The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-16

uaHuc8 ES8Btofeus ot8tIuk tne fe1i0e6fc8 of the person registered by precinct--if not in sn incorporated city or town or by wards if in an incorporated city or town. which copy along with the regis tratfon list. must be returned to the ofice Of the Judge of Probate of the county. The Judge of Probate shall certify an alphabetical list to the Secretary of State. The Judge of Probate shall keep both the original list filed by the regis tfsrs and the alphabetical list made therefrom ss records in the cfilce of the Judge of Probate of the county, and same shall be open to public inspection. Sec. 13 The Judge of Probate shall, from the registration list returned to his ofice Including those registered prior to January 1st, 1898, make correct alphabeti- cal lists of the electors registered by pre- cfncts. which list shall be certified by him offcialIy to be full and correct for each precinct respectively as the same appears from the returns of the board of registrars on file In his once.
 One copy of said list for each precinct the Judge of Probate shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the inspectors in each precinct immediately preceding every election.
 Sec. M Every Judge of Probate shall be paid for his services about the regis
 
 and one-half cents for each elector regis tered and certified.
 Sec. 1s. Any eiectof who registered prior to January 1st, 1908. who has chang ed the county of his residence shah be registered on application on production of his certificate, unless he has since be- come disaualihed. .
 Sec ie When the certificate of any e:ector who was duly registered has been lost, mutilated or destroyed, on applica- ton stating that the certificate has been lost, mutilated or destroyed. and verified by afidavit, and it appears of record that such applicant has been registered, the Judge of Probate of the county of registration or the Secretary of State shall issue to the applicant a certificate that he was duly registered as an eiector. Such certificate shall be issued free of charge to the elector. The Secretary of State shall at the expense of the State furnish the Judge of Probate blank cer- tifcates for use as provided in this sec ton.
 The certificate of the registrars or the Judge of Probate or of the Secretary of State shaii be sufficient evidence to estab- fish the fact of such registration. Sec H. Any applicant for registration may be required to state under oath, to be administered by the registrars. or by any person authorised by law to admin lster oaths. where he lived during the five years next preceding the time ar which he applied to register, and tho name or names by which he was known during that period, and the name of his employer or employers. if any, during such period. Any applicant for registra- ton who refuses to state such facts, or any of them, shall not be entitled to register. and any person so offering to register. who wilfully makes a false statement in regard to such matters, or any of them. shall be guilty of perjury. and upon conviction thereof shah be i'm prisoned in the pententiary for not less than one nor more than five years.
 Sec. 1S. The board of registrars shall meet in each county on the second Mon- day in August, 1904, and on said date each two years thereafter for purgins the registration list, and may continue In session one week. The names of those who have died, become non-residents of the State, become insane, and been so declared by inquisition of lunacy, or who have been convicted of any offense men tioned in Art. 1Sz of the Constitution since being registered or otherwise disqualified as electors under the provisions of the constitution, and any names which may have been fraudulently entered on such list shall be stricken from the registra- tion list.
 Sec. 1s When the name of any elector Is proposed to be stricken from the regis tration list. unless he be dead or is a nonresident of the State, notice shall be issued to him by the board of regis trars citing him to appear before the board on the 9th Monday in August fol- lowing, and show cause why his name should not be sticken from the list. Said notice shall be served by the sheriff at least five days before the said fourth Monday in August, and he shall be paid sixty-fve cents for each notice executed by him to be paid out of the county treas- ury. The board of registrars shall meet in each county, on the 4th Mon day in August. 1904, and on said date each two years thereafter, may continue in session one week. On said date the board shall proceed to con- sider the case of each elector whose name 1t is proposed to strike from the registration list. and determine the same, provided that on the demand of any person whose name is proposed to be stricken from the list a trial by jury may be had and the board shall forth with certify the proceedings to the cir cult clerk or clerk of court of like ju- risdiction, who shall docket the case in the circuit court of the county or other court of like Jurisdiction. The solicitor shall represent the State in the trial of said cause.
 Sec. 20. The board of registrars shall enter on a book. to be furnished by the Secretary of State at the expense of the State for that purpose, the names in al- phabetical order by precincts of all cleo tors stricken from the registration list, and after each meeting for purging the registration list shall file the same in the office of the judge of probate. On the filing of said book the probate judge shall strike all such names from the list in his office and shall not again send them out to the inspectors.
 Sec. 21. The board of registrars shall be furnished by the Secretary of State, at the expense of the State, necessary arranged that the names of the electors registered may be conveniently entered | on said book in alphabetical order.
 Sec. 22. It shall be the duty of the | registrars to ascertain while visiting the several precincts of the county the names | of all persons who should be stricken from the registration list by reason of death or otherwise.
 Sec. g. When the name of any elector is stricken from the registration list the list filed in the office of the judge of probate must show the reason for strik- ing the said elector from the list.
 Sec. 2. The following officers in this State shall be elected by the qualified electors thereof; Governor, Lieutenant Governor. Attorney General. State Audi tor. Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Education, Commis- sioner of Agriculture and Industries, and Railroad Commissioners. senators and justice and associate justices of the Su- K1rennA Court itIdQea nf thA rirctIft court