The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-08-08
STATUTE REQUIRES
ten DAYS NOTICE
FOR REGISTRATION
LAW REMAINS UNCHANGED IN
SPITE OF DENIAL OF "R-GU-
LAR" BOARD.
The ORIGINAL ACT is QUOTED
Chairman Thomas virtuousIy De-
clares That Any Statement About
Legal Notice Is Made Through 10.
norance or Malice"


After two weeks of silence, their
mouths evidently were unsealed on
Monday and the new election hoard
issued a statement ito the registrars
of voters in which considerable al
legged information" is given out
This circular Ia signed by A. L. Thorn
as, Chairman" and VIM. Barker,
"secretarv," aud among other things
says:
ANY statement that the registra-
tion laws require tina. ten days notice
| Of a general registration shall be
given in the newspapers Is without
foundation and false and its circula,
| tion d display Of either ignorance or
malice"
One would have imagined that Dep
uty Clerk Thomas, who has tena-
ciously held ro public office in various
lucrative CAPACITIES tor more thar
twenty years, would have at least
absorbed" some information about
the election ftatutes, but in view
the above statement such an assnmp-
tion would appear wholly unwarrant-
-
Let's see. The original registra-
Ition law of .he state is contained in
Chapter rs, OF the acts of the extra
session of the legislature Of 1890. BY
1.-THE fifth section Of that act it is
among other things provided; that
Iregistrar1 shall open the books for
registration:
"Dy giving at least ten days no
|tice OF the time and place Of such leg-
IistratiOn in some newspaper publish
ed In the ccanty," or s''by written or
printed notices in three or more pub
- plassS."
i Subsequent acts, including Chapter
',224, Acts Of 1891, Irregular SESSION.
J, Chapter 12, Acts Elk. Sess, 1911; act OF
1887; have extended the operations
of the regist. alton laws, but the
labove provision remains unchanged
land unrepeaiod. The next and only
other reference to advertising is con-
ltained in Chapter 8, Acts Of Elk. Sess.
Of 1895. cction 6, which says:
THAT the registrars shall, in the
manner now required by law, except
THAT no advertisement shall be nec-
essary, open the. books for the wards
land districts for the registration of
voters therein previous to any cleo
Ition to be held in any ward or dis
trict or precinct or voting place there.
!, in, and the books shall be kept open
: three days for registrSt tion."
I This section refers to the supple
! mental registration Of three days be
g fore every election. Since no one
has ever claimed that advertisement
g Twas necessary for supplements
q registration this section is without
Q point.
u BY Chap. IS Acts Ex. Sess. of 1895
e general registration was substituted
N for registration at every election al
provided in the original system. The
d sbove quotation from tht acts Shows
n on its face tina. the provision with re
'r lspect TO advertising fer general reg
istration was to remain unchanged
For In speaking of supplemental reg
istration 1t expressly states, that the
Supplemental registration shall be "ir
: the manner now required by law :
|. except that no advertisement shal
be necessary 1t lis manifest there
fore that ten days rotice either by
: publication ia newspaper or b. no
tices is requisite for general regis
ttration OF voters.