Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-04-13

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every precinct within his election dis
trict. In such notice he shall desig-
nate his home Office wherein he shall
sit and be found, during the first three
days and the last three days that the
registration shall be opened, and upon
every registration day that he is not
sit ting within other precincts. He
shall also designate in his notice at
least two and not more than three
days in which he will sit
within each precinct within his dis
trict, and he shall so arrange his sit
ting if practicable, as &c sit on one
Saturday in each and every precinct
i'm his district. He shall give notice OF
the exact place in each precinct in
which he will sit, and he shall sit in no
other place within such precinct, I'M
less it shall become impossible for him
to sit in the place designated, and if
he cannot C accommodations at
the place designated it shall be his
duty 20 secure them at the nearest
possible suitable place. and he shall
Immediately post notices at the place
originally designated that he is sitting
elsewhere, and such notices shall give
the exact location of where he may be
found. And it is hereby made the
duty of registry agents to attend at
the places designated and to register
voters thereat between the hours OF
10 in the morning and 10 at night
emitting, ii they see fit, the hour be-
tween II O'Clock o o and one O'Clock
in the afternoon, and six O'Clock III
the evening. In addition to the notice
in the newspaper of the schedule of
tine registry agents appointments he
shall post, or cause to be posted,
within each precinct of his election
district, a copy OF such published
aotice, so that the voters of each pre-
cinct shall know the exact date upon
which the registry agents may sit
within their precincts. The registry
agents are hereby forbidden to regis
ter any person or persons outside OF
their Offices, but any elector qualified
to register within the election district
in which he resides may register with
in any point within his election dis
trict, whether within his proper pre-
cinct or not, but the registry agent
shall designate, as is required by this
act, the particular precinct where
such elector may reside and be en-
titled to vote"
The next change OF Importance is IA
to the times of sittings OF registers.
The old law requires them to be at
their offices between 2 D. m. and 8
p. m. on all legal days from Sept. 16
to Oct. s., between 10 a. nj. and 10 p.
m. from Oct. 8 to Oct. Is. The new
law requires them to be AT their
respective offices within each and
every precinct of their election dis
trict between the hours OF 10 a. m. to
10 p. m. on all legal days from and
after 10 o'clock a.. IN. of the second
| Tuesday OF October to and including
the Tuesday next preceding any gen.
eral election to be held in the state"
The same section is amended to re-
lieve registration officers from sitting
on Sundays and legal holidays, and to
permit them an hour for dinner and
one for supper, though they may, if
they See fit, sit during those hours.
Another change of some Importance
is that which requires the registration
officer to prepare his list OF voters
within three days after the close of
his office instead OF allowing him
seven days, and in the same line Is
that which allows them to receive OBJ
jections to the right to vote up to .
o'clock of the third day instead OF
the seventh day before election. The
part of the law regarding transfers by
certificates is also changed. The old
law allowed "a voter who wanted to
move after registering to ge3 a certiti-
cate from the registration officer that
would entitle him to register and vote
in any county. The new law makes
the certificate good only within the
county III which it is ssued. The
other alterations in the new law are
such as were necessitated by change
from territorial government.