The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-16

 by wards if in an incorporated city or town. which copy along with the regis tration list must be returned to the office 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 trars and the alphabetical list made therefrom as records in the office of the Judge of Probate of the county, and same shall be open to public inspection.
 Sec 1s The Judge of Probate shall, from the registration list returned to his office including those registered prior to January 1st 1903, make correct alphabeti- cal lists of the electors registered by pre- cincts, which list shall be certified by him officially 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 offiee
 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. IA. Every Judge of Probate shall be paid for his services about the regis traitor and certification of electors, two and one-half cents for each elector regis tered and certified.
 Sec 15. Any elector who registered prior 10 January ist, 192, who has chang ed the county of his residence shall be registered on application on production of his certificate, unless he has since be- come disqualified.
 Sec 16 When tho certificate of any elector 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 affidavit, and 1t 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 tho applicant certificate that he was duly registered as an elector. 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- tihcates for use as provided in thls sec ton.
 The certificate of the registrars or the Judge of Probate or of the Secretary of State shall be sufficient evidence to estab-
 fish the fact of such registration,
 Sec. 1T. Any applicant for registration may be required to state under oath. to be administered by the registrars, or by any person authorized by law to admin ister oaths. where he lived during the five years next preceding the time ar which he applied 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 applicant for registra- tion 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 shall be i'm prlsoned in the penitentlary for not less than one nor more than five years. Sec. IS. 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 purging 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 inquisitlon of lunacy, or who have been convicted of any offense men toned in Art. 1S2 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- ton list.
 Sec 19 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 4th 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-hve cents for each notice executed f.- ! |. ury. The board of registrars shall meet in 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 slider the case of each elector whose name it 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 a court of like iu- risdictlon, 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 all pbabetcal 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 books for the registration of electors so 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. 23. When the name of any eleetor Is stricken from the registration list the list filed in the office of the judge of probate must show the reason for strils- | ing the said elector from the list. See. 24. 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, Commits sioner of Agriculture and Industries, and Railroad Commissioners, senators and 1 representatives in the Legislature, chief justice and associate justices of the Su- preme Court, judges of the circuit court, circuit solicitors, chanceilors. judges of | fha a11fa chn