The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-05-14
TREASURES TO PREPARE LIST OF
VOTERS

II
VOTERS.
The time for the payment OF the
poll tax in order to qualify a regis.
tered voter for the privilege OF exer-
cising the right Of suffrage at the
Presidential election next fall is now
passed. and no man who has not
paid this tax can now vote at that
election, and it may happen that
some OF those who have paid their
poll tax will be excluded through
mistake. or negligence OF officials
whose duties 1t is TO make up the list
of eligible voters. Section 3S OF the
new constitution requires that, al
ter the first day OF January, nine
teen hundred and four, the treasurer
of each county and city shall, at
least five months before each regular
election, file with the clerk OF the Cir
cult Court OF his county, or OF the
Corporation Court OF his city, a list
of all persons in his county or city,
who have paid not later than SIN
months prior to such election, the
State poll taxes required by this
Constitution during the three years
next preceding that in which such
election is held; which list shall bear
ranged alphabetically, by magisse-
rial districts or wards, shall state
the white and eolored persons sepa-
rately. and shall be verified by the
oath of the treasurer. The clerk
within ten days from the receipt oi
the list, shall make and certify IA
sufficient number OF copies thereof,
and shall deliver one copy for each
voting place In his county or city,
to the sheriff of the county or ser
geant OF the city, whose duty 1t shall
be to post one copy, without delay
at each of the voting places and,
wishin ten days from the receipt
thereof, to make return on oath to
the clerks, as TO the places where
and dates at which said copies were
respectively posted, which return the
clerk shall record in book kept in
his office for the purpose; and he
shall keep in his office for public in
spection,f for at least sixty days after
receiving the list, not less than ten
certified copies thereof, and also
cause the list to be published in such
other manner as may be prescribed
by law; the original list returned by
the treasurer shall be filed and pre-
served by the clerk among the pub
lie records OF his office for at least
five years after receiving the same
Within thirty days after the list has
been so posted, any person who
shall have paid his capitation tax,
but whose name is omitted from the
certified list, may, after five days
written notice to the treasurer, APP
ply to the Circuit Court OF biscounty
or Corporation Court of bis city, or
to the Judge thereof in vacation, to
have the same corrected and his
name entered thereon. which appli-
cation the court or Judge shall
promptly hear and decide.
"Tbe clerk shall deliver, or cause
to be delivered, with the poll-bOoks,
at a reasonable time before every
election, to one of the judges OF the
election OF each precinct OF his coun-
ty or city, a like certified copy OF the
list, which shall be conclusive evil
denee OF the facts therein stated for
the purpose OF voting. The clerk
shall also, within sixty days after the
fling OF the list by the treasurer,
forward a certified copy thereof, with
such corrections as may have been
made by order OF the court or Judge,
to the Auditor OF Public Accounts,
who shall charge the amount OF the
poll taxes therein TO such treasurer
unless previously aecouutedfor."
SO it behooves every voter who has
paid this poll tax within the time
prescribed to entitle him to vote, to
examine the list posted as directed
in this section, and if his name does
not appear on the list to take such
steps as are necessary to get his
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