The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-16

No person shah be reg.stsred sxcept at the county site or in the precinct or ward In which he resides. The resistrass sball Issue to each person registered a cersiff- cate of registration. On Friday and sat- urdsy next preceding the day of eac,, general or municipal election, held under the general municipal laws of this Bfate. the registrars shall sit in the court house Of each county. during such days. and, in held in . town other than the county site, and on day other than that of any special or general election, saId rewis- trars shall sit on Friday and Saturday preceding such election at some ulacs within the corporate limits Of the mu. nicipality wherein such proposed election is to be hold. of the time and place of which sitting due notice shali be gsven as provided for in the matter of regular regis.rauons. When two or more such elections are to be held on the same day, then the board of registrars siaii sit st the court house of such county for such time. and shall register all AppI cants having the qualifications of an elector. who shall have reached the are of tven- ty-one years since the last date of reRfs- tration, or who shall prove to the reason able satisfaction of the board that by reason of physical disability of nimseh or sickness during the pe- riod when the board of yeris- trars were registering the voters in the precinct where the applicant resided, in his family or unavoidable inability to att tend the registration at other times. or | by reason of absence from the county. they had no opportunity to register prior to said time, and they shall not on such days reg ster any other persons.
 The board of registration in each coun-
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 last Monday in September, 1904. and each
 two years thereafter. and shall remain in
 session one week for the registration of
 voters.
 Sec. ( Ia. When there are two court
 houses fin county, the registrars may
 sit four days, viz., on Wednes stlay. Thurs
 day, Friday and Saturday next preceding
 the day of each regular election, two of
 such days at each court house, and they
 shall give twenty days notice. by bills
 posted at each of the court houses desig-
 mating the time and place at which they
 will sit; if there are more than two court
 houses. the registrars shall select the
 two court houses at which they will sit
 and shall give notice as above provided.
 Sec. [. The board of registrars shah
 have power to examine, under oath or sf- tirmation. all applicants for registration, and to take testimony touching the quaii- fications of such applicants. Each mem- her of such board Is authorized to admin ister the oath to be taken by the appii- cants and witnesses, which shall be in the following form, and subscribed by the person making it. and preserved by the board. namely:
 II solemnly swear Cor afiirm) that in the matter of the application of ......... for registration as elector. will speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God.'' Any person who upon such examination makes any wilfully false statement in reference to any material matter touching the quali-. ffcation of any applicant for registration shall be guilty of perjury. and upon con- viction thereof. shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.
 Sec. 1-2. The following persons and no others. who, if their place of resi- dence shall remain unchanged, will have, at the date of the next general election. the qualifications as to residence pre- scribed by Section of this act, shall be qualified to register as electors. provided they shall not be disqualified under Sec ton of this act:
 1st. Those who can read and write any article of the constitution of the United States In the English language, and who are physically unable to work; and those who can read and write any article of the constitution of the United States in the English language, and who have worked or been regularly engaged fin some lawful employment, business or occupation, trade or calling for the greater part of the twelve months next preceding the time they offer to register. and tnose who are unable to read and write. If such inabil- ity is due solely to physically disability; or,
 End. The owner in good faith in his own right, or the husband of a woman who Is the owner in good faith in her own right, of forty acres of land situate in this State upon which they reside; or the owner in good faith in his own right, or the husband Of any woman who is the owner in good faith in her own right, of real estate situate in this State. assessed for taxation at the value of three hun dred dollars or more or the owner in good faith. fin his own right. or the husband of a woman who is the owner in good faith, fin her own right, of personal prop erty in this State assessed for taxation for three hundred dollars or more; pro- vided that the taxes due upon such real or personal property for the year next preceding the year in which he offers to register shall have been paid, unless the assessment shall have been legally con- tested and is undetermined.
 Sec. 8. Any person making application to the board of registrars for registration who fails to establish by evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the board of registrars that he is qualified to register may be refused registration.
 Sec. g. The action of the majority of the board of registrars shall be the &C., A.. af Nhn hoard and a mafnrttv of fhA board shall constitute a quorum for the of all business. Any person to whom registration Is denied shall have the right of appeal without giving secu- rtty for cost, within thirty days after such denlal, by filing a petition in the cir- cult court or court of 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 netition the clerk of the court shall give notice thereof to any solicitor authorized to represent the State in said County, whose duty 1t shall be to appear and de- lend against the petition on behalf of the State. Upon such trial the court shall charge the jury only as to what consti- tutes the qualifications that entitle the applicant to become an eIector at the time he applied for registration, and the ,urv shall determine the weight and ef- feet of tho evidence and return a verdict. From the judgment rendered an appeal will lie to the supreme Court in favor Of inc netitioner. to he taken within thirty days. Final Judgment in favor of the pe- tItioner shall entItle him to registration as of the date of his application to the registrars. No person registered as an eIentor shall again be required to regis fer uniess his place of residence is