The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1899-09-02

tOiION lhS oi6NoSN VAN
is printed:
In the country parishes registfatlon
can not begin until January |, l9oo'
and must end thirty days before the
April election, say about Marcn 10,
1900, The assessor is the registering
officer. He is to keep his office open
for sixty days, Sundays and legal nom
days excepted, and must close thirty
days before the April election. me
first week and the last W weeks OF
this sixty days registration he keeps
his office at the courthouse, and for the
intervening time he must have his
office, for at least one DAY, at or near
each polling place in the parish, and ne
must give constant public notice, in tue
official newspaper, of the times and
places of his several appointments for
registration. His office hours are from
s a. m. to | .. m. and from 2 p. m. to 9
D. m. Legal holidays are Jan. . ana
Feb. %. In case of the assessors sick
ness or inability he appoints a deputy
to act for him. Section 81, acts 1898,
p. 464.
WHO Can REGISTER AS voTERs.
To register as a voter the person
must be a male citizen, native or natu-
ralized, twenty-one years of age, or to
become twenty one years Of age at or
before the next election, and a bona
fide resident of the State for two years.
of the parish for n year, and OF he
voting precinct for six months.
Removal from Il precinct to another
in the same parish after registration
will not deprive the person of his right
to 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.
Besides the qualification of age, citi-
zenship and residence, above stated,
the following are necessary qualifica-
lions /:
1. Those who are able to read and
write.
2. Those who are unable to read
and write, but who are the owners Of
property assessed to them at a valua-
ton of not less than $500.
3. Those who being unable to read
and write, and who have not sufficient
property, but who have registered
prior to September 1, 1898, under sec
ton 5 of article 1877 of the Constitution.
Citizens able to read and write.
REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY FOR REGIS
TRATIoN.
l. Citizens able to read and write
need not be property owners.
2. The test of ability to read and
write is being able, without assistance,
or suggestion, to fill up the application
blank.
8. In making out the application
blank, it must be entirely written,
dated and signed by him, in presence
of the registering officer. without assis-
lance or suggestion from any person or
from any memorandum whatever.
4. If the applicant is unable to
write his application in English, he has
the right to write it in his mother
tongue from the dictation of an inter
prefer.
5. If he is unable to write it by rea-
son of physical infirmities, it may be
written by the registering officer at the
applicants dictation. But the appli-
IAN must first make an affidavit that
by reason of his physical disability he
is unable to write.
PROPERTY HOLDER.
l.. He must have assessed in his name
property of a valuation of at least $500.
2. If his property consists of personal
property-that is stock, bonds, furni-
ture, horses, stock in trade, jewelry
and such like things-he must produce
his tax receipts for this year.
3. 1t is not necessary that he make a
written application, but he must make
an affidavit before the registration Off
Ger that he is, first, a citizen of the
United States and of this State over 81
years old second, that he possesses
the qualification prescribed by article
1877 of section | of the Constitution; and
third, that he is the owner of property
assessed in this State to him at a valua-
ton of at least 1900. But if this prop
erty is personal property, he must, be-
sides, produce his tax receipt for this
year.
CITIZENS WHO Il ON THE PERMANENT
ROLLS.
l. They must present to the regis
tration officer the permanent certificate
ofregistration which was issued to them
prior to September |, 1898.