The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-16
[. THOS. HEFLIN.
 Secretary of Statc

No. 4SM AN ACT OH. 2o7
 To further regulate elections in the State of Alabama.
 Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the Iegis- lature of Alabama, that every male citi- zen of this State who is a citizen ofs the United States, and every male resident of foreign birth, who before the ratifiea- ton of the present constitution of the
 State, shall have legally declared his in- tention to become a citizen of the Unit
 ed States, twenty-one years old or up- ward. not laboring under any of the dis abilities named in Section of this act,
 and who shall have resided in this State at least two years. in the county one year and in the precinct or ward three
 months, immediately preceding the cleo ton at which he offers to vote and who
 shall have been duly registered as an
 elector, and shall have paid on or before
 the first day of February next preced- ing the date of the election at which he offers to vote all poll taxes due from him for the year 1901 and for each sub sequent year, shall be an elector and
 shall be entitled to vote at any election by the people provided that all foreign CTS, who shall have legally declared their intention to become citizens of the Unit
 ed States, shall, if they fail to become
 citizens thereof at the time they are entitled to become such, cease to have the right to vote until they become such
 citizens; and provided, further, 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, in
 corporated town or city, shall have the right to vote in the precinct from which he has so removed, if he would have been entitled to vote in such precinct but for such removal.
 Section 2. The following persons shall be disqualified both from registering and voting: All idiots and insane persons; those who were by reason of conviction
 of crime disqualified from voting at the time of the ratification of the constitu- | ton on November 2S, 1901; those who
 have been since Nov. 2S, 1901, or who
 shall be convicted of treason, murder, ar
 son, embezzement. malfeasance in of 1 fee, larceny, receiving stolen property
 obtaining money under false pretenses
 perjury, subornation of perjury, robbery,
 assault with intent to rob, burglary for
 gery, bribery assault and battery on wife blganfy, living in adultery sodomy, | Incest, rape miscegenation, crime against
 nature, or any crime punishable by inn
 prisonment in penitentiary or for any in- l famous crimes or crime involving moral
 turpitude also, any person who has been |
 be convicted as a vagrant or tramp. or
 of selling or offering to sell his vote or | the vote of another. or of making or | offering to make false returns in any election by the people or in any primary | election to procure the nomination or
 election of any person to any office,
 or of suborning any witness or registrar
 to secure the registration of any person
 as an elector provided that any person
 who is disqualified from voting by req | son of conviction of any of the offenses | mentioned in this section, except treason, | whether the conviction was had in a State or Federal court has been par
 doned, may be restored to his citizenship l with right to vote by the Goverfior, ap-
 proved by the Board of Pardons and
 specially expressed in the pardon.
 Sec 8. No person shall lose or ac- | ouire a residence, either by temporary | absence from his place of residence with out the intention of remaining, or by
 being a student of an institution of
 learning. or by navigating any of the
 waters of this State, the United States
 or the high seas. without having acquir-
 ed any other lawful residence. or by
 being absent from his place of residence | in the civil or military service of the State, or the United States; neither shall | any soldier, sailor or marine, in the mili- | tary or naval service of the United States, acquire residence by being sta | toned in this State.
 Sec 4. When the place of residence of any person Is located partly in two
 or more counties or precincts. such per l son may select the county or precinct | of his residence, and, to that end, may | file a statement in writing in the office 1 of the judge of probate of the county l selected, setting forth the locality of his residence and the lines passing through the same, together with the county or | precinct selected for residence, which statement when filed and recorded, shall establish the residence of the person | filing it in the county or pre- cint of his election, provided, | that any person who may be de- | clared to be a liner between counties or | precincts and shall have fixed his citi- zenship according to law that may be hereafter provided in such cases, shall
 be considered citizen and elector of the county or precinct in which he so fixes
 his citizenship, for all the purposes of
 this act
 l Sec B. Registration shall be conducted
 in each county by a board of three repu- | table and suitable persons, who are. also qualified electors resident in the county, | who shall not hold an elective office dur | ing their term. to be appointed
 within sixty days from the ap- [ State Auditor, and Commissioner of Agri- culture and Industries, or by a majority of them acting as a board of appoint ment. The registrars so appointed shall 1 hold office for four years and until their
 successors are appointed. If one or more of the persons appointed on such board of registration shall refuse, neglect or be | unable to qualify or serve, or if vacancy or vacancies occur in the membership of the board of registrars from any cause, the Governor, State Auditor and Com
 missioner of Agriculture and Industries, or a majority of them acting a a board of appointment shall make other ap pointments to fill such board. Each reg istrar shall receive three dollars per day to be paid by the State, and disbursed by the several Judges of Probate, for each days attendance upon the session of the board. Before entering upon the per formance of the duties of his office, each registrar shall take the same oath re- quired of the judicial officers of the State, which oath may be administered by any fperson authorized by law to administer oaths. The oath shall be in writing and subscribed by the registrar, and filed in the office of the Judge of Probate of the county. Said registrars are hereby made
 judicial oofficers and shall act judicially in all matters pertaining to the registra- tion of applicants.
 Sec G. The board of registrars in each county shall visit each precinct at least once and oftener if necessary between July the first and October the first, 1904. | and each two years thereafter to make a | complete registration of all persons en- | titled to register and shall remain there at least one day from eight o'clock In the