The age-herald., 1902-02-18
VETERAN MEXICAN RF|RST MAN ID
 REGISTER NAME Board of County Registrars Be- gin Work at the Court
 House MIR. GILL HEADS THE LIST MT. George B. Tarrant the Second Voter to QuaIify-f26 Is Total
 Number for the First
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 The Jefferson County Board of Regis trars appointed by Governor Jelks to regis ter voters for life under the provisions of the present constitution began work at o'clock yesterday afternoon and up to the hour of adjournment 126 voters had been registered.
 Under the provisions of the constitution the hours for registering voters are from o'clock in the morning until sunset. The board was delayed on account of the non-arrival of blanks. These came by ex- press late in the morning and the board began it's first session in the afternoon.
 The board, composed of Messrs. R. G. Hewitt, George P. Bondurant and M. P. Lewis, is sitting at the court house to register voters in Beat q. Voters from any part of the county, however, can register there. The board will sit for three weeks after which time they will hold sittings at the various towns in the county.
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 The office furniture of the board con- sists of table in the corner of the court house. Here all during the afternoon large and interested crowd watched the process of registering. This Is really very simple. The board has a blank applica tion which is signed by the person desir- ing to register and this is filed away and o,, J,o si, and ooIa like a United States greenback is given him signed by the three registrars, or a majority, reciting that he to whom issued is a qualified eIector as provided by the constitution.
 This certificate is a life certificate and entities the holder to vote during his life, provided he does not disqualify him. self by non-payment of taxes or other cause.
 Mexican War Veteran First.
 The first person to register yesterday was MT. J. W. Gill, a veteran ofthe Mex ican war. MT. George B. Tarrant was the first on hand to register but he yield ed his place to Mir Gill who was anxious for the honor Mr. Tarrant registered
 
 Kline and Judge J. P. Stiles.
 When the registrars complete their work they make a copy of those who have registered and file it with the judge of probate This is the official registra- tion list of a county. The next Legisla- ture has been authorized by the consti- tuition to pass laws to purge the registra- tion list of any illegal names.
 Application to Be Signed.
 Following is copy of the application to be signed by anyone wishing to be come a voter:
 State of Alabama, County of.............. Precinct or Ward................
 I hereby make application to register as a qualified elector during my life under the provisions of the revised constitution Q9OD of Alabama.
 And I do solemnly swear, or affirm. that according to the best and utmost of my knowledge, judgment and belief, am entitled and qualified to register as such qualified elector under the provisions of said revised constitution, and that I am not disqualified by any of the provisions thereof
 ...............'.'...' .'...'.'..'......
 Subscribed and sworn to before ...... this the ................ day of .............r 1902.
 Qualifications of Voters.
 Following are the qualifications for voters:
 Every male citizen of this state who is a citizen of the United States, and every male resident of foreign birth. who. be- fore the ratification of this constitution, shall have legally declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, 21 years old or upwards not laboring un- der any of the disabilities named in this article, and possessing the qualifications required by it, shall be elector, and shall be entitled to vote at any election by the people; provided, that all foreign CTS who have legally declared their inten- ton to become citizens of the Unit ed States shall, if they fail to become citi- zens thereof at the time they are entitled to become such, cease to have the right to vote until they become such citizens.
 To entitle person to vote at any elec- tion by the people, he shall have resided in the state at least two years, in the county one year, and in the precinct or ward three months, immediately preced- ing the election at which he offers to vote. and he shall have been duly regis tered as an elector, and shall have paid on or before the first day of February next preceding the date of the election at which he offers to vote, all poll taxes due from him for the year nineteen hundred and one, and for each subsequent year; provided, that any elector who, within three months next preceding the date of the election at which he offers to vote, has removed from one precinct or ward to another precinct or ward in the same county, incorporated town or city, shall have the right to vote in the precinct or ward from which he has so removed, if he would have been entitled to vote in such precinct or ward but for such re- moval.
 The following male citizens of this state who are citizens of the United States, and every male resident of foreign birth who, tion, shall have legally declared his in- tention to become a citizen of the United States. and who shall not have had an opportunity to perfect his citizenship prior to the twentieth day of December, nineteen hundred and two, twenty-one years old or upwards, who, if their place of residence shall remain unchanged, will