The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-31

tnoy VIII slt.
 F'ourth-The Board of Registrars shall hold sessions at the court house of their respective counties during tho entire third week In November. nine teen hundred and two, and for six working days next prior to tn, twenfi- eth day of December, nineteen hundred and two, during which sessions they shall register all persons applyin- who possess .~e qualifications prescribed in Section 1s0 of this Constitution, and who shall not be disqualified under Section 1S2. In counties wh Ire thtr e are two or more court houses the Board of Registrars shall divide the time | equally between them. The Board of Registrars shall give notice of tfe time and place of such sessions by posting notices at each court house in their respective counties, and It zach voting place, and at three other public places in the county, and by public ation once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper, if one be published in the county; such notices to be pocted 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 of | the registrars to conform to the provi- sions of this article as to the giving | of the required notices shall not in- | validate any registration made by them.
 Flfth-The Board of Registrars shall have power to examine under oash CT affirmation all applicants for reyisrra- ton, and to take testimony touching | the qualifications of such appli ans. Each member of such board Is au.hor- | ized to administer the oath to be taken by the applicants and witnesses. which shall be in the following form. ard
 subscribed by the person making r., and preserved by the board, namely: "I solemnly swear (or affirm) that | In the matter of the application of tor, will speak the truth. the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God"
 Any person who upon such exafnina- ton makes any wilfuliy false state ment in reference to any material mat ter touching the qualifications of any applicant for registration shall be gull | ty of perjury. and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the peni- tentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.
 Sixth-The action of the majority cf | the Board of Registrars shall he the
 action of the board. and majo tty of the board shall constitute quorum for the transaction of sli business. Any person to whom registration is denied
 shall have the right of appeal. without giving security for costs. within thirty days after such denial. by filing a pe- tition in the Circuit Court or court of l like jurisdiction held for the county In which he seeks to register, to have his qualifications as an elector determined. Upon 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 it shall be to appear and defend against the petition on behalf of the State. Up-
 on such trial the court shall charge the jury only ito what constituted the qualifications that entitled the appli- cant to become an elector at the time he applied for registration, and the jury shall determine the weight and
 effect of the evidence and return a yer dist. From the judgment rendered an appeal will lie to the Supreme Court in favor of tn petitioner, to be taken
 within thirty days Final judgment
 in favor of the petitioner shall entitle him to registration AS of the date of hls application to the registrars.
 Seventh--The Secretary of State
 shall. at the expense of the State, have prepared and shall furnish to the reg
 istrars and judges of probate Of the several counties n sufficient nunher of 1 registration books and of blank forms | of the oaths. certificates of registration and notices required to be given by the 1 registrars. The cost of the publice, .ion | in pewspap pers of the notices reau;i ed to be given by the registrars, shall be lx.v to
 be rendered to the Secretary of State l and approved by him.
 Eighth--Any person who registers for another, or who registers more
 than once and any registrar who enters the name of any person on th, list of registered voters. without such erscn having made application in person un-
 der oath on a form provided for that purpose, or who knowingly regis ,ai any person more than once, or who
 knowingly enters a name upon the leg-
 istration list as the name of a v,sser,
 without any one of that name apply ing
 to register. shall be guilty If fel1,y, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned in the penitentilrv fo" rot less than one nor more tha i've years. 1s7. The Board of Registrars In each county shall, on or before he frs. day ' three. or as soon thereafter as prac-
 ticable, file in the office of the judge cf probate of their county a comple;e list,
 sworn to by them. of all persons res;e- tered in their county, showing :ne ege
 of such persons so registered, with the
 precinct or ward in which each of such
 persons resides set opposite the rame
 of such person. and shall also file a like
 list in the office of the Secret lrv of
 State. The judge of probate shall on or
 before the first day of March. nineteen
 hundred and three, or as soon thereaf-
 ter as practicable, cause to be made
 from such list in duplicate, in the books
 furnished by the Secretary of State, an
 alphabetical list by precincts of the
 persons shown by the list of the regis
 trars to have been registered in the
 county, and shall file one of such all
 phabetical lists in the office of the Sec
 retary of State; for which services by
 the Judges of Probate compensation
 shall be provided by the Legislature.
 The Judges of Probate shall keep both
 the original list filed by the registrars
 and the alphabetical list made there
 from as records in the office of the
 Judge of Probate of the county. Unless
 he shall become disqualified under the
 provisions of this Article, any one who
 shall register prior to the first day of
 January, 1903, shall remain an elector
 during life, and shall not be required
 to register again unless he changes his
 residence, in which event he may reg
 ister again on production of his certi-
 ficate The certificate of the registrars
 or of the Judge of Probate or of the
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