The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-12
The GENERAL ELECTION LAW
Duties OF Certain Officers Under
the Terrell Law.

The new general election law
makes 1t the duty of the Tax Col
lector in each county to issue poll |
tax receipts or exemption certin- |
Gates to persons applying for and
entitled to same, and to show on
such receipts or certificates, among
other things, the name of the party |
his age, race, length of residence in
State, county and voting precinct,
his occupation and place Of resi-
dence, and the cause of exemption
if claimed, requiring this informa-
ton TO be given under oath.
If the Collector does not person
ally know the person, he shall re-
quiTe proof of the matters required
to be shown in the certificate, and
if he believes that the person has
sworn falsely he will furnish
memorandum of the matter to the
foreman of the next grand jury.
There is no similar provision as to
/ the information to be furnished by
the agent paying poll taxes for an
/ other.
| The Tax Collector shall retain in
his books a duplicate of each poll
tax receipt or certificate of eXemp-
| tion issued. He shall also make
! up in bound books three additional
/ copies of each receipt or certificate,
/ one set of these books to be deliver
ed to the County Judge before the
/ st day of March, and the other two
sets to be delivered to the County
Clerk before the LIST day Of April,
/ for the use of election officers iu the
various precincts.
/ For each Ioll tax receipt or Ger
titicate of exemption the County
/ Tax Collector shall receive the sum
of lJc; but this shall include the
/ duplicates and copies to be furnish
ed as provided for in the act. The
| account is to be allowed by the Com
missioners' Court on the presenta-
/ ton of an itemized statement IN
der oath. The compensation to be
allowed the Collector for this ser
+ vice shall be fees ex-ofiicio, and
shall not be computed under what
! is known as the fee bill.
1t is made the duty of the County
| Commissioners Courts TO divide
their respective counties into con
veniont election precincts in Au-
gust, 1903, and every two years
thereafter, if necessary. In the
month of February following they
shall appoint two reputable citizens
I 10 be judges Ct the elections for two
years, one of them TO be designated
as the presiding judge.
! In every preciuct at which 100
votes or more were cast in the last
general election two additional
judges of election shall be appointed.
Any number Of clerks necessary
may be appointed by the presiding
judge. There shall be not more
than 80 voters in an election pre-
cinct in cities Of 1000 or more.
The County Commissioners shall,
before the lst day of October, 1908,
and annually thereafter, furnish the
| Tax Collector a certified copy Of the
/ last order of the court fixing cleo
tion precincts. They shall at the
same time furnish him with "a set Of
poll tax receipt books and exemp-
! ton certificate books for each pre-
| cinct. Each Of these books 10 con-
tain duplicate receipts OF certificates
one copy of which is to be delivered
to the voter, the other 10 be re-
| tanned
The court must also furnish the
| Collector with another set Of books
containing single receipts and ex-
emption certificates, into which the
Collector shall copy all receipts and
certificates issued, and deliver those
books to the County Judge. Two
additional sets Of books shall be
furnished, TO be filled out for the
use Of election officers in each pre-
cinct.
1t is made the duty Of the Com
missiOners Court To furnish the Of
fetal ballots, ballot boxes, station
cry, blanks, etc, for both primary
and general elections, and in cities
OF 1000 or more inhabitants it is
made their duty to furnish one set
voting booths and guard rails for
each precinct, il being required that
there shall be one booth for every
20 votes cast at the next preceding
general election. In the case Of
primary elections there shall be fur
nished one set Of booths for each
political party holding a primary
election. IL is also made the duty
of the Commissioners Court 10 de
liver to the election officers of a
final election books containing
copies Of the poll tax receipts and
exemption certificates. The officers
OF the primary election are required