The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-04-23
REGISTRATION LAW.
mot NECESSARY TO REGISTER TO
VOTE IN PRIMARY.
NO. 13t.

I M. l3t.
| An Act to provide for the registration of
| voters in this state; to prescribe penal
| ties for certain offenses connected there
| with; to make registration condition
| precedent to voting; to define certain
| duties of managers of elections in con-
| nection with registration lists and fo-
| other purposes
| Section /. Be it enacted by the general
| assembly, That after the first Monday in
| January, 1898, no person shall be permit
| ted to vote in apy election in the state for
| presidential electors, for members of con-
| gress. for governor, for state house off
| Gers. county commissioners, for justices
1 of the peace, for constables, for members
of the county board of education, where
chosen by the people, nor in any other
popular election to fill any other state or
county Office now existing or hereafter
| created, nor In any state or county election
| for any purpose whatever. unless such
person shall have been registered as here
| matter provided.
Sec. g Be it likewise enacted, That on
| January l, 1895, or as soon thereafter as
practicable, and on the first day of Janu-
airy OF each succeeding year, the tax col
| lector OF each county in this state shall
! open book or books, to be designated as
| voters books containing, on the first
| page thereof, or near the first page there
of. the following oath. to-wit: I do
|
United States; that | am twenty-one years
| OF age, or will be on the - of - of this
| calendar year; that | have resided in this
| state for one year, and in this county for
| six months immediately preceding the
date of this oath, or will have so resided
| on the - of - of this calendar year.
| that | have paid all taxes which since the
adoption of the constitution of 1877, have
been required of me, except taxes for this
/ year, and that am not disfranchised from
voting by reason of any offense commit
| ted against the laws of the state | fur
Their swear, or affirm, that l reside in the
- district, G. M, or in the - ward of
| the city OF - at number - ON
street; my age Is -, my occupation -
| Said tax collector may open as many of
| said voters books as he may deem neces-
sary, and he shall always keep one of such
voters books open for signatures, at his
| office at the county site, at any and all
times when his office is open for the pay
ment OF taxes or other business; and he
shall also carry with him and keep open
Tor signatures one such voters book, in
each and all Of his visits to the several
militia districts of his county for the pur-
pose OF collecting taxes, That said tax
] collector, or any clerk employed by him
| and authorized by him to receipt for taxes
| Ia the usual course of his employment, is
| hereby empowered to take charge of said
voters books, and to administer said oath.
| When the signature of any person is not
| clearly legide, the officer in charge of the
voters book shall, at the time the sigma
| ture is made write out the same in clearly
| leglble letter opposite or under the sig
nature.
| Sec. 3. Be it likewise enacted, That any
male person desiring to be registered as Il
! voter, may apply to the tax collector, or
his clerk as above described, and after
reading said oath, or having same read to
! him. shall subscribe to the same by sign
ing his name in said voters book under
meath the W item or printed oath above
described, and after reading said oath, or
having same read to him, shall subscribe
| to the same by signing his name in said
voters book, underneath the written or
printed oath above described, or on some
page following the one on which said oath
Is printed or written; memorandum or
entry OF the district or ward giving the
name of the street, and the number of his
| residence, II any, his age and occupation
In which affiant lives being first made by
the officer in charge of the book, or by the
afiiant above the place of signatures OF
the affiant. And when affiant is not
twenty-one years old at the date of taking
the oath, similar entry or memorandum
shall in like manner, be made. showing
the date in that year when he will reach
twenty one: and when the affiant has not
resided in the state one year or in the
| COuALy SIX HlOuUuS dU Un6 uaC6 OF TAXING
| the oath, similar entry or memorandum
shall be made, showing the date in that
/ year when he will have resided in the state
| one year and in the county six months.
| Upon request of the applicant. the officer
in charge of the book shall read or repeat
said oath. distinctly, to the applicant, and
II the applicant cannot sign his name, the
said officer shall sign it for him, the appli-
cant making his mark thereto. The sig
nature so made in said voters books shall
| be prima facie evidence that the person SO
| signing swears, or aff1rms, the truth of
| every material fact cantained in said oath
and also of the said written memoranda
or entries preceding the signature. For
the purpose of more easily identifying
| voters, the officers in charge Of the voters
| book shall note thereon in connection
| with each signature the race of the per-
son stgntng-that Is to say, whether white
or colored; provided, that no tax collector
shall allow any person to sign his name in
| the voters book unless he Is satisfied, at
the :ime that the taxes due by said voter
are paid and that he is otherwise qualified.
| Sec. 4. Be 1t iShewise enacted, That in
| addition to keeping said voters books
open for signatures during the usual hours
Of business daily, from January 1st, as
heretofore required, the tax collector shall,
for period of thirty DAYS, beginning fifty
days prior to the first Wednesday in Octo-
Der OF 1895, ard each second year there
after (the same being the dates of the
general state elections), keep said voters
books open for signatures, at his Office at
the county site. from o'clock a. IN. to
o'clock p. m. each day. Sundays only ex-
copied. And he shall observe the same
hours for similar period of thirty days,
beginning fifty days prior to the Tuesday
next after the first Monday in November
of 1896, and each second year thereafter
1.-THE same being the date of federal cleo
! tions).
Sec. 5. Be il likewise enacted, That ut
the end of each of said periods of thirty
| days and twenty days before said October
and November elections named in section
| of this act, said tax collector shall file
| with the county registrars, hereinafter
| provided for, an accurate and complete
list OF all the names signed in said voters
books since January 1st of that year.
Said list of names to be arranged in alpha
betical order and by militia districts and
| city wards. and also showing the dates
in that year when persons will arrive at
full age or will have resided in the state
and county the requisite time, as sworn
| to in the voters books. And said list shall
also show the race of each person-that is
| to say, whether white or colored-his age,
| occupation and residence.