The herald., 1898-11-04
Important to Voters

Yesterday afternoon, by previous agree
ment, James g. Scarborough, chairman OF
the Democratic county law committee; f.
a. Meserve, chairman of the Republican
county law committee, and Fred Baker OF
the Populist, and w. G. Petchner of the
Silver Republican law committees, met and
discussed the various legal aspects of the
coming state and county election
The meeting was .protracted one, lasting
until 9 in the evening, but it was at the
same time harmonious. Every question was
thoroughly discussed and the law bearing
upon them carefully considered, and then
the chairman of the various committees
agreed upon the following report, which
every voter will find of interest, and to many
1t will be OF the utmost Importance:
THE ELECTION LAW 0
. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3, 1898. Q
To the County Central Committees o
of the Peoples, Silver Republican, g
Democratic and Republican Parties .
of the County of Los Angeles; g
Your respective law committees are Q
frequently being asked the follow .
. ing questions: Q
First-Do members of the volun- 0
teer service OF the United States o
army gain or lose their residences o
while in the service, by reason of o
either themselves or their families
changing their actual places of Q
. abode? Q
Seconds a person entitled to
vote whose name is Oh the Great
Register, who has lived in the state @
and county the required length of 9
. time and in the precinct thirty days
. continuously next preceding the day
. of election, who, at the time he reg G
istered, lived in some other precinct G
Q i'll the county, having moved more o
than thirty days before the election,
the Great Register showing no trans @
fer of residence from one precinct to
the other?
These questions are of extreme i'm
portance, and we have deemed it ad- o
visable to give Joint opinion on the c
matter, and therefore Jointly submit G
the following as, in our opinion, being @
. the correct answers to the above ques- g
tions: @
First-Members of the volunteer o
service of the United States army are .
employed in the service of the United G
States. Under the constitution of the
state of California and of the laws of G
the United States, no person, for the g
purpose of voting, shall be deemed to o
to have gained or lost residence by
reason OF his presence or absence
. while employed in the service of the
United States. We are of the opin-
ion, therefore, that persons so en- o
ployed retain the residences which G
. they had at the time they were mus @
tered into the service of the United
States, and, being otherwise quail
fled and their names being on the .
Q Great Register, are entitled to vote
in the precinct i'll which they resided o
o at the time they We're mustered into o
the service of the United States gov Q
ernment, though at the time of the 9
election they do not actually in fact 9
live i'll such precinct. @
Q Second-Answering the second q
. question above stated, we are of the o
opinion that a person being other 9
. wise qualified to vote. his name ap- o
pearing on the Great Register is en-
. titled to vote in the precinct in which o
. he has resided thirty days continu-
o ously next before the day OF election. 0
. Notwithstanding that he may have
. moved from one precinct to another >
subsequent to the time of his regis