The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-11
TO APPOINT Mt" REGISTRARS.
JUDGE FALLIGANT TO TAKE UT
THE MATTER THIS WEEK.

Application VIII Be Made for Rep
rcscntatiou by the Three Parties
Which Have Electoral Tickets
and Congregational Candidates ii
the FfcId-The County officers All
TO he sworn in within the Next
Thirty Days-They VIII Not Go
Into office. However. Until the
Terms Of the OLD Officers Expire.
Judge Robert Falligant returned from
New York yesterday on the Kansas CITY.
He did not expect to come back at once,
but he anticipated that some changes
would have to be made in the board OF
registrars on account Of designations, ana
came back on that account, as well as
for other court matters, which are TO
come up this week
Judge Fallgant was somewhat sur
prised, however, on his arrival to ind
that ali of the registrars had resigned.
He arrived early in the afternoon, ana
shortly afterward he learned from the
Morning News that the designations or
all of them had been rendered. He went
at once to the court house, where he
found the designations awaiting him. No
immediate action will be taken, he said
AS the registrars have to begin their
work for the November elections within
few days the matter will probably come
before him on Monday or Tuesday.
1t is expected that there will be requests
from three different parties for represen-
taton on the board of registrars, In this
election the populists and republicans, as
well as the democrats, have both electo-
raj tickets and congressional candidates
in the field, and for that reason all Of
them are going to want a finger in the
election management. 1t is expected,
therefore, that all of them will endeavor
to have one member Of their party ap-
pointed as a registrar. 1t has been sug-
gested that all interests might get to-
gether and agree upon some plan, or
names of registrars to be presented to
the court, so that the arrangement may
be a thoroughly amicable one. The fact
that the registrars purged the list of vot-
ers in only one district, may make neces-
sary a good deal of work on the registra-
ton lists yet, before they are ready for
the national and congressional elections
There We're only four names entered on
the list yesterday, making a total of four
teen MAO nave IeElobtIGu since the llSLS
were closed for the state election.
All of the county officers, who were
elected last Wednesday, will be sworn
in and qualified within the next thirty
days. Under the law which changed the
time of their election to October, con-
solidating it with the state election, there
was no provision with regard to the time
of swearing In officers, or the time with
in which they should qualify. There are
provisions in the code, however, cover
ing these features. The law provides
that the commissions of county officers
may be issued within FIVE days after the
election, thus giving time for any notices
of contest that may be filed. There is
another provision in the code which re-
quires all county officers under bond, to
file their bond with the ordinary or coun-
~ commissioners, as the case may be,
within thirty days after the election
Within thirty days therefore, the ordi-
nary will be sworn in before the Judge of
the superior court, and all of the other
county officers before the county commits
sioners after they also have had their
oaths administered before the judge of
the superior court
The new law does not interfere in any
respect with the term of office of the
present county officers. While the newly
elected officers take their oaths and quail
ify within the next thirty days, they do
nv eAoSuihS luelT Ollces as Sucn until
Jan. l. All of the county officers go
into office that time except the county
commissioners. and the new board does
not begin its duties until March 4.
Several of the county officers were very
much interested in the arrangement I'M
der the new law, and wrote to the ex-
ecutive department in Atlanta to find out
about it. reply was received from the
secretary of the executive yesterday,
stating that the commissions OF all of
the newly elected officers would be is
sued as soon as the customary FIVE days
had elapsed. The probability is, there
fore, that all of the commissions will be
here the latter part of the week.