The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-10

one thousand suuare miles in area, such
 Board may consume seventy-fve work ing days in completing the registration
 in sucn counties, and except that Tn counties in which there Is any city or eight thousand inhabitants or over, the
 Board may remain in session in addi- tion to the sessions herein above p.e-
 scribed, for not more than three suc- cessive weeks in each of said 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 ad- ditional sessions of not exceeding five consecutive days duration for
 each session in any town or city of nine hundred Or more, and
 Jess 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 per son registered certi- ficate of registration.
 Third-The Board of Registrars shall register no person between the 1st day
 of August, 1902, and the Friday next
 preceding the day of the election in No vember 1902. On Friday and Saturday
 next preceding the day of election in
 November 1902, they shall sit in the
 court house of each county during such
 days, and shall register all applicants having the qualifications prescribed by
 Sections and of this Article, and
 not disqualified under Section 6, who
 shall have reached the age of 21 years
 after the first day of August, 1902, or
 who shall prove to the reasonable sat- isfaction of the Board that, by reason of physical disability or unavoidable
 absence from the county, they had no opportunity to register prior to the t1rst day of August, 1902; and shall on such days register no other persons. When there are two or more court houses in one county. the Registrars may sit dur ing such two days at either of such
 court houses they may select. but shall give ten days notice, by bills posted at each of the other coN't houses, des- ignating the court house at which they will so sit
 Fourth-The Board of Regstrars shall hold sessions at the court house
 of their respective counties during the
 entire third week in November. 1902, and for six working days next prior to
 the 10th day of December, 1902. during
 which sessions they shall register all persons. applying who posseas the
 qualifications prescribed in Sections 2
 and 4. and who shall not be disqualified under Section 6 of this Article. In counties where there 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 the time and place Of
 such sessions by posting notices at each court house in their respective
 counties, and at each voting place and
 at three other public places in the county, and by publication once week for two consecutive weeks in news
 papers, If one be published in the county: such notices to be published and such publication be commenced as early as practicable in the first week in November, 1902; provided. that fail ure on the part of the Registrars to conform to the provisions of this sec tion as to notices to be given, shall not invalidate any registration made by them.
 Fifth-The Board of Registrars shall have power to examine, under oath or affirmation. all applicants for registra- | ton, and to take testimony touching | the qualifications of such applicants. Each member of such Board Is author | ized to administer the oath to be taken
 hy the applicant and witnesses, which shall be in the following form. and subscribed by the person making it, and preserved by the Board. namely: q soIemnly swear Cor affirm) that in
 the matter of the application of -- ---- l for registration az all elector. I will sneak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help me God. Any person who, upon such examina-
 tion. makes any wilfully false state
 ment. in reference to any material mat
 ter touching the qualifications of any
 applicant for registration, shall he
 guilty of perjury.
 Sixth-The action of the majority of the Board of Registrars shalF bo the
 action of the Board Any person de
 nied registration shall have the right
 to appeal. without giving security for
 cost. within thirty days after such de-
 niaI, by aling petition in Circuit | Court. or court of like Jurisdiction, | held for the county in which he seeks
 to vote. to have his qualifications as
 an elector determined. Upon nl'ns the | netition. the clerk of the court shall
 give notice thereof to any solicitor au-
 thorzed to represent the State In said | counties, whose duty 1t shall be to ap-
 near and defend against the petition on
 behalf of the State. Upon such trial. the court shall charge the jury only as to what constituted the qualifications | that entitled the applicant to become
 an elector at the time he applied for
 registration, and the jury shall de- ternine the weight and enect of the evidence and return
 verdict. From the judgment rendered
 an appeal will lie to the Supreme Court | in favor of the petitioner, to be taken
 within thirty days. Final judgment in | favor of the petitioner shall entitle him | to registration as of the date of his ap- plication to the Registrars.
 Seventh-The Secretary of State l shall. at the expense of the State, have
 prepared and furnished to the Regis | trars and Probate Judges in the sev- | eral counties sufficient number of | registration books and of blank forms l of certificates or registration, and of
 oaths and of the notices required to | be given by the Registrars. The cost | of the publication in newspapers of the
 notices required to be given by the | Registrars shall he paid by the State, l the bills therefor to be rendered tu the | Secretary of State and approved by | him.
 Eighth-Any elector who registers for
 another, or who registers more than
 once. and any Registrar who enters the
 name of any elector on the list of reg
 istered voters without such elector hav- 1 ing made application in person. under
 oath on a form provided for that pur-
 pose, or who knowingly registers any | person more than once, or who know l ingly enters a name upon the reSiStra- ] ton list as the name of a voter without l any one of that name applying ho reg
 ister shall be guilty of felony.
 | Section II. The Board of Registrars,