The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-04-12

FIND IN IT THE SUM-TO-
tai OF POLITICAL
VILLAlNIES.
NO. 3.
REGISTRATION.
Editor CAucAsIAN.I
Having now passed under review
q few Of the dangerous prerogativee.
as we'll as some Of the devious
ways. OF the County Board of Elec.
lions, 1 come next to speak of the
work OF Registration, which is q
thing Of prime Importance, since
upon it all else depends. And here
again this Election Law shall speak
for itself. The section which / am
about to quote is long, but cannot
be abbreviated. No abstract could
make 1t palmer than 1t is, and any
abridgment Of 1t would do 1t injus-
tice. As measure Of perfidy and
dishonor every part of 1t is necessa-
~ to the full appreciation Of the
whole, and Of such a whole that its
memory will long survive it's re-
peal. For after 1t shall have been
killed and buried, 1t will deserve to
be resurrected and dissected and
hung upon the wires of some polit-
ical museum. As presented below
it can be seen in all Of it's naked
deformity.-
SECTION IL. That before the next
general election on the first Thursday
in August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred, provided for
in this act, there shall be an entirely
new registration Of all persons who
shall be entitled to register, in every
voting precinct in the State, and only
such persons as are registered shall be
entitled to vote in any election held
under this act. That in all cases the
applicant for registration shall be
sworn by the registrar, before being
registered and shall state and anwer
his age; place Of residence; stating
ward, ii he resides in an incor porated
town or city number of his house, if
numbered and il not numbered, then a
designation of its locality by streets
and il not the owner, then the name of
the owner or renter. II not a resident
of an incorporated town or city, he
shall then state his place of residence
n the election precinct; and if be is
not the owner of the house in which
he lives, then he shall state the name
Of the person who does own the same
or upon whose land he lives; the time
of his residence in said county, ward
or election precinct; his avOcation,
place of business; where and by whom
employed, if employed; if q new COM
er from whence he comes, and his post
office address before removal; whether
he has been disqualified as q voter BY
Judgment or decree of any court; II so,
by what court reinstated; whether be
has listed for taxation his poll for the
current year in which he proposes to
register, and for the year next prece.
ding, il liable to pay a poll tax; and
any other questions which may be re-
garded by the registrar as material up.
on the question of the identity and
qualification of the said applicant to
be admitted to registration.
The REG
IsTRAR NAY REQUIRE THE APPLICANT
TO PROVE HIS IDENTITY OR AGE ANp
RESIDENCE By THE TESTIMONY OF Al
LEAST TWO ELECTORS UNDER OATH.
And
the statements made by the applicant
for registration in answer to any of
these questions, shall be evidence
against him in any proceedings fol
false or fraudulent registration. And
the regj strar shall record the full name
by which he is known, his age, occupa.
tiOn. place of birth, and place of resi-
dence of said elector, the name nf the
post-Of1ce, township, county or state
| from whence the electOr has removed
| in the event of a removal; by whom
employed, if employed; whether he
has listed his poll for taxation for the
current year in which he applies for
registration and for the year next pre-
| cedlng il liable to pay a poll tax, in
the appropriate column of the regis.
tt alton books containing the said rec
ord shall be evidence against the an.
plicant in any court of law in a pro.
ceeding for false or fraudulent regis
tratiOn. And thereupon, il the said
registrar shall adjudge the applicant
to be duly qualified and entitled to be
registered as an elector, he shall regis
ter the name of the applicant, giving
his race opposite to his name on the
registration books:
PROVIDED, THAT
NOTHING HEREIN CONTAINED SHALL
PREVENT ANY ELECTOR, OR JUDGE OF
| ELECTION, ON TIE DAY OF ELECTION
| AND WHEN THE ELBCTOR PRESENTS HIM.
| SELF TO VOTE, FROM CHALLENGING THH
RIGHT OF THE ELECTOR TO VOTE.
If IN
elector has previously been admitted
to registration in any ward, township
or precinct in the county in which be
resides he shall not be entitled to reg
lister again in another ward, precinct
or township in the same county, until
he produces certificate of the regis
trar in the former township, ward OF
precinct that his name has been erased
from the repatriation books of the
ward, precinct or township from which
he has removed, and the identity OF
any person claiming the right to be
registered in any precinct of the same
county by virtue of said certificate
with the person named therein, shall
he proven by the oath of the claimant
and when required by the registrar, BY
the oath OF at least one other elector
Every person found and adjudged BY
| the registrar qualified a. an elector
shall take the following oath: 81 de-
solemn1y swear Cor afirn) that I will
support the constitution of the United
States, and the constitution of the
State of North Carolina; that 1 have
been resident of the state of North
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