The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
RULES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF RE-
GIsTRATIoN OFFICERS.
Provisions of the Law with Regard
to the New Registration of EIec-
tOrs-Form of Oath.

The Utah commission yesterday is
sued full printed instructions for the
guidance of the registrars and depu-
ties in their work this fall.
THE Law.
AS to the new registration of cleo
tors qualified to vote for delegates to
the constitutional convention, the fol-
lowing provisions of the law are given:
Section 2. That all male citizens of
the United States over the age of
tWenty-one years, who have resided in
SAD territory for one year next prior
10 such election, are hereby authorized
to vote for and choose delegates to
form convention in said territory.
Such delegates shall possess the quail
1catfons of such electors; and the
aforesaid convention shall consist Of
one hundred and seven delegates, ap-
porhoned among the several counties
within the limits of the proposed state,
as follows: Qist OF counties and ap-
portionmenD; and the governor of said
territory shall, on the first day of Au-
gust, 1894, issue proclamation, order
ing an election of the delegates afore-
said in said territory to be held on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in
November following. The board of COM
missioners, known as the Utah commits
sion, is hereby authorized and required
to cause q new and complete registra-
ton of voters of said territory to be
made under the provisions of the laws
Of the United States and said terri
tory, except that the oath required for
registration under said laws shall be
so modified as to test the Qualifica-
tons of the electors as prescribed in
this act, such new registration to be
made as nearly conformable with the
provisions of such laws as may be;
and such election for delegates shall
be conducted the returns made, the
result ascertained, and the certificate
of persons elected to such convention
issued in the same manner as is pre-
scribed by the laws of said territory
regulating elections therein OF mem
bers of the legislature.
Persons possessing the qualifications
emitting them to vote for delegates
under this act shall be entitled to vote
on the ratification or rejection OF the
constitution, under such rules or regu-
lations as said convention may pre-
scribe. not in conflict with this act.
| approved July 16, 1S94)
OATH FOR NEW REGISTRATION.
Territory of Utah, County of.........
SIS.
..., being duly sworn, on
oath SAYS: 81 am a male citizen OF the
United States, and on the 9Th day OF
November. 1894, will be over Il years
of age; that I am now resident OF
the territory of Utah and have resided
continuously therein since the 9Th day
of November, 1893.
| / reside at ..........street,.. ..........
city. .............:....
Subscribed and sworn before me this
day of.....-........A. d
| 1884.
Deputy registration officer for........
| precinct, .......-.... county,
RULES GOVERNING NEW REGIS,
TRATION.
The new registration of electors
qualified to vote for delegates under
provisions of the enabling act, should
be thorough and complete in every de-
| tail.
! try books (bound in blue) and oath
blanks (also in blue) have been pre-
pared and should be used, so as to be
readily distinguishable from the ole
or revised lists.
| Second-Upon the conditions indicat,
ed in the above act, and on taking the
oath prescribed, every male citizen OF
! the United States, resident of the ter
ritory, who, on the 9Th day of Novem
Der, 1894, will be over q years of age
and will then have resided in the ter
ritory one year, is entitled to become
enrolled on the new list. but no one
should be registered without first tax
ing the oath.
Third-As to all other matters, the
same rules, regulations and statutory
provisions will govern for the new reg
iStration as in case of the old or re
vised registration.
Fourth-The work of revision of thu
old lists, and frequent references t.
them will enable the registrars t.
readily locate and identify every cleo
tor and procure enrolment on the new
list.
BY order of the Utah Commission.
JERROLD r. LETCHER,
Chairman.
| Salt Lake civ Aug11st / 1894