The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-31

the question of issuing bonds by the
City of Roswell, / beg to advise you
as follows:
i. The qualifications of a legal vot.
er are, he being first registered, taat
he is a citizen of the United States.
of the age of twenty1one years, shall
have resided in the Territory six
months, in the county three months,
and shall have actually resided in
the ward in which he offers to vote
thirty days last preceding the cleo
ton.
In addition the law further pro-
of bonds, that no person shall be
qualified to vote at such election ex-
cept he be in all respects a qualified
elector and owner of reaI or personal
property subject TO taxation within
the municipality.
2. Before registering a voter, who
is qualified to vote at a city election,
you Mould inquire of him whether
he is the owner of real Or personal
property subject to taxation within
the city limits of Roswell, and if sat
listed that he has property subject
to taxation, as explained in para
graph 3, it is your duty to register
such voter.
8. The law exempts, from taxation,
heads of families to tae extent of
100000 and wearing apparel of every
individual.
Every qualified voter, the head of
a family, who owns property in the
city exceeding in value 5000 90 is a
tied to register.
Every qualified voter not the head
of a family VINO owns property il the
city in exces of wearing apparel is
a person subject to taxation and en-
titled to register.
A person qualified to vote for city
officials at a regular city election,
who owns no real or personal prop
erty, other than wearing apparel, but
who pays poll tax, is not qualified to
llCSIolCi al d FolSl IL Tic DOIlu tlSt-
ton.
The City Clerk will hand you a tax
schedule which enumerates property
which is subject to taxation, which
may assist you in qualifying persons
Offering to register.
4. Every legal voter is entitled to
be registered either by the board or
lby himself, or at the request of any
person knowing such person to be a
legal voter, and who will vouch for
such fact, but, where the additional
qualifications of ownership of real or
personal property subject to taxation
is required, before registering your
board should satisfy yourselves that
he possesses such property qualifica-
tions.
In every instance the actual resi-
dence of the voter shall be put down
Opposite his name upon the registra-
tion list. This is imperative and
must be complied with.
5. The registration books must be
lopen for registration for ten days,
and upon the day following the ex-
piration of the ten days so occupied
in registering voters the boards shall
make and certify a list of the per
sons registered from the books kept
by them and post the same outside
the loo of the building wherein the
registration books are kept, in full
sight of the public, which list snail
remain posted for a period of six days
thereafter, during which time any
qualified voter. noticing that his name
is not registered may apply to YOU
board to have the same placed upon
the books and added to the list, and
during the time any citizen may OBJ
ject to any person registered upon
thereof, that the person registered is
not a legal or a qualified voter, or
will not be at the ensuing election,
then the same shall be stricken off
the list by the board at least one day
before the day of election, and your
list shall be revised upon the 18th
day of February and signed by you
in the back of the book on that day.
and deliver to the City Clerk of tne
City of Roswell.
Should any matter arise as to the
qualification of a person who desires
to be registered of which your board
has any doubt, 1 shall be glad to give |
you an opinion upon the subject.
Respectfully yours,
K. K. SCOTT,
City Attorney.
January 20, 1908.