The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-20
ANACONDA NEWS.
LIST OF THE DISTRICTS
Voting Precincts Included in the
Registration Districts.
WILL BE DISFRANCHISED
Persons Not Residents of the District il
Which They Are Registered Cannot
Cast a Ballot in the Special
Election to Be Held.

Next Tuesday is the day fixed for the
holding of the special election upon the
proposition whether or not the voters of
Deer Lodge county want to have a
new court house. The question comes
up in the form of an election for issu-
ing bonds. The amount proposed is
100000 Already the county officials,
and especially the county treasurer, are
in receipt of numerous letters making
inquiry about the bonds. The letters
are from Eastern parties who represent
a vast deal of capital If the election
carries there will be no difficulty en-
countered in finding market for the
paper, as all of those who have in
quired about the matter appear to be
anxious to purchase.
A short time ago County Attorney
Trippet sent to Chairman A. M. Walker
of the board of county commissioners
an opinion as to the eligibility of certain
persons to vote at the special election
The opinion was published in the Stand
ard at the time. 1t is to the effect that
only those persons may vote who are
still residents of the registration district
in which they registered for the last
general election held in 1896. If a voter
has removed from one registration dis
trict to another he cannot cast ballot
But if he has moved from one voting
precinct to another, both of which pre-
cincts are in the same registration dis
trict, he is not disqualified.
In order that this may be made
clearer, the following list shows the
registration districts and the voting
precincts which they include. The
list Isl
Registration district No. / includes
Wards l and 2, Precincts / and 2, of the
city of Anaconda.
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Ward 8, Precinct g. of the city of Ana
conda.
Registration district No. 3 includes
Ward 4, Precinct 4. of the city of Ana
conda. The ward numbers given above
refer to the wards as they formerly
Were, before the city was divided into
six wards.
Registration district No. includes
Blue Eyed Nellie, Silver lake, Gable and
Georgetown precincts.
Registration district No. 5 inclues the
north and the south precincts of Carroll.
Registration district No. 6 includes
Lost Creek Warm Springs, Stuart and
Mill Creek precincts
Registration district No. includes the
north and the south precincts of the
city of Deer Lodge and Zosel precincts.
Registration district No. includes
Race Track, Garrison, Pioneer and Gold
Creek precincts.
lston, Blossburg. Bald Butte, Granite
Butte and Ontario precincts.
Registration district No. 10 includes
Helmville, Avon. Blackfoot, Washing
ton Gulch and Lincoln precincts.
Registration district No. II includes
Ovando. Woodwork, Sunset and CO.
Iona precincts.
To make the matter clearer an exam
pie may be taken. If person registered
for instance. in registration district No.
il, at Oyando, for the last general cleo
ton. and has since removed to Coloma.
he is qualified elector. but if he re-
moved to a place in some other regis
tration district he cannot vote. large
number of people have, since November
1896. removed from one district to an
pther. and these will all be DISTINGUISHED
The law states that no new registration
need be made for special election. and
while a hardship will be worked on
number of persons. the law is plain and
the misfortune is one that is unavod-
able.