Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-12
RE RAT|0N
LAW
TEXT OF THE ACT ADOPTED by
THE LAST LEGISLATURE TO
PROVIDE FOR THE REGIsTRa.
TION OF VOTERS-IMPORTANT
CHANGES IN THE LAW.

later than the first day OF September
i'm each and every year when there
IL general election to be held, one
competent voter to be styled the
registrar for each voting precinct
in the several counties of the state.
The registrar shall register as here
matter provided the male citizens
who are entitled to vote under the
laws OF this state. Said registrars
shall each. before entering upon the
duties take an oath to support the
constitution of the United States
and the constitution of the state OF
West Virginia and to perform the
duties of his office to the best of
his ability. Said oath shall be filed
in the office OF the clerk of the
county court.
Section 2. The county court
shall cause to be prepared suitable
books and blanks for the reglstra-
ton or voters and the facts required
by this act, and the clerk of the
county court shall distribute said
books and blanks to the registrars
OF the respective voting precincts
The book aforesaid shall be so ar
ranged as to admit or the alphabe,-
cal classification of the names of
voters and ruled in parallel columns
oh n no
name of the person registered; sec
ond, age: third. the pace OF his
birth; fourth the time OF his resi-
dence in the precinct, district. coun-
ty and state; fifth. If naturalized.
the date of the papers and the court
by which issued.
Second 3. Before any registrar
shall reg ster the name OF any per-
son as a qualified voter, he must be
satisfied of his qualification as here
in provided and for this purpose he
s hereby given authority to ad-
minister oaths and may require the
person desiring to register to an
swer under oath the following cues
tions:
First-Are You a citizen of the
United States?
Sccond-Are you native or nat
uralizcd citizen?
If the person offering to be regis
tered claims to be a naturalized cit
zen of the United States he shall
produce, for the inspection of the
officer of registration, certificate
or other evidence of his naturaliza-
ton, and also state under oath or
affirmation that he Is the identical
person named therein; but the pro-
duction of the certificate shall not
be required If the person Offering
to be registered states under oath
when and where he was naturalized.
that he has had a certificate of nat
uralIzation, and that against his will
the same is lost. destroyed or be-
yond his power to produce the same
or If he states under oath that by
reason Of the naturalization of his
parents, or one of them, lie has be-
come a citizen of the United States
and where or when his parents were
naturalized.
Third-Will you have resided I'm
this state for one year Immediately
preceding the coming election?
Fourth-Have you been absent
from this state within the year i'm
mediatcIy preceding the coming cleo
ton? or yes, when?)
Fifth-Wben you left this state
did you leave for a temporary pur-
pose with the intention of return
ing; or for the purpose of remain
ing away?
SiXth-Did you while absent look
upon or regard this state as your
home?
Sevcnth--Did You while absent
vote i'm any other state?
Eighth-WilI you have resided in
this county for sixty days prior to
the coming election?
Ninth-when dId you last come
into this county?
Tenth-WheD you came into this
county. did you come for tempo
rary purpose or for the purpose Of
making IL your home?
Elcventh-Did you come into this
county for the mere purpose Of vot-
ing in this county?
Twelfth--Did you come into your
precinct for the mere purpose Of
voting in ~?
Thirtecnth-Arc you nm actual
resident Of that precinct?
Fourtecnth--Arc yOu twenty.oac
years Of age, or will be such, ~ the
coming election, 10 the best ~ your
knowledge and belief?
lie shall also put such onei ques
ions to the person offering to be
registered as may b. necessary 10
test his qualifications as a legal vot-
or at the coming election or require
such additional evidence as ne may
deem necessary. Every person shall
be- registered who will be entitled
to vote at the first election occurr-
ng after the registration. by reason
Of his arriving at twenty-one years