The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-06
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
Article 7i.-Section L. No person
shall vote for the election of Repre-
sentatives or Senators unless he is quail
flied as herein required; and unless his
name is entered by Board of Registra-
ton upon the Register Of Voters as here.
III provided.
Registration Boards. Section 2.-FoI
the purpose of examining applicants for
registration as voters, and determining
/ their eligibility, there shall be and here
| by are constituted, four Boards of Reg
istration, one in each Senatorial Dis
trict; to consist of three members each,
who shall be, until otherwise provided
by law, a Circuit Judge and the Tax
Assessor in Chief resident in such dis
trict, and one other competent and i'm
partial person appointed by the Presi-
dent upon the nomination Of the MIN
lister of the Interior.
Time of Meeting. Section 3.-The
Boards of Registration shall meet with
in thirty days after this constitution
takes effect, for the purpose of register
ing persons entitled to be registered to
vote for Senators and Representatives.
and shall continue to meet at such
points within their respective districts,
for such time as will give all persons
entitled to register a reasonable oppor-
tunity so to do.
Section 4-The Boards shall meet
within their respective districts at such
times between the first day of April and
the thirtieth day of June in the year
1897. and between such days in each
second year thereafter as many times
as may be necessary to enable them to
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Register at Special Elections.
ton 8. At any intermediate special
election the Register of Voters used at
the last preceding general election
shall be used without change.
Register at First Elect on Section &.
At the first election held under this Con-
stitutiOn, the register of voters who re-
gistered for the election of delegate to
the Constitutional Convention on May
2nd, 1894, shall be the r gister of voters
for Representative without further APP
plicatiOn to he registere by the voters
whose name appear thereulon.
Such register shall be SUI ject to addi-
ton or correction in accordance with
the provisions of this Constitution.
Section Z. No name shall be placed
upon the register of voters tor Senators,
for use at the first election hereunder,
nor upon the register of voters for
either Senators or Representatives to be
used at any future election, except up
on the personal appearance Of the APP
plicant.
Examination OF applicants. section
S Each applicant to he placed upon
the register OF voters for either Senators
or Representatives shall, upon each ap.
plication for registration, be examined
under oath by the Board OF Registration
as to each one OF the required qualifica-
tons.
Provided, however, that after an APP
plicant shall once have passed an exam
nation concerning his ability UNDER
standingly to speak, read and write the
English or Hawaiian language, it shall
be at the discretion OF the Board to
examine him further or not, concerning
such qualification.
The examination OF the applicant and
OF all witnesses examined before any
Board of Registration shall be under
oath, administered by any of the menu
bers OF such Board, who are hereby
authorized to administer oaths for such
purpose.
The examination, number OF witnesses
and time or times OF examination shall
be under the reasonable control and dis
erection OF the Board.
Powers of Board. 8. Each
Board of Registration is hereby given
all of the powers and authority, for the
summOning aud examination of wit
nesses and the maintenance of order, in
GLIDING the power to punish for con-
tempt, by law given to Circuit Court.
Perjury. 10. ANY person
who shall, under oath knowingly make
any false statement before any such
Board, or who, knowing that he is not
entitled to register or 10 vote, shall so
register or vote, shall be guilty of the
oifense of perjury.
Summary Committal for Perjury
Section II. The several Boards are here
by given power TO summarily commit
any person for trial for perjury com
mitted before any such Board, if, in
their opinion. there is probable cause to
believe that, upon tbs trlai, such person |
would be convicted of such offepse, !