The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-09-09

For the convenience of voters the
following digest of the registration laws
is printed:
In the country parishes registration
can not begin until January |, l9oo,
and must end thirty days before the
April election, say about March 10,
1900. The assessor is the registering
officer. He is to keep his Office open
for sixty days, Sundays and legal hoI-
days excepted, and must close thirty
DAYS before the April election. 1he
first week and the last two weeks OF
this sixty days registration he Keeps
his Office at the courthouse, and tor tne
intervening time he must have MS
office. for at least one day, at or near
each polling place in the parish, ana ne
must give constant public notice, ID the
official newspaper, of the times ana
places of his several appointments fof
registration. His office hours are from
s a. m. to l p. m. and from 2 p. m. TO
n. m. Legal holidays are Jan. . and
Feb. %. In case of the assessors SICK
ness or inability he appoints a deputy
to act for him. Section "a, acts 1870,
p. AGA.
WHO CAN REGISTER AS VOTERS.
To register as a voter the person
must he a male citizen, native or natu-
rallied, twenty-one years of age, or TO
become twenty one years OF age aG OF
before the next election, n a bona
fde resident of the State for two years.
of the parish for one year, and OF the
voting precinct for six months.
Removal from one precinct to another
in the same parish after reglstratlon
will not deprive the person OF his right
Ia vote in the former until six months
after such removal.
Poll tax receipts are not required TO
register. or to vote, at the city election
in November, 1899. or at the State
election in April, 1900. u.
Resides the qualification of age, citl-
zenship and residence, above stated
the following are necessary quailnca,
tions
/, Those who are able to read ane
write.
9. Those who are unable to real
and write, but who are the owners 0
property assessed to them at a valua
ton of not less than $500.
3. Those who being unable to reat
and write, and who have not sufflclen
property, but who have registers
prior to September 1, 1898. under sec
tion 5 of article 1877 of the Constitution
Citizens able to read and write.
REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY FOR REGIS
TRATIoN.
1. Citizens able to read and Writ
need not be property owners.
2. The test Of ability to read aR
write is being able, without assistance
or suggestion, to fill up the appllcatlo
blank.
8. In making out the applicatio
blank, it must be entirely WRITER
dated and signed by him, IN presenc
of the registering officer, without sesis
tance or ~sugrastinn frohi .thy potoon y
rom anv memorandum whatever.
a. If the applicant is unable t
write his application in English, he ma
the right to write it in his mothe
n from the dictation of an inter
prefer.
5. If he is unable to write it by rea
son of physical intirmities, it may b
written by the registering officer at th
applicants dictation. But the appl
cant must first make an affidavit tha
by reason of his physical disability b
rs unable to write.
PROPERTY LDE
ii. He must have assessed in bis nam
property of a valuation of at least S3O'
2. If his property consists of persona
property-that is stock, bonds, furn
ture, horses, stock in trade, jewelr
and such like things-he must produt
his tax receipts for this year.
8. 1t is not necessary that he make
written application, but he must max
an affidavit before the registration OF
Ger that he is, first, a citizen OF IL
United States and OF this State over
wears old; second, that he possess
the qualification prescribed by artic
1877 of section l of the Constitution; ar
third, that he is the owner of proper
assessed in this State to him at a valut
ton OF at least $500. But if this pro
erty is personal property, he must, b
sides, produce his tax receipt for tt
year.
CITIZENS WHO ARE ON THE PERMANE,
ROLLS.
L. They must present to the reg
tration officer the permanent certlflca
ofregistration which was issued to the
prior to September l, 1888.
2. They must make an affidavit tn
Ahau were div enrolled on the perm