The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-22

board. Before entering upon the per- formance of the duties of his office. each registrar shall take the same oath required of judicial officers of the State, which oath may be administered by any person authorized by law to ad- minister oaths. The oath shall be in writing and subscribed by the regis- trar. and filed in the office of the Judge of Probate of the county.
 Second-Prior to the first day of Au- gust. 1902, the Board of Registrars in each county shall visit each precinct at least once, and oftener, if necessary, to make a complete registration of all per- sons entitled to register, and shall re- main there at least one day from . o'clock in the morning until sunset. They shall give at least twenty days notice of the time when, and the place in the precinct where. they will attend to register applicants tor registration, by bills posted at i've or more public places in each election precinct, and by advertisement once week for three successive weeks in newspaper, if there be one published in the county. Upon failure to give such notice, or to attend any appointment made by them tn any precinct, they shall, after like notice. fill new appointments therein; but the time consumed by the board in
 
 exceed sixty working days in any coun- ty, except that in counties of more than nine hundred square miles in area, such board may consume seventy-ffve work. ing days in completing the registration, and except that in counties in which there is any city of eight thousand or more inhabitants, the board may re- main in session, in addition to the time hereinbefore prescribed. for not more than three successive. weeks in each of such cities; and thereafter the board may sit from time to time in each of such cities not more than one week in each month, and except that in the county of Jefferson the board may hold an additional session of not exceeding five consecutive days duration for each session, in each town or city of more than one thousand and less than eight thousand inhabitants. No person shall be registered except at the county site or in the precinct in which he resides. The registrars shall issue to each person registered certih- cate of registration.
 Third-The Board of Registrars shall not register any person netweeen the first day of August. nineteen hundred anI two, and the Friday next preced- ing the day of election in November. nineteen hundred and two. On Friday and Saturday next preceding the day Of the election in November, nineteen hun- dred and two, they shall sit in the court house of each county during such days. and shall register all applicants having the qualifications prescribed by Section lSc of this Constitution and not disqualified under Section 1S2. who shah have reached the age of twenty one years after the first day of August, nineteen hundred and two, or who snail prove to the reasonable satisfaction Of the board that. by reason of phvatcaI disability or unavoidable absence from the county, they had no opportunity to register prior to the first day of Au- gust nineteen hundred and two; and they shall not on such days register any other persons. When there are two or more court houses in county. the registrars may sit during such tyo days at the court house they may se- lect. but shall give ten days notice, by bills posted at each of the court houseN. designating the court house a: whicA they will sit.
 Fourth-The Board of Registrars shall hold sessions at the court house of their respective counties during the entire third week in November, n!ne- teen hundred and two, and for SIX working days next prior to the twenti- eth day of December, nineteen nuncred and 1.-two. during which sessions they shall register all persons applying %nc possess .I4e qualifications prescribed In
 Section 1S0 of this Constitution, and who shall not be disqualified under Section 1S2. In counties wh gre thtre are two or mere court houses the Board of Registrars shall divide the time equally between them. The Board or Registrars shall give notice or tfe time and place of such sessions oy posting notices at each court nouse in their respective counties, and at oacn voting place, and at three other public places in the county. and by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper, if one be published in the county; such notices to be poSteo and such publications to be con menced as early as practicable in the first week of November. nineteen hun- dred and two. Failure on the part o1 the registrars to conform to the proVl- sions of this article as to the glrlnS of the required notices shall not ln- validate any registration made oy them.
 Fifth-The Board of Registrars shah have mower to examine under oath CT affirmation all applicants for resistrd- ton and to take testimony touchins the oualif cations of such apph ,anls. Each member of such board IS au-nnr- ized to administer the oath to be taken bv the applicants and witnesses, when snail be in the following eorm ara subscribed by the person making Y, ana
 "I solemnly swear Cor affirm that in the matter of the application or ..... for registration as m elec- tor, I will speak the truth. the Wnoie truth. and nothing but the srutn' so help me God" .
 Any person who ur.,n such examina- tion makes any wilfuliy false stale- ment in reference to any materiil p1at- ter touching the qualifications oI any applicant for registration shall De sur tv of perjury, and upon conVlC'lon thereof shall be Imprisoned in tue pehi- tentIary for not ;ess than one nor more than five years. ,,s
 Sixth-The action of the maJorlty Ct the Board of Registrars shall pc the cotton of the board. and a ma1oHty oS the board shall constitute. a quorum for inc transaction of all business. Any nerson to whom registration is dHnled shau have the right of appeal. without giving security for costs. within thirty 5avs after such denial, by filing a pe- tition in the Circuit Court or court Of iika jurisdiction held forstbe county ia which he seeks to registeF,oto have his qualifications as an elector determined. ITpon the filing of the petition the clerk of the court shall give notice thereof to any Solicitor authorized to represent the State in said county. whose duty if shall be to appear and defend against
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