The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-12

by the state, the bills therefore to be rendered to the secretary of state and ap- proved by him.
 Any person who registers for another, or who knowingly and wilfully registers or procures the registration of any person not possessing the qualifications of an e1ector, or who registers more than once, and any registrar who enters the name of any person on the list of registered voters, without such person having made application in person under oath on form provided for that purpose, or who knowingly registrars any person more than once. or who knowingly enters name upon the registration list as the name of voter, without any one of that name applying to register, shall be guilty of felony and upon conviction there- of shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than i've years.
 The board of registrars shall each year within two weeks after the expiration of the time prescribed for registration make a true copy of the list of names regis tered. which copy, along with the regis tration list, must be returned to the ot- flee of the judge of probate of the county. The judge of probate shall certify an al- phabetical list to the secretary of state. The judge of probate shall keep both the original list filed by the registrars and the alphabetical list made therefrom as records in the office of the judge of pro- bate of the county.
 Shall Make Up Lists.
 The judge of probate shall, from the registration list returned to his office, in- cluding those registered prior to January 1, 1903, make correct alphabetical lists of ,the electors registered by precincts which list shall be certified by him officially to be full and correct copy of the l'sts of registered electors for each precinct respectively as the same appears from the returns of the board of registrars on file in his office
 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.
 Each judge of probate shall be paid for his services about the registration and certification of electors, one cent for each elector registered and certified,
 , Any elector who registered prior to January l, 1903, who has changed the county of his residence shall be regis tered on application on production of his certificate, unless he has since become disqualified.
 When the certificate of any elector who was duly registered has been lost, muti lated or destroyed on application stating that the certificate has been lost, mu- tilated or destroyed, and verified by af- fidavit. the judge of probate of the county of registration or the secretary of state will issue to the applicant a certificate that he was duly registered as an elector. Such certificate shall be issued free of charge to the elector. The secretary of cta at To hall af of furnish the judges of probate blank cer- tificates for use as provided in this sec tion. The certificate of the registrars or the judge of probate or of the secretary of state shall be sufficient evidence to establish the fact of such registration.
 Applicants Oath.
 Any applicant for registration may be required to state under oath, to be admin istered by the registrars, or by any per son authorized by law to administer oaths, where he lived during the five years next preceding the time at which he applies to register, and the 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 application for registration who re- fuses 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 shall | be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not | less than one nor more than five years. The board of registrars shall meet in | each county on the second Monday in Au- | gust, 1904, and on said date each two years l thereafter for purging the registration list and may continue in session for one week. l The names of those who have died, be- | come insane, or who have been convicted 1 of any offense mentioned in Art. 1S2 of the | constitution since being registered or oth- | erwise disqualified as electors under the l provisions of the constitution, and any names which may have been fraudulently
 entered on such list by the registrars shall
 be stricken from the registration list.
 Notice Shall Be Issued.
 When the name of any elector is pro-
 posed to be stricken from the registration
 list unless he be dead or insane. notice shall be issued to him by the board of reg
 istrars citing him to appear before the ! board on the fourth Monday in August
 following, and show cause why his name
 should not be stricken from the list The following persons shall be disqual- flied from registering and voting All idiots and insane persons: those who were | by reason of conviction of crime disquali-
 fled from voting at the time of the rati- l fication of the constitution on November 2S, l90l those who have been since No I vember 2S, 1901, or shall be convicted oi | treason, murder, arson, embezzlement malfeasance in office, larceny, receiving , stolen property, obtaining money unde. 1 false pretenses. perjury, subornation of l perjury, robbery, assault with intent to l rob, burglary. forgery. bribery, assault
 and battery on the wife. bigamy. living 1T | adultery sodomy, incest, rape, miscegen- | alton. crime against nature, or any crime l punishable by imprisonment in the .peni- | tentiary, or of any infamous crimes o:
 crime involving moral turpitude; also, any person who has been since November 2S l 1901, or who shall be convicted as va