The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-16

| 1 tees end such other reports as may be re- | uuired of him. by the Board. giving the number of inmates. the receipts and ex- | penditures. and such other information | as may be necessary to give s practical | history of the Home, for the time cov- | cred by the report, with such recommen- | dations as he may deem necessary and I proper. Provided. That this bill shah not be so construed as to permit any person
 enjoying the benefit of the Soldiers Home herein established to receive q pension under the general pension laws of the State s..a2r ,4
 f Approved Oct. 6, lso3 H U x !. THoe. HEFLTE, | Secretary of State LEo. 4sm AN AcT tH. ao7 I To further regulate elections in the State | of Alabama.
 l Section l. Be it enacted by the Lesis-
 iature of Alabama. that every male citi-
 zen of this State who is citizen of the l United States and every male Resident i of foreign birth who. before the ratifica- ton of the present constitution of the State. shall have legally declared his ir- | tention to become citizen of the Unit | cd 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 1 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 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 alb foreign I 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 l entitled to become such, cease to have
 the right to vote until they become such
 citizens; and provided, further. that any clector 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, embezzlement. malfeasance in of- flee. larceny, receiving stolen property, obtaining money under false pretenses, perjury, subornation of perjury. robbery, assault with intent to rob. burglary, for hrihnrv wife. bigamy. living in adultery, sodomy. incest, rape, miscegenation. crime against nature. or any crime punishable by im- prisonment in penitentiary, or for any in- famous crimes or crime involving moral turpitude; also. any person who has been
 since November 18th. 1901 or who slalf be convicted as 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 fin 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 with right to vote by the Governor, np- proved by the Board of Pardons and specially expressed in the pardon.
 A> Sec. 3. No person shall lose or ac- enliTe a residence. either by temporary absence from his place of residence with out the intention of remaining. or by
 being 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 a residence by being sta toned in this State.
 Sec. {. When the place of residence of any person is located partly in two
 or more counties or precincts. such per- son may select the county or precinct
 of his residence, and. to that end, may
 file a statement in writing in the office of the judge of probate of the county
 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 1t in the county or pre-
 
 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.
 Sec. 6. Registration shall be conducted in each county by a board of three repu- table and suitable persons, who are aisQ 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- proval of this act by the Governor.
 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
 hold office for four years and until their
 successors are appointed. If one or moi 6 of the persons appointed on such board of registration shall refuse, neglect or be
 unable to qualify or serve, or if a vacancy 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 as a board
 of appointment shall make other ap-
 pointments to fill such board. Each reg
 istrar shall receive three dollars per day,
 to he 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 offlce each