The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-08
AUDITOR EXPLAINS
REGISTRATION LAW
Various Provisions Set Forth
For Enumeration of
Voters.

The following provisions of the reg
istration law were outlined by County
Auditor Bowman for the benefit of
the trustees of Wayne county who will
soon be busy enumerating the voters
in the various townships of the county
The purpose of the registration is to
redistrict the state:
1t provides for only one regular
session instead of three, as in the for
mer law. The date of the regular
session is Monday, the Goth day be-
fore the regular election, provided,
however. that if it is necessary to &C
may be continued for the next sue
ceeding one or two days, when re-
quested in writing so to do by ten
voters of the precinct, three of whom
shall be free-holders, and provided also
that upon a petition signed by at least
three hundred resident freehold vot-
ers of the county, and filed with the
county auditor at least eighty days
before the day of election. there shall
be held in each precinct of the county
a session of the Board of Registration
of one day only, on the f1fty-ninth day
before the election. which shall be
called the September session
Longer Session.
The number of hours which the
board must be in session has been in
CREASED Under the old law sessions
began at o'clock a. m. and continued
to S o'clock p. m; under the new law
the board shall begin its session at 6
o'clock a. m. and continue until 3
o'clock p. m.
Any person being unable to appear
in person to register. by reason of the
sickness of himself, or unavoidable
absence from the county, or by being
quarantined shall be entitled to reg
lister without appearing before the
board in person, by sending his appIi-
cation, stating his whereabouts on the
day of registration, and stating the
reason of his being unable to appear
in person. Such application shall be
signed and sworn to by the applicant
before an officer authorized by law to
administer oaths and shall have an
official seal; and two free-holders re-
siding in the precinct shall certify on
said application that they are &C
quainted with the applicant and that
the facts stated in the application are
true. Such application shall be deliv-
cred to the board of registration in the
precinct where the applicant resides,
and shall be recorded in the same man.
ner as if the application had been pre-
scented in person.
Members Pay.
The inspector shall receive for his
services before, on, and after regis.
tration day, the suf of $500: and in
addition he shall be paid ten cents per
mile for each mile of the shortest dis
lance between his residence and the
auditors office. The clerks shall re.
ceive, for all services performed. the
sum of three dollars $4,000 provided
however, that if such Board of Regis.
tration is in session two or more sue
cessive days, then each member of the
board shall receive an additional s.. OO
for each of such succeeding days.
The old law requires registration
for city elections in any city of more
than 1900 inhabitants according to the
last preceding United States census
The new law applies TO cities of the
first and second classes, which does
not include the city of Richmond, il
being city of the third class