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ned, and snail furnish such 0lectOr
with certificate Of registration for
his county. 3:
Section 16. Every elector shalI bes
entitled to Q renewal of; hin certiicate
without fee or charge, when the sanae
becomes defaced or torn from uae or
accident upon the surrender of; such
defaced certificate to the snperyisor.
In case OF the loss Of the certificata
any e1ector registered prior to the fimt
OF January, 1896, shall Be- entitled ~
another certificate anon appli Hon
land proof Of loss onj l.emtfif0: fbs'
supervisor OF registration an u zdia
certificate from the clerk 0f flsa onfk
Of Common Pleas Of hin court 6f
from the Secretary of State; fh1 Hi;
name appears as asafegistered Stf6e on
the record files in auch off1rd5iS671f a
any selectof registered safter the
january, 1893, shall be entitled 81 q
other certificate of regis Ration np6 &;
application and proof of H1cha loss 81
his name appears upon tbs Annual or;
general enrolment made by tie Bupefs;
visor, and If otherwise qua li6ed.
Section IA. The sdpervisofs shall rs
ceive the List Of Registered electors inn
mediately preceding each election and
shall erase therefrom th6 names Of all
electors who have become disqualified 6
sdied or removed from thecounty
\ Section Is. The clerks Of the Cour|
of General Sessions and CommoE
Pleas for each county shall ION orbd
fore the 18th day of October 1896 and
biennially thereafte ter on Or BEFORE IL
same day, make out and report t1
supervisors of registration for their r6
spectiye counties q connpleto list or at1
male persons convicted during the
two previous years up t0the stolI
October aforesaid of the following of;
fences, to wit: Burglary, arson, OBJ
tanning goods or money under faise.
pretences, perjury, forgery, robbery
bribery, adultery, Diganny vile beat
ing, house breaking, receiving stolen
goodsbreach Of trust will fraudule M
tent, fornication, sodomy incest assault
with intent to ravish, miscegenation
and larceny or crimes against the cleo
ton laws. Such report must be 90
companied BY the certificate Of the
clerk under the seal of his Office that
the report is correct as appears from
the records of his Office.
Section 10. Every magistrate III they
State shall on or before the 18th day OF
October 1896, and biennia1y thereafter;
on or before the same day, make out
under his hand and seal and submit
to the supervisor of registration Tor the;
county in which he holds hls office .;
certified List Of all the male persons
convicted before him OF any OF the
crimes mentioned in the preceding
session, or before any of his predeces-
sors whose trial docket is In his po
session during the two preceding geaRa
of the period fol lowing his last previous
report, or the last previous report byi
his predecessor. Any magistrate or
clerk Of the Court who shall fail to;
make or neglect to make such report.
shall forfeit and pay to the county IN;
which he holds his Office the sum OF
$50 for each and every such failure to-
report. ~ .ss5s.a: II:
Section 90. The reports provided for
in the two preceding sections shaH be-;
received by the supervisor OF registsasl
ton as prima facie proofs ct the 4actg
stated therein, and he shall inmedi-
|ately erase the names of all such pers
sons from the registration books IN
his county and they shall not be there
after allowed to register or to vcte 1n-s
less such person shall present 70 tho
supervisor q pardon from the Governor,
or prove that he was never convicted:
of the crime stated in such caftihcate,
thereupon his name shall be restored
to the list of registered voters as COM
pletely and effeCtually as il it hadnev-
er been stricken therefrom. The su-
pervisors, are required whenever thei
name of any voter is thus stricken
from the books of registration to fur
nish list ofsuch names TO- thu clerk
of Court and the Secretary OF State and
they shall erase from the record OF
registered voters on file in their re-
a,ective Offices the names OF such elec-
tors:
Section21. Every eleetor shall vote
at the precinct for which he lis regis
tered. When new precinct is estab-:
lished BY law it shall be; the duty OF
the supervisor of registration 70 trans
fer from the books of registration the
names of: such qualified voters regis
tered to vote at other precincts a.
should under this section register and
vote at the new precinct, and who;
may request such transfer, and TO is-s
sue to such voters new registration
certificates for such precinct VINO shall
thereaftervote at the precinct towhlch
they have been transferred. In case
of the removal of an. elector from one
precinct to another in the same coun-:
ty such elector shall notify the super
visor and surrender his Certificate.
The supervisor shall note thefact upon
the proper book, and give to the cleo
tor a certificate for the. precinct into
which he has removed. When one
polling place has been changed TO an;
other in the same township or when
the name of the polling place has been
changed sinoethe last general election
the registration of voters for the Tor.
mer polling place shall be valid and
effectual for the new polling place or
precinct. Any registered elector who
may reside nearer a precinct In q
township than the one at which he Is
registered and desires to vote at such
nearer precinct shall, upon the
surrender of his certificate of registra-
ton be entitled toa new certificate en-