The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-22
FIFTH EDITION.


The country registrars have only
next Saturday to sit MS individual reg
istration officers, when their functions
will cease. With next Saturday they
will close the four successive Satur.
days thoy were to sit In the month Of
September. But the registration OF
voters will not close on that day.
They will still have three more Satur-
days In October upon which thoy can
get assessed, but instead OF having
one registrar to appear before they
will have board OF registration COM
posed of three persons, all OF whom
must not be OF the came political
party.
This board of registration will sit as
the law says: "From o'clock a. IN.
until o o'clock p. m, with an intermis-
sion from IL till l, on the three SatuE-
days Immediately preceding the Sat-
lurday next before the election, at the
place where the following general
election will DO held, or at some con.
lvenient and suitable place In the tow
or village in which such election will
be held.n *.
n lAs the election will be held on Tues.
day, tho Sth OF November, the Saturday
next preceding the election will be
November 9Th, upon which day tho
board will not meet. The days there.
be October 9Th, 18th and 22nd.
| The board Of registration is com.
posed OF u registrar, who Is to he the
presiding officer, the inspector of the
district and the judge OF the district,
who shall not be OF the same political
party as the registrar.
u Thus, in districts whore the RApubll.
cans have elected their inspector, the
board will stand one Dem ocrBt to two
iRepublicansAs and in districts where
tho Dom ocraN have elected the inspec-
tor the board will stand two Demo.
Gratis to one Republican. The duties
of the board OF registration as tho
law says: 80 enter upon the said
: registers the names of all persons APP
plying to be registered, who have
lomitted to make such application be-
fore the registrar when sitting alone.
land also the names of all persons who
may have applied to the said registrar.
!, but whose names were not entered by
him as required by the act
: Furthermore, the law says that: IL
shall be the farther duty OF the said
board to correct on the registers any
mistakes which may have been made
Iby tho registrars In any entry therein.
leither as to the name or as to any
lother statement OF fact: provided,
however, that no correction shall be
made upon the registers except upon
the personal or written application OF
the person in relation to whom such
correction is made or after written
. notice to him."
The powers of the board OF regstra-
Itlon are the same as those Of the reg
istrars in new applications for regis
! tration.
As matter OF political information
: 1T may be stated that the Republicans
will have majority of the registra-
. ton boards In districts In Brandy
wine Hundred; districts in Christians
Hundred; districts in Mill Creek
Hundred; l district in White Clay
Greek Hundred; / district In Red Lion
Hundred and districts in Pencader
Hundred. Total IA.
The Democratic will have majority
of the boards in one district In Chris.
Itiana hundred, districts in New Cas-
tie hundred, l district In he'd Lion
hundred, districts in White Clay
Greek hundred. 4 districts IN st. Geor-
ges' hundred, districts in Appoqulnl-
mink hundred and districts In Black
bird hundred. Total, 10.