upon the voting place or inter
ference with the election, and to ar
rest all persons creating any disturb
ance about the voting place, and to
enable all qualified electors who have
not voted, and who desire to vote, to
have unObstructed access to the polls
for the purpose of voting, when 9TH
ers are not voting.
MANAGERS MAY APPOINT THE BAILIFF.
SO. II the commissioners of election
fail to appoint the bailiff, or if their
appointee fail to serve. the managers
of election may appoint such officer.
DUTY OF THE ELECTION BAILIFF.
80. 1t shall be the duty of the bailiff
to be present at the voting place, and
to take such steps as will accomplish
the purpose of his appointment, and
he shall have full power to do so; and
he may summon to his aid all per-
sous present at the voting place. A
space thirty feet in every direction
from the polls. or the room in which
the election is held, shall be kept open
and clear of all persons except the
election officers land ehallengers of
good conduct and behavior, selected
by each party to detect and challenge
illegal voters; and the electors shall
approach the poll from one direction.
line, door or passage, and depart in
another, as nearly Opposite as eonve-
nient.
WHEN THE COMMISSIONERS. FAIL TO ACT.
Al. If there shall not be commits
sioners of election in any county, or
If they fail to act, the duties prescribe
ed for them shall be performed by the
board of supervisors in which case
the president of the board is charged
with the duty of having the "official
ballot printed and distributed, and
thegmanagers of election shall make