The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-02-24
In City of Pensacola and De
filming Qualifications of
Such Voters.
AS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF 1905, AND WHICH WILL AP-
PLY TO THE PENSACOLA CITY
ELECTION, SOON TO BE HELD.

ers of the city of Pensacola as passed
by the legislature of 1906, and not
adont rules as to the date of payment
OF poll taxes different from the act, it
will be necessary for poll taxes to be
pail within thirty days before the
first primary, which will possibly be
held on April 2. The committee, how
ever, will probably fix some date for
the qualification of voters and embody
it in the call. The act of the legisla-
ture of 1905 relating to this matter is
as follows:
AN ACT to Provide for the Registra-
ton of all Legally Qualified Voters
in the City of Pensacola, Florida,
and to Define the Qualifications of
Such Voters.
Be it Enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Florida:
Section 1. Any person who shall
possess the qualifications requisite to
an elector at general State elections
and shall have resided in the city of
Pensacola six months next preceding
any municipal election held in said
city and who shall have, not less than
thirty days before said election, paid
his capitation or poll taxes assessed
for the two years preceding such cleo
ton, If liable for such tax, and who
shall have been registered in the
municipal registration lists as provid-
ed in this Act, shall be a qualified
elector of said city at all municipal
elections
Sec 2 The Council of said city
shall, by majority vote, elect a reg
istration officer for said city at least
sixty days prior to the date of any
municipal election, commencing in the
year A. d. 1907, and each year in
which a municipal election is held
thereafter. The compensation of such
officer shall be fixed and paid by the
City Council. and before entering upon
his duties of registration officer shall
subscribe to an oath that he will faith
fully and impartially discharge the du-
ties of registration officer for such
city. Said registration officer shall
register all persons applying to him
come of age or otherwise qualified to
vote since the last general election
and are otherwise qualified electors
under the provisions of this Act. Such
registration officer shall open his Office
at some convenient place in said city
at least thirty days before such city
election and shall keep such place open
every day from 8 a. m. until 1 p. m
and from 8 p. m. to 5 p. m. for ten
consecutive days; due notice being
given by publication of such place of
registration and the date and hours.
Each person applying to register shall
take the following oath, to be admin
iStered by the registration officer: Il
do hereby solemnly swear that I am
boni-fide resident of the city of Pen
sacola, and possess all the qualifica-
tons Of an electOr of said city" Any
person taking such oath who shall
swear falsely shall be guilty of per
iu:y. The name of each person so
registered shall be entered in a book
prepared for that purpose. giving also
under proper headings. his age. color.
occupation and exact residence; the
list for each election district being
kept separate. Immediately upon
closing the registration the books
shall be turned over to the City Coun-
Gil. Said City Council shall have free
access to the registration books of the
County of Escambia, with authority to
make, or have made, copies of same,
so far as they include the election dis
tricts in said city. and from the same,
together with the registration of the
city registration officer, the City Coun-
Gil shall have prepared a list, in al
phabetical order, by election districts,
of the qualified electors authorized to
vote at the next ensuing city election,
emitting from such list the names of
all persons who have died or removed
from said city, or are disqualified to
vote by reason of failure to pay poll
taxes, or otherwise; and the said City
Council shall publish said list one
time in newspaper published in
said city, at least ten days before the
day of such city election, and with
such publication give notice of a GER
tain place within said city, and time
seven days before said election. where
said City Council will meet to restore
any name or names to such regiStra-
ton list which may have been improp-
erly stricken or omitted therefrum;
and at such time and place, said City
Council shall meet for that purpose
and shall restore to such list any name
or names shown to have been improp-
erly stricken or omitted from such
1 registration list
In case the name of an elector aJ-
pears in an election district in which
he does not reside, the registration
oficer shall upon application transfer
the same to the proper election dis
trict.
The registration, so revised and
completed. shall constitute the list of
registered voters entitled to vote at
the next ensuing municipal election,
and said registration list shall be kept
at the city hall under regulations pre-
scribed by the City Council and shall