Arizona republican., 1910-02-24
WILL DECIDE AT THE POLLS
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beside the inspectors will be as fol- lows:
 |l First Ward--Polling place at Haze
 mans store. First street Charles Gold
 man and F. -Is. Leeper, judges: Ear Ii Porter and C. H. Pratt, clerks; A. NJ Nogne't [. marshal
 |i Second ward-Polling place at Com
 mercial club rooms, First avenue. C.
 w Mckee and c. H. Davidson. judges
 Louis MelcZer and Charles Korrick, clerks: c. H. Akers. marshal.
 Third Ward-Polling place :t Justice
 Parker's office, First avenue. J. B. Long and J. L. Irwin. judges: J. T. ! Dunlap and Frank DeSouza. clerks; P. 1 T. Hurley, marshal.
 1 Fourth Ward-Polling place at city rhall. H. w. Ryder and A. H. Davidson. 1 judges; George H. x. Luhrs and Clint Iauver clerks; Joe Moralis. marshal. 1 The polls will be open at the poll | ing places at o'clock in the forenoon
 and closed at , o'clock in the after ! noon.
 i In regard to the qualifications of persons who will have the right to ! vote at today's election. the following | opinion by City Attorney Prescott was sent out yesterday by letter to | the Municipal government league and also to the Citizens committee which
 represents the opposition:
 Phoenix. Arizona, February g. 1910 For your guidance at the municipal election called by the common coun- eil Of the city of Phoenix, to be held on . the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the taxpayers and qualified elect ors of said city are in favor of apply ing to congress for authority to issue bonds of such city in a sum not eX ceeding s3O0,000, this not being an election authorized or required by law. the elsctors will be required to have the following qualifications:
 No person shall be entitled to vote at said election whose name is not now GOT was not on January 10, 1910, on the last assessment roll of the city of Phoenix as assessed for. municipal taxes. Certified copies of this tax roll will be furnished to each election board in the various wards of the city of Phoenix for the convenience of such board
 Nor shall any person be entitled to vote at such election who is not qualified -elector of the city of Phoe- nix and of the ward in which he at temps to vote. To be a qualified cleo tor of said city he must have been q resident of the territory for at least one year preceding the said 2ith day of February, 1910, a resident of the city of Phoenix for ninety days prior to such date and resident of the ward in which he attempts to vote at least ten days prior thereto.
 A person who is a resident of any addition to said city which has been taken into the city of Phoenix less than ninety days prior to said 24th day of February. 1910. cannot vote. nor can any corporation, CO., partnership or firm vote by any person. To illustrate. Brown & Smith, appearing on the last assessment roll as being assessed for municipal taxation could not vote. nor any member of the firm. The same would be true of the firm of R. C. Brown & Co, or Phoenix Plow Works. corporation. But where the name of two persons appear to own
 
 full on the assessment roll, ias for in stance. John Jones and Bin Smith, both John Jones and Bill Smith would be entitled to vote. providing. of course. they are otherwise qualified.
 Under decision of the United States vs. Wong Kim Ark. decided in 1B9 L. $. Supreme Court Reports, where it was held that child born in the United States of parents of Chinese descent, who. at the time of his birth are subjects of the emperor of China, but have permanent domi- ciIe and residence in the United States, and are there carrying on business and are not employed in any diplomatic or official capacity under the emperor of China. becomes at the time of his l birth a citizen of the United States by | virtue of the first clause of the four teenth amendment of the constitution, | I shall hold that a Chinaman who has | been born in the United States of par ents who were not in anyway con- nected with any diplomatic tor official | service of the emperor of China, has a right to vote. provided he is other wise Qualified.
 The additional qualifications which shall be required are that a person. | not being prevented by physical dis ability from Sd doing. must be able to read the constitution of the United States in the English language in such a manner as to show that he is neither | prompted nor reciting from memory, and must be able to write his name
 If not a native of the United States he must, in the affidavit which win be provided by the inspector of election in E each ward and which in every case must be signed by the voter before Il the ballot shall be delivered to him, set |, forth the time and place of his na- 'l