The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-29

pribe 70 Influence voters or aNy o.SS
 ton ofiicer. with reference to any cleo,
 tion;,or those who have been convic.so l,of any offense punishable by imprison- rnent in the penitentiary, unless their
 disabilities have been removed accoro- ing to law.
 Sec. {. The tribunal charged with
 the duty of making an official registra- ton of voters shall have jurisdiction 70 receive. examine and determine the val,
 idity and regularity of applications, and
 to ascertain and decide upon the quai,
 tf1cations and fitness. as voters or all applicants for registration, ana to ad-
 init them to registration. or reject them.
 It shall have power to examine ap- plicants for registration, on oath,
 touching their qualification to become
 voters, and to reject such as decline
 such examination.
 It shall have power to summon Wit
 nesses, and to examine them on oath.
 and to compel their attendance.
 | It shall have power to preserve >or-
 der at it's sittings and the powers to punish persons for contempt, that are
 conferred by law upon the Circuit Courts.
 The members of such tribunal shall be liable to removal from office py or
 der of the Governor for any ofncial mis- conduct, or for inefficiency in the per-
 formance of their official duties; and
 shall be personally liable to punish | ment, by indictment, for corruption Tn office; but the integrity and honesty
 of their decisions shall not be called in question in any civil action brought
 against them, growing out of any de- cision they have made upon any ap- plication for registration: and, in the
 consideration and determination of
 any question as to the quail
 fication and fitness of any applicant For registration such tribunals shall have exclusive jurisdic-
 ton. except that appeals may be taken
 to the Circuit Courts from their decis-
 ions, where the same may be confirmed, J or reversed, or annulled, and final 1udg-
 ment shall be rendered on the qualifi-
 cation of the applicant to be registered
 as voter.
 Sec. 5. The qualification and member
 ship of the Boards of Registrars for the
 voting precincts, the method of consti-
 tuting the same, and their regulation,
 and other organic provisions concern ing such boards are set forth in the following schedule to this article, which may be, at any time, and in any
 part thereof, altered, amended or re- pealed by the vote, taken by ayes and nays, of two-thirds of quorum of each house of the General Assembly: SCHEDULE TO ARTICLE -. Section 1. A board of registrars is hereby created for each election pre-, cinct of each county as 1t is or shall be established by law. to consist of three worthy and capable persons hay ing the qualifications of voters. who shall be appointed by the court of : County Commissioners of each county, at a session of said court to be held on the first Tuesday in February, 1902. If any of said courts shall fail, for any
 cause, to appoint board of registrars : for any precinct, On that day, a va
 cancy shall exist in such board, as a
 whole. or in part: or if any person SC
 appointed shall fail to qualify as such registrar within fifteen days after such
 appointment. his office shall be vacant, and in any such cases the vacancy
 shall be filled by appointment of the
 Governor. If any such vacancy Is not filled by the appointment and qualif1- ] cation of the appointee on or before
 the 4th day of March, 1902, the Judge lof Probate of the county shall fill the , same by appointment.
 Sec. 2. Laws shall be enacted for the punishment of persons who. without just excuse, refuse, after election or ap- pointment to the office of registrar, te qualify and perform the duties of such
 office.
 Sec. 3. The Boards of Registrars ap- pointed under Section of this schedule shall be appointed for the term of foul
 years, from March 4th, 1902, to Marct . 4th, 1906. The succeeding boards shal
 each be elected for terms of four years
 to begin and end on the 4th days of th' : month of March.
 t No person who has qualified as { v member of the Board of Registrars
 shall be eligible to election or appoint I ment to any other office during thu = term for which he was chosen or fo I two years after such term expires. f No resignation of any member of th' I Board of Registrars shall be effectua y until the same is accepted by the Gov g ernor.
 |. All vacancies in the membership O | Boards of Registrars, whether tn e members are elected or appointed : shall be filled by appointment of tn r Governor, within thirty days after tn = office has become vacant, and, II n, r one is appointed and qualified to Ill f such vacancy within that time, the va I cancy shall be filled by appointment. t. y be made by the Judge Of Prooate r the county in which the vacancy oc e CUTS.
 Il Sec. 4. On the first Monday in Janu v arv. 1905. an election shall be held Il 0 each precinct in each county or tn = State, for members of Board of Reg = istrars, and every four years thereatte l such election shall be held on tn y same day of the month Of Jan
 uary. Such elections shall b = conducted in the manner prescribed b
 law for the election of judges Of pro
 bate. and the returns of election snal r he made, certified and recorded O r kept in the same manner. Only regis . tered voters of the precincts Tn Wnlcl n they reside shall vote at such election :, and the persons elected shall De regis s tered voters in such precincts. r No person shall be elected to the or V flee of registrar of voters who doe V not receive a majority of all the vote t cast at such election, and each oallo O shall contain the names or three per Q sons voted for; or the same shall be re 1. | jected.
 a If. for any cause, the election of hoard oo registrars, or any membe thereof, shall fail, at the time herei ? designated, a vacancy shall exist i
 the office which shall be filled in tn manner provided in section of thi | schedule. In case of a tie vote in sue
 election, it shall be decided by tn
 casting vote of the judge or probate in each case. but no election Of regis trars of voters shall be contested, ex cept in the manner and for the cause | specially provided by statute. A Sec. 5. Before entering upon tn . performance of the duties or ms or flee. each registrar of voters shall tax
 and subscribe the following oath Of of
 flee: swear Cor affirm), in the presence