Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1900-01-04
TIE OFFiClAt. PAPER OF CIEkIANf
COUNTY, OREGON.
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tle iitiN reglSlFatiott litWf pssSseu
al the hast session Of the Oregon
iegislatire, went into effect on
Monday and from that date until
May Is, 1900 al 5 o'clock p. IN, of
that day, voters may register be-
fore the county clerk or any JUS
tice Of the peace or notary public
IL the county without cost to the
elector. All who can conveniently
so so should go before the county
clerk for registration as by so do
ing there will be less likelihood of
mistakes occurring. The sections
Of the law Of most interest to voters
follow:
Section 5. 1t shall be the duty
of every elector in the stateof Ore
gon between the first Monday in
January, 1900, and 5 o'clock p. m.
Of the 10Th. day Of May, 1900, and
between the same dates and hours,
biennially thereafter to register
with some notary public or justice
Of the peace or with the county
clerk Of the county in which the
elector resides, in accordance with
, this act
See. Z. Every elector may be
registered without charge by per
sonally appearing in the Office of
said clerk and, after being duly
sworn, stating the following facts,
which the clerk or his deputy shall
appropriately enter in black Ink, at
first IN the general county register,
The electors shall be numbered con-
secutiyely, |, 2, 3 etc. in each pre-
cinct as they are registered, in the
general county register. The clerk
shall inquire of the elector, and en-
ter the following Information in the
general county register in the d.
vision set off for the precinct in
which the elector resides, towit: 1st
the registration number of the elec-
tor; End the date Of registering the
elector; 3rd the full name of the
elector; 4th. leave a blank space
in which the judges of election
shall enter in the precinct register
the poll book number of each cleo
when he has voted; 5th. the busi-
ness or occupation of the eleetor;
9Th. the age Of the elector in years:
eth. the country of nativity; Sth.
if naturalized, the time, place and
court of naturalization or declara-
ton, as evidenced by the legal
proof thereof, exhibited by the cleo
tor; 9th. the actual and precise
place of residence of the elector at
the time of his registering, stating
first the precinct, and, if in the
country, the section, township and
range; andin cities and towns hav-
ing streets, by specifying the name
Of the town or city, the street or
other location Of or dwelling place
Of elector, with the number of such
dwelling if the same has number,
-ifnot, then with such description
of the place that it can readily be
ascertained and identified. If the
elector be not the head or proprie-
tor Of the house, then it must show
that fact, and upon what floor there
of, and what room such eleetor oc-
cupies in such house; (10) the fact
whether or not the elector desiring
to be registered is able to write his
name, mark his ballot, and if he
cannot do both then the nature OF
such disability must be entered;
(11) the elector shall then, next fol-
lowing the afore administered oath,
sign his name in the presence Of
the clerk or the deputy acting in
the general register upon the same
line where the proceeding informa-
tion is written, and the registering
officer shall then sign his own name
upon the said line, and add any re-
mark required by this act or appro-
pirate thereto for the Information
Of the judges of election. If the
elector is registered by the clerk in
person, be shall SO sign his own
name in attestation thereof, and il
the elector is registered by a depu-
ty, then, in addition to the name
Of the clerk, the particular deputy
actually registering the elector shall
sign his name at length in attesta-
tion thereof. If the elector declar-
es he ia l1nahlp to marx his halloi