The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-07
Friday. April :, 1893.
THE NEW REGISTRATION LAW,

At the recent session of the legislature
several important conditions. all of
which will tend to make the duty of
registering much easier in the large and
Nparsely settled districts han heretofore
The text of that portion OF the law EN-
bodying the changes is as follows:
1T is hereby made the duty of each
and every registry agent tn designate. on
or before the first day upon which he is
required to the registrationof
voters to publish in some newspaper
within his county ii public notice that
he will sit within each and every pre-
cinct within his election district. In
such notice he shall designate his home
Office. wherein he shall sit. and be found
during the first three days aud the last
= three days that he registration shall be
Opened. and upon every registration day
when he is now sitting within other pre-
cincts. He shall also designate in his
notices al least two. and not more than
three days in which he shall sit within
each precinct within his district. and he
shall SO arrange his sittings. if practic-
able. as'to sit one SAT- rday IN each and
every precinct in his district, He shall
sISC hoiitt VI IL IN Ut Ilttt Ill tdtI
precinct in which h will sit. and he
shall sit in no other place within such
precinct, unless it shall become impossi
BILE for him to sit il the place designated.
and if he cannot secure accommodations
ut the place designated. il shall be his
duty to secure them at the nearest pos
sible suitable place. and he shall imme-
diately post notices at the place original
~ 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 TO the place
designated and to register voters thereat
between the hours of 10 in the morning
and 10 at night. emitting if they see tit
the hour between l. o'clock noon and |
clio in the afternoon. and q o'clock
and ! o'clock in the evening. In adj
dition TO the notice in the newspaper of
the schedule Of the registry agents APP
po'ntments he shall post. or cause to be
posted. within each precinct Of his cleo
ton district. a copy Of such published
notice. so that the voters within cach
precinct shall know the exact date upon
which the registry agents may sit with
in their precincts. The registry agents
are hereby forbidden t~oregister any per-
son or persons outside of their offices.
blu any eiector qualified to register with
IN the election district in which he re-
sides may register within any point
within his election district. whether
within his proper precinct m not. but
the registry agent shall designate. as is
required by this act. the particular pre-
cinct where such elector may reside and
be entitled 10 vote.
The next change of imrortance is as
to the times of sittings of the registers.
The old law requires them to be at their
Offices between > p. m. and ; p. III. on all
legal days from Sept. IL To Oct. >: he.
tween 10 a. IN and 10 p. IN. from Oct. ;
To Oct. II. The new law requires them
to be "at their respective offices within
each and ever. precinct Of their election
district. between the hours Of 10 IL. IL.
and 10 p. m. on all legal days from and
after 10 o'clock a. IN. of the second Tues
day of October 10 and including the
Tuesday next proceeding any general
election to be held ia the state" The
same section is amended to relieve regis
tration officers from sitting on Sundays
and legal holidays, and 10 permit them
an hour for dinner and one for supper.
though they may. if they see tit. sit dur
ing these hours.
Another change Of some importance is
that which requires the registration of
ticer 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
Il en- to receive objections to the right
ri any one To vote up to q O'Clock of the
third day. instead Of the seventh day. be
fore election. The part of the law re
garding transfers 10y certificate ls also
changed. The old law allows a voter
who wanted 10 move after registering to
get a certificate from the registration
officer that would entitle him 10 register
n vote in m county. The new law
makes the @rtiticate good only within
the county in which it is issued.