New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-09
DAYS OF REGJSTRATION.
TOMORROW Is THE FIRST OF THEM.
EVERY VOTER SHOULD ENROLL HIS NAME
THEN-DIRECTIONS As TO HOW TO FIND
OUT WHERE YOUR BOARD MEETS.

EVERY VOTER SHOULD ENROLL HIS NAME
THEN-DIRECTIoNs As TO HOW TO FIND
OUT WHERE YOUR BOARD MEETS.
Tomorrow Is the first day of registration In TINS
city this year. and in each election district three
inspectors Of election will meet and organize as a
board of registry. As there two Democrats ana
only Republican in each board. the chairman Is
likely to be Democrat in each district. IL would
he well for Republicans in this city to register TO-
morrow, If possible. and thus to make sure OF
their right to this year. Unless voter has
been registered he cannot vote. and many votes
lost to the Republican ticket each year be-
the neglect to be registered III
makes no difference how many years citizen has
lived and voted in the city; If he does not go TO
the polling place In his district and register TO-
morrow OF the three other days Of regis
traton this year he will not be able to vote this
year. There is danger in putting of the duty 10
register. as temporary illness a business trip
of the city other days may prevent citizen
from making of his right to vote. Therefore
it is the safest plan to register tomorrow.
on each day Of registration the polling places
will be open from a. III. until D. m, ana the
inspectors required TO be In attendance con-
stantly. There is registration of voters by
proxy in this city. Every citizen must appear in
person a polling place and answer the questions
put him by the chairman of the registry board
After taking an oath to answer the questions,
truthfully. he tells his place OF residence, his
name. his age df he is a young mani. the length
OF time during which he has lived in the electlon
district, in the Assembly district in the city and
in the State. where he lived before he became a
resident of the Assembly district. his birthplace.
and IL he is naturalized citizen, when and In
what court he was naturazed. He may also be
required state II he has made any bet or wager
depending the result Of the coming election
The inspectors write the Information contained
in the citizens replies to the questions in their
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word two, for a number. written under printed
headings in the registers, it takes only Few
minutes for any person to register when he goes
to the polling place
To be entitled register and to vote man
must be at least twenty-one years old on or be-
fore election day: a citizen. native naturalized-
his naturalization must have occurred at least ten
days before the election. inhabitant or the
State year before election; resident OF the
county for the last four months resident Of the
election district for thirty days before election;
he must not have been convicted of bribery or
felony or if so convicted he must have been par
doned and restored to the rights Of citizen and
he must not he Interested in any bet depending
the result Of the election.
For the purpose of voting, citizen shall be
deemed to have lost gained residence by
reason Of his absence presence while employed
in service Of the United States. engaged in the
navigation OF the waters OF the State of the United
States the high seas. while he is a student at
any seminary Of learning. or while he Is detained
in any asylum almshouse prison at the public |
expense.
Any person who appears before the inspectors and
asks to be registered may be challenged by any |
qualified elector Of the district. In case OF |
challenge the applicant may take an oath truth |
fully to answer questions regarding his qualihca- |
tions as voter II he takes the oaths and |
answers the questions and II his answers show |
that he is entitled to vote, his name must be placed
in registers
IT, at a meeting OF the Board OF Inspectors for |
Registry any elector OF the district shall. upon
oath. declare that he has reason 10 believe that I
any person on such list OF will not be quail
fed vote at such election the Board of In |
spectors shall place the words Ito be challenged"
opposite the name OF such person. and when such
person shall offer his vote at such election the
general oath qualifications shall be ad-
to him. and if he shall refuse to take
such oath ne shall be permitted to vote.
There are LIE election districts in the city this
year and there have been some changes in the
boundaries OF a number OF the districts since last
year II any Republican voter does not know what
district he lives in. he can find out the number Of
his district easily by consulting the election notice
which is published in The Tribune this morning.
In the first part Of the advertisement the bounda-
ries Of all Of the election Districts arranged in
numerical order. and in their Assembly districts
in the order printed in full. The
boundary lines through the middle Of the
the numbers of thel: election districts but have
not learned the situation the polling places in
the districts whore they register and vote.
will do well consult the second part of the
election notice where the address Of each polling
place is given.
Thus voter who lives the south side Of
West Fifty-second-st. between Eighth and Ninth
lyes will learn that he lives in the Twenty
eighth Election District OF the XNIIIth Assembly
District. the boundaries OF which given in the
election notice. follows: "All that part OF the
city bounded 10y and lying within West Fifty
s'cond-st.. Eghth-ave, West Ffty-hrst-st and
Nnth-ave." He Will also hnd that polling
place for that district this year the barber shop
at No 76i Ninth-ave.
Voters who live in Madison-ave. anywhere
between Sixty-sixth and Sixty-ninth sts will find
Election District OF the XXIst Assembly District
ana ,ma c,r thG Phce %nSf~ .ney are to register
ave. The boundaries cf the election district
given In the election notice rs East Sixty-nnth-
ST.. Iexingtonave. East Sixty -sixth-st and Fifth
Tribune again tomorrow and on each other day
of registration.
ARRANGING THE DETAIL OF POLICEMEN
superintendent Byrnes was at the Central Office
to make arrangements for detailing
policemen to the polling places in the city to-
morrow. As the law requires that two policemen
must be detailed to preserve order at each OF
the LIZ polling places during the hours of regis
traton it is "A task OF some difficulty distribute
the police in such "A manner that all of the polling
places will be looked after and that proper pro-
lection shall be given to the public in and
avenues where there no polling places. II is
to make temporary transfers TO
strengthen the forces in OF the precincts
and to give orders to captains in all OF the
precincts.
The superintendent showed the effect OF the
injuries which lee received by a fall his home
On "Wednesday evening. his face being much paler
Il IL LII .,.. hat Iiscnlnrnd rilt