People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-09-25


State election; but, since that law
was enacted, the time of holding the
election for county officers, has been
changed, and, in my opinion, as well
as the opinion of the Attorney Gen
eral, this necessitates the keeping of
a fourth list.
5. No election shall be defeated
for non-comp liance with the require
ments of the law, if held at the pro-
per time and place, by persons quail
fed to hold them, it it is not shown
that, by that non compliance, the
result is different from what it would
have been, had there been proper
comp lance.
6. 1t will be seen, from reading
the foregoing paragraph, that the
three essential sin valid election are:
That it be held at the PROPER
TIME, and the PROPER PLACE, BY
persons qualified to hold it; and our
Supreme court has decided that, as
to these three things, the law is
mandatory, and must be strictly COM
piled with.
Z. hand you herewith a blank
precinct return, properly filled out sa
sample.
THE REGISTRATION LAW OF 1894.
/. In order for person to be
legally registered, he must take the
oath which will be found in the acts
of 1894, on page 116, and that oath
which prescribes all of the qualifca
tions which are necessary for per
son to be legal voter, is las fol-
10 VS.: 81 do swear, or affirm, that |
am citizen of the United States;
that am twenty.one years of age,
or will be on the day Of
of this calendar year; that have re-
sided in this State for one year, and
in this County for six mouths i'm.
msdiately preceding the date of this
oath, or will have SO resided on the
---day of----of this cal
euder year; that I have paid all
taxes which, since the adopt N Of
the Cons4itu ion of 1877, have been
required of me, except taxes for this
year, and that / am not disfranch'se1
from v1tlng by reason of any offence
committed against the laws of the
State. further swear, or affirm,
that l reside in--Dsir ct, G NJ,
or in the--ward of the city OF
at No.---on-.treet;
my age is; my occupation is
-"
2. The Tag Collector, or any
clerk employed by him, and author
zad by him to receipt for taxee, in
the usual course of his employment,
may take charge of the voters books
and administer the oath.
3. The person taking the oath
aust sign the same, and if it is no,
Il arly lesible, the officer in charge
f the book, shall at the time, write
it out clearly.
4. The oath shall be read by the
voter, or it must be read to hm be,
fore he signs.
5. Upon request, the officer in
rharge Of the book shall read, or
repeat, the oath distinctly, to the
voter, and if the voter cannot sign
lis name, the officer shall sign it for
aim, the applicant making his mark.
6. No Tax Collector shall allow
any person to sign his name in the
voters book unless he is satisfied,
At the time, that each and every ont
of the statements in the oath is the
truth.
Z. The Tax Collector shall keep
voters books open for signatures for
period of thirty days, beginning
fifty days prior to the first Wednes.
day in October, of 1896, and he shall
not close sad books EARLIER than
4 O'Clock, p M, on the Both day. He
may keep them open until midnight
of the so h day.
s. The Tax Collector, the Ordi-
nary, and the Clerk of the superior
court of each county, shall, on or be-
fore July 1st., of each year, begin
ming with 1895, prepare and fiji
with the County Registrars, and Tax
Coli ctor, COMP Iete list, alphabet
cslly arranged, of all diSqua fled per
sons, said list showing the race OF
aach maroon