The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-10
PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
REGISTRATION or YOUNG MEN
 JUST OF AGE.
Attorney General Wilson Gives opin- ion on This Point and Also as te Persons Removing to
 Another County.

Is there any way through which q young man who has come of age since
 certificate to qualify him for participa. ton In the Democratic primaries of the State on April IF
 Is the possessor of a certificate of reg.
 ty to another entitled to vote in the new County if he failed to have his name en. tered upon the list of registered voters
 In the new Countyf
 Two classes of Aiabamians are deeply
 Interested in the definite oficisi settle ment of these two questions. Both classes
 must be numerous # the many letters
 asking for information received by Sec
 retary of State Thomaa Hefiin and At
 cations. From all sections Of Alabama these ofncials have received letters ask Ing the bearing of the statutes and con- l stitution upon these points.
 The first question is an especially perti-
 nent one In the Sixth District, where, in some way. it has become interwoven in the Bankhead- 5obson campaign. Al the
 meeting of the State Executive Commit tee 1t was expected that an effort would
 he made by the friends of Captain Hob- son to so modify the primary plan that young men who have come of age since
 the registration books were closed should
 De permitted to vote in the April primary.
 The effort was not made The matter
 was not brought before the Committee
 It E generally agreed that there Is no registered before July i, when the regis tration books will be opened. Meanwhile the Democratic primary win have been
 In reply to the letters he has received Attorney General Massey Wilson has said in his opinion as a lawyer that young man who has come of age since January 1903. cannot be registered un- ul Juiy l. Any registration attempted outside of the timel clearly defined by the law would be plainly illegal This ap- pears to be the opinion of nearly every lawyer who has answered the question.
 To the second question as to whether H man who has a registration certificate but who has moved from the County in which it was granted, has the right to vote In the new County without first hav- ing his name entered on the list of reg isteFed voters of the new County, there IS difference of opinion among lawyers The constitution provides that a man in moving from one County to another
 may have his name entered on the list of registered voters of the County into which he has moved.'
 The Attorney General is of the ouiniou that such a man must first have his name tied to vote.
 This question has not been laid before son yesterday, "and have not sn1 nrepsrsd wn an official opinion upon 1t. believe. however, that voter in this class can, not legally vote fin the County of his of qualified voters, of that County would say that the word may in the constitution means that the voter must | do that. Many lawyers are, however, of l a dinerent opinion. It depends upon the | may"
 The Board of Registration of Mont gomery will open It's books for a week | sometime before the primary, during | which time the owners of registration | certificates who moved into Montgomerv County over twelve months ago can have | tneir names entered on the list of this | Countys registered voters. No new reg | istration can be made at that time. cnfv the names of registered voters who have | moved here from other counties can hS | placed on the list It Is presumed that the reRistrat,on | boards of other counties will do the same thing. ~' ''o soNie