The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-05
THEY BEGIN WORK TO-DAY.
The Registrars 70 Opcl The Book in
the 0rdinaTy'S office.

LuL OlulAuAl j OtAANNs
whose VIII Be the First Name to Go
on the New Book P-The Voter Must
Give His Name, Age, Residence,
Occupation and District-The Com
missioners viii Act as a Super
visory Board-mUch Interest Pre-
dioted in the Coming Elections.
To-day the new experiment in registra-
ton of county voters will be inaugurated.
Who will be the first 10 register in the
new book There may, or may not be,
some competition for that honor when
the book is opened by Registrars Clement
Saussy and A. n Manucy at 9 o'clock
this morning.
The book, as there is but one, will be
opened at the ONCE Of Judge Hampton L.
Ferrill in the court house, and will be
kept open for the registration Of voters
until clock p m. These hours will be
kept up every day during the week until
Saturday. when the voters can register
at any time between o'clock a. N. and S
o'clock, p. m. These Saturday hours will
be observed in order to give many Of those
who are engaged in employments during
the day which will not permit them to
get away long enough to register, between
9o'clock and 2 o'clock.
LONG DAY FOR THE REGISTRARS.
The book will be in charge of the regis
trars between the prescribed hours each
day, neither of them being permitted by
law to leave it. They will be unable to
step out to dinner, or to get a lunch on
Saturdays After all the dinner hour
may be the busiest time Of day with the
registrars on Saturdays as large num-
Der of voters pass the court house every
day about that time.
The registration commission, Judges
Falligant. MacDoneu and Ferrill will
have little TO do now. They have fixed
the duties Of the registrars so far as their
jurisdiction under the law extended, have
made the salary of each of
them $500 for the entire work,
and about all left to them now is the su-
pervisory work, which will consist prin-
cipally of the formality of keeping the
registration book under their seal during
the hours in which it is not in the hands
of the registrars.
THE REGISTRATION BOOK.
The new book, which was made by the
MORNING News job department, is ar
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tains blanks for the date of regis
tration, name, district, age, residence
and occupation of the voter, and a blank
also for any remarks that may be neces-
sary perhaps as to dOubtfulness about a
voters legal right but the registrars, &C
cording to law, have no right to be doubt
ful; they must be sure. They must have
reasonable and satisfactory evidence that
the person registered has lived in the
state a year, in the county six months,
and that he has paid all back taxes
required Of him since 1876. Upon
the voters ability to furnish this evidence
will of course depend his right to reg
lister.
There are about 10000 voters in the
county 1t is probable that the next cleo
ton Will be an interesting one from many
standpoints At least such is the con
census of opinion. In that case all will
want TO exercise the voting privilege. IL is
OF course the duty of every good citizen
to register and cast his ballot according
to his convictions, and he cannot vote
without being registered 1t is the case
every year, however, that many procras-
innate until it is too late, and they are un-
able TO vote on election days.
AREsULT OF THE NEW PLAN.
1t is believed by many that the change
in the registration laws will bring
ABOUT an interesting race. While
the plan is new one, a
feeling of general satisfaction with re-
gard to its operations seems to prevail.
Few have anything to say against the
plan and its probable results, and what
criticism there is, is not of an over cap
tious nature.
When the book closes, Monday, June 4
the registered voters will be copied off in
alphabetical order and the list will be pub
hshed. The law requires that the list be
printed in daily paper published in the
county. The commission has decided
when the time comes for the lists to be
published it will call for bids from all the
daily papers. Certified copies of the list
are TO be posted at the court house, the
city exchange, the postofice Thunder
bolt, Isle of Hope, Pooler and at Tybee.
for the convenience and inspection of ali
interested.